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Stallion

(6,474 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:44 PM May 2016

Ken Starr May Be Fired as Baylor President for Turning Blind Eye to Repeated Sexual Assault



by Baylor football players. There have been about double digit sexual assaults by Baylor football players over many years during his tenure and evidence that Baylor tried to cover these cases up has caught the eye of several National media outlets. How ironic-Ken Starr is now the focus of a Special Investigation into the Scandal and its report is due soon. A terrible and unethical lawyer who failed to find anything but a BJ by the President but yet when he has an opportunity to actually remedy sexual assault victims he turns a blind eye for the sake of a winning Football program

http://www.scout.com/college/texas/story/1671399-sources-starr-will-be-bu-s-fall-guy

Baylor Scandal Time Line:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/something-s-rotten-at-baylor-and-it-s-way-past-time-to-pay-attention-042716

This week ESPN's Outside the Lines Discovered Still More Evidence of Assaults that Were Covered Up:

http://www.ourdailybears.com/baylor-football-offseason-2016/2016/5/18/11703544/espns-outside-the-lines-baylor-football-allegations
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Ken Starr May Be Fired as Baylor President for Turning Blind Eye to Repeated Sexual Assault (Original Post) Stallion May 2016 OP
Ken Starr charged $100 million to ferret out a blowjob Major Nikon May 2016 #1
And more recently defended Jeffrey Epstein scscholar May 2016 #5
Seriously? ReRe May 2016 #12
He is only interested in such things if you can accuse Bill or Hillary Clinton. Jitter65 May 2016 #23
And lost his highly paid partnership at K&E in the process. elehhhhna May 2016 #24
Time wounds all heels. Gomez163 May 2016 #2
He grew up in the next little town down the road from me. Manifestor_of_Light May 2016 #3
Baylor, is of course a Baptist University. Jerry442 May 2016 #4
Reminds me of a line from Angels and Demons when Ilsa May 2016 #6
Well, except for maybe this guy. eggplant May 2016 #17
Thanks; I was about to mention Jimmy Carter myself. Hekate May 2016 #18
Oh certainly, and Ilsa May 2016 #26
Which doesn't mean much really Major Nikon May 2016 #8
An excellent question. radicalliberal May 2016 #16
Technically a Baptist university, but mostly independent Ex Lurker May 2016 #32
Oh, the irony. TwilightZone May 2016 #7
May as well. I broke my rule to avoid threads not having to do with the primary so as silvershadow May 2016 #10
I would have thought Kenny boy would have been all over this one. jalan48 May 2016 #9
He's one of those respected horrible people. rusty quoin May 2016 #11
Only fired? ReRe May 2016 #13
Word here in Houston is that he'll still cloudbase May 2016 #29
Some kind of "law dept" that'll be ReRe May 2016 #31
Here's an obvious statement that really doesn't need to be said: radicalliberal May 2016 #14
what a fucking scumbag JI7 May 2016 #15
The irony level is off the charts. LisaM May 2016 #19
He's a vile and disgusting human being. bluestateguy May 2016 #20
If there is a hell, Ken Starr will roast in it. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #21
Sexual assault? IOKIYAR Scientific May 2016 #22
Becoming apparent that Ken Starr is a miserable excuse for a human being. yellowcanine May 2016 #25
Can he be mercuryblues May 2016 #27
Consensual, bad; Non-consensual, okay? Iggo May 2016 #28
Good, he definitely should be. Initech May 2016 #30

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
1. Ken Starr charged $100 million to ferret out a blowjob
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:48 PM
May 2016

I can't imagine what the bill would be for repeated sexual assaults.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
23. He is only interested in such things if you can accuse Bill or Hillary Clinton.
Sat May 21, 2016, 06:34 AM
May 2016

Otherwise, it means nothing to him and his lecherous buddies in the GOP.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
3. He grew up in the next little town down the road from me.
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:55 PM
May 2016

A Methodist minister was asked his opinion of Ken Starr, because they grew up together. This minister was reluctant to say anything bad about anybody, so when he was asked about Ken Starr, he wouldn't say anything one way or the other.

Jerry442

(1,265 posts)
4. Baylor, is of course a Baptist University.
Fri May 20, 2016, 11:56 PM
May 2016

I wonder, does it bother religious people at all that no one expects even an atom of decency from them any more?

Ilsa

(61,691 posts)
6. Reminds me of a line from Angels and Demons when
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:26 AM
May 2016

Robert and the physicist are disarmed and threatened by the assassin. As he's leaving, he tells them to be careful out there -- after all, these are men of God.

Personally, I know a few Baptists that do decent work to help others. But most other helpful ones seem to come from other denominations.

But when it comes to judging others, I put the Baptists in first place.

Hekate

(90,618 posts)
18. Thanks; I was about to mention Jimmy Carter myself.
Sat May 21, 2016, 02:06 AM
May 2016

Kenn Starr can go to Hell, where in time he and Newt Gingrich can jaw over the good old days in DC.

Ilsa

(61,691 posts)
26. Oh certainly, and
Sat May 21, 2016, 09:45 AM
May 2016

Not just him. There are plenty of great Christians who live their faith as Christ taught. I didn't mean to impugn all Christians, just those which self-serving agendas in positions of power ("these are men...&quot .

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
8. Which doesn't mean much really
Sat May 21, 2016, 12:39 AM
May 2016

Lots of Baptist universities maintain no affiliation with any Baptist convention. Baylor still does, but those ties aren't really that significant even though the regents are still mostly Baptist. Starr isn't even a Baptist. The most Baptist thing about the university is the seminary, which is really a small part of the university as a whole. It's not at all like some Christian universities that are a seminary first and everything else is secondary.

radicalliberal

(907 posts)
16. An excellent question.
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:47 AM
May 2016

Notre Dame is another university that is affiliated with a major denomination. Look at their record. It's a long one that goes all the way back to the summer of 1974, if not even earlier than that. As a Christian, I find the hypocrisy to be stunning. It bothers me a great deal. Football before faith.

Ex Lurker

(3,812 posts)
32. Technically a Baptist university, but mostly independent
Sat May 21, 2016, 09:02 PM
May 2016

and that is a bone of contention among Texas Baptists

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
10. May as well. I broke my rule to avoid threads not having to do with the primary so as
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:20 AM
May 2016

to not give them attention. (Keeps the Primary threads alive and in better position.) Ken Starr's troubles are too delicious not to savor.

jalan48

(13,853 posts)
9. I would have thought Kenny boy would have been all over this one.
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:03 AM
May 2016

What an opportunity to drool over the salacious details of another sex scandal in public.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
13. Only fired?
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:37 AM
May 2016

Will he be held accountable for defending the sex offenses of the guilty football players over all those years? I can't wait to see the report of this "Special" Investigation. What a POS.

cloudbase

(5,512 posts)
29. Word here in Houston is that he'll still
Sat May 21, 2016, 01:29 PM
May 2016

maintain an affiliation with the university's law school.

mercuryblues

(14,526 posts)
27. Can he be
Sat May 21, 2016, 10:37 AM
May 2016

impeached? Drag in everyone he has ever had contact with. Subpoena his emails. Actually aren't his emails available under open records law?

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