The Bettencourt disaster. Is the loonislature unravelling?

[Warren Stupidity]

CONCORD, N.H.—Former Republican Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt has apologized in his resignation letter for what he calls the "inexcusable lapse in judgment and integrity" that forced him to step down earlier this week.

Bettencourt resigned Sunday after admitting he misrepresented the amount of work he performed for another lawmaker during a law school internship, but only after the lawmaker, Rep. Brandon Giuda, went public with the allegations. Two days earlier, Bettencourt issued a statement saying he would resign at the end of the legislative session, June 6, in part because he was about to get married and start a new job.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/05/30/nh_house_hears_apology_from_ex_gop_leader/

Already, longtime watchers of the New Hampshire political scene are comparing the political demise of former House majority leader D.J. Bettencourt to the strikingly similar rise and fall of another House majority leader more than 20 years ago.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/332674/bettencourt-not-the-first-to-take-fall?CSAuthResp=1338427444%3Ac0n0cb84p1mmt78tjunpel34a2%3ACSUserId%7CCSGroupId%3Aapproved%3AEC0F32402A37EC4EAAF11FDE59A88773&CSUserId=94&CSGroupId=1

CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien said it was “shocking” to learn Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, R-Salem, had falsified documents about a law school internship he had taken under a fellow state legislator.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/newsstatenewengland/962483-227/obrien-calls-bettencourt-situation-shocking-claims-to.html

[freshwest]

1. Fake apology alert: '...because he was about to get married and start a new job.'

Where he'll resume his previous behavior.


And I'm stealing loonislature, okay?

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I use the term everywhere to everyone please take it and use it too.