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TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:37 PM Feb 2022

Republican Candidate for Governor Stan Pulliam Acknowledges He and His Wife "Explored Mutual

Republican Candidate for Governor Stan Pulliam Acknowledges He and His Wife “Explored Mutual Relationships With Other Couples”


Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam, a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, told WW today that prior to entering the race, he and his wife, MacKensey, “explored relationships, mutual relationships with other couples, for a brief period of time before ultimately deciding that it wasn’t for us.”

Pulliam, 40, agreed to an interview after a 2016 screenshot from a page titled “Swinger Facebook Group PDX,” rocketed around Oregon political circles.

The screenshot shows four pictures of the couple and includes a note from Pulliam.

“Hi Everyone!,” the message says. “MacKensey and I are excited to be added to your little community. Some of you we have already had the pleasure to meet and we look forward to getting to know the rest of you!” (The swingers group then had 536 members.)

Sitting for a Zoom interview Thursday afternoon alongside MacKensey, his wife of 12 years, Pulliam, 40, repeatedly declined to specify when the “mutual relationships” began or ended, except to say that 2016 was an accurate date and their participation ended well before he began running for governor.

Read more: https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2022/02/03/republican-candidate-for-governor-stan-pulliam-says-he-and-his-wife-explored-mutual-relationships-with-other-couples/
(Williamette Week)

Ah, another "family values" candidate.

When did the Pulliam's end their participation in Swinger Facebook Group PDX?
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Republican Candidate for Governor Stan Pulliam Acknowledges He and His Wife "Explored Mutual (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2022 OP
It's legal, who cares? (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2022 #1
It's that pesky "family values" thing. madaboutharry Feb 2022 #2
My thoughts were that COVID ruined the 2020 Spring Break plans for the Pulliams. TexasTowelie Feb 2022 #4
Possibly the people who will vote in the GOP primary since a few claim to stand for moral values. TexasTowelie Feb 2022 #3
Take my wife...please! Marcuse Feb 2022 #5
Repugs cut a wide berth for Repug hypocrites. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #6

madaboutharry

(40,151 posts)
2. It's that pesky "family values" thing.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:42 PM
Feb 2022

Or maybe republicans have given up on that. Now it’s all about being a loyal insurrectionist!

TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
4. My thoughts were that COVID ruined the 2020 Spring Break plans for the Pulliams.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:01 PM
Feb 2022

If that is the case, then they may have only resumed a monogamous relationship within the past two years and in reality that was imposed on nearly everyone with the pandemic (with some caveats).

I guess that they can claim that they got religious and found God in an effort to get support among the moral conservatives.

TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
3. Possibly the people who will vote in the GOP primary since a few claim to stand for moral values.
Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:51 PM
Feb 2022

Although post-TFG I wonder if moral values matter.

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