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Skidmore

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Fri Feb 27, 2015, 07:17 PM Feb 2015

North Carolina Legalizes Call Girls For Politicians [View all]

I kid you not. Large donations of cash must have become boring.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/27/gifts-for-politicians/

North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state — they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committee’s determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or in any way questionable means that a major loophole has opened up for lobbying firms. Now lobbying firms can hire people with the explicit goal to seduce and fornicate with politicians in order to garner favor.

In other terms, lobbying firms can hire prostitutes for politicians, and they don’t even need to register.... More
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oh.my.fucking.dog. marym625 Feb 2015 #1
Dogs in heat. 840high Feb 2015 #25
+1 marym625 Feb 2015 #31
Why Are Jeb Bush's Prostitutes Only On Top? billhicks76 Feb 2015 #37
ha! marym625 Feb 2015 #44
Raped Teenage Girl Identified Cheneys Penis billhicks76 Feb 2015 #47
I have no idea what you are talking about marym625 Feb 2015 #49
Because They Called The Girl Crazy billhicks76 Feb 2015 #52
Then they suicided her out in the back shed madokie Feb 2015 #62
That Too billhicks76 Feb 2015 #65
Hmm, the state Ethics Committee...really...let me guess...all republican men? CTyankee Feb 2015 #2
As well as the blackmail opportunities in all those compromising positions NBachers Feb 2015 #3
That's What NSA Is For billhicks76 Feb 2015 #53
It's as if... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #4
they believe they are operating in stealth mode, AlbertCat Feb 2015 #36
Not a stealth mode, a deflector shield. quakerboy Feb 2015 #43
Are Call Girls legal in North Carolina? In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #5
They can be if you call them "lobbyists" or "consultants" or "representatives"... JHB Feb 2015 #40
Not for the rest of us. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #57
That should go over well with the "family values" crowd. n/t Exhibit A Feb 2015 #6
They exemplify "Family Values". They are WhiteTara Feb 2015 #63
When I see "family values" Exhibit A Feb 2015 #64
And what about the women yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #7
Well, since politicians are similar to prostitutes in that they Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #8
LOL Point Score! Good one! 2banon Feb 2015 #42
WTF! sheshe2 Feb 2015 #9
Permission to break the laws, sheshe2. Skidmore Feb 2015 #10
Can't even wrap my head around this one, Skidmore. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #11
I thought it was satire at first and had to go back to read the article again. Skidmore Feb 2015 #12
Thing of Value. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #14
It's a jobs program. GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2015 #13
I thought this had to be Borowitz, or maybe the Onion. hifiguy Feb 2015 #15
It just occurred to me that this is also a way for lobbyists to secretly photograph or Cal33 Feb 2015 #16
And Elliott Spitzer says "why couldn't NY have done that?" (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #17
Can you say "Honey Trap"? Sure I knew you could... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #18
unreal absolutely unreal Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #19
Power corrupts Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #20
It clearly doesn't affect GOP voters. I. E. David Vitter. freshwest Feb 2015 #50
It isn't hard (no pun intended) to figure out what happens after you start ignoring reality nolabels Feb 2015 #61
Making the NM Lege look virtuous and uncorrupt-- QUITE a feat! n/t TygrBright Feb 2015 #21
This needs to go viral..... dawnie51 Feb 2015 #22
I think there's going to be quite a lot going viral with this. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2015 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author MFrohike Feb 2015 #55
Oh won't somebody please think of the children? Initech Feb 2015 #23
What??!! Delphinus Feb 2015 #24
What's next? Droit du seigneur?!? neeksgeek Feb 2015 #26
Then the ladies get Fred Garvin male-prostitute Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #27
Another triumph for the party of family values... blackspade Feb 2015 #28
But sex with Republicans doesn't have any value! Motown_Johnny Feb 2015 #29
Bazinga!!! Jamastiene Feb 2015 #58
"your money's on the dresser, chocolate" MisterP Feb 2015 #30
Wait a minute: Prostitutes can screw politicians?? RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #32
"Is this a great country or what?" edbermac Feb 2015 #33
I'm speechless. nt City Lights Feb 2015 #34
Wow AlbertCat Feb 2015 #35
Let it ALL HANG OUT! GO FOR IT! KoKo Feb 2015 #39
... and the South shall rise again! gregcrawford Feb 2015 #41
So does this mean that quakerboy Feb 2015 #45
This has to be a hoax Aerows Feb 2015 #46
It may be legal, but no one seems to be taking advantage of it jmowreader Feb 2015 #48
Trust me, it just doesn't work that way, anywhere. JHB Feb 2015 #54
Gotta protect that all important MRA voting base! n/t freshwest Feb 2015 #51
Wow, I wish I had a lot of money. n/t Jamastiene Feb 2015 #56
Is North Carolina considered part of the Bible Belt? B Calm Feb 2015 #59
They see everyone else as the sinner, not them ck4829 Feb 2015 #60
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