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Elwood P Dowd

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28. Just republicans being republicans

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:41 PM

Mar 2016

and practicing their good ole' faith based religious freedom......discrimination against minorities, tax breaks for the rich, cheat on their wives, and steal tax payer money for themselves and their billionaire owners.

Let us not forget the Alabama Speaker of The House, Mike Hubbard, is currently awaiting trial for about a dozen felony counts.

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Alabama Gov. sex scandal getting more and more interesting. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 OP

family values Skittles Mar 2016 #1

Governors gone wild! Holy crap! Initech Mar 2016 #2

got to wonder if all those other folks Bentley said he loves rurallib Mar 2016 #3

"...Baptists can be pretty severe. ..." OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #4

Shades of Nevada's Senator Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #5

And they have a safety deposit box together. bamademo Mar 2016 #6

OH my oh my..... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #7

BREAKING: Ethics Commission assigns special agent to investigate Bentley and Rebekah Caldwell dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #8

Alabama has an Ethics Commitee? :-) bamademo Mar 2016 #9

Add that to his screw ups... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #16

Man, the skeev factor in those tapes is off the charts. nolabear Mar 2016 #10

Here in Alabama he's known as Guv-nuh Skelator. bamademo Mar 2016 #11

Hearing his voice on the tapes is extra plus skeevy. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #12

His wife recorded them with her cell phone ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #18

So it is HER recordings that have been leaked? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #23

"Interesting" is probably the wrong word.... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #13

They make a lovely couple. bdwker Mar 2016 #14

How old is Mason? How old is Bentley ? bdwker Mar 2016 #15

He is 73. she is ...44. Her husband is 44 also. n/t dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #17

Ewwwww. vanlassie Mar 2016 #20

How can an old guy like that satisfy a woman 30 years younger ? bdwker Mar 2016 #30

It's possible, if the governor is willing to perform acts recently illegal in Alabama. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #31

Maybe the question is how can a woman that much younger use an old guy like that who is a Governor? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #32

She makes about $400K per year being what some are calling the "de facto Governor" BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #33

Little known fact that tells you a bit about this sleeze ball ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #19

He is a dermotologist. He's a legit MD and unfortunately attended UA bamademo Mar 2016 #21

I know he is a doctor... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #22

They indicted the only good governor we had, Siegleman. bamademo Mar 2016 #24

The committee also rejected requests by gubernatorial candidate Roy Moore dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #25

Huntsville, where I live used to be the Capital. I wish they would move it back here. bamademo Mar 2016 #26

It is 2 hours NE of me, luckily the winds are usually from the SW. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #27

Just republicans being republicans Elwood P Dowd Mar 2016 #28

Meanwhile, a perfectly good Alabama Governor rots in prison, Don Siegelman. Octafish Mar 2016 #29

Also, Bentley's wife of 50 years filed for divorce in 2015 BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #34