GOP rep. Don Sherwood (PA-10) paying off abused mistress $500K

[NewYorkerfromMass]

Damn. it just comes on droves all this good news!:

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press.

Rep. Don Sherwood is locked in a tight re-election race against a Democratic opponent who has seized on the four-term congressman's relationship with the woman. While Sherwood acknowledged the woman was his mistress, he denied abusing her and said that he had settled her $5.5 million lawsuit on confidential terms....

A confidentiality clause requires Ore to forfeit some of the money if she talks publicly about the case, according to this person and two other people familiar with elements of the case....

Sherwood, a 65-year-old married father of three who is considered a family-values conservative, had one of the safest seats in Congress until Ore sued him in June 2005, alleging he physically abused her throughout their five-year affair....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_el_ho/congressman_settlement

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Looking at him, (Ugh) she must have been a real tomato.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. Perhaps the hourly kind

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. 500 large translates to a lot of billable hours.............

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. I don't think her profession

historically relies on written records and reciepts. ;)

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. What????? A tax evader????????? Call the IRS.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Hey I just noticed my typo in the OP

"comes on" instead of "in". Must have been a Freudian slip!

[Beetwasher]

10. Damn, Y'all Are Bad!

:rofl:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. actually you all are

how is this NOT worthy of 5 recs in like 5 minutes?
Or does the GOP have too many wife beaters and sexually depraved candidates this year?

[Beetwasher]

12. You've Hit The Nail On The Head

This guy is a dime a dozen. *yawn* :evilgrin: :rofl:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. 500K is a lot of dimes! nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. She took E-Z Pass, too.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. AKA the "Fast Lane"

in New England.

[MzNov]

5. Hey that's a guy, right?

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Do I look like Ted Haggard? How would I know?

[AlCzervik]

2. is this enough to finish him off or has that already happened?