Religious Group Demands McCain Staffer's Ouster

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Ron Claiborne Reports: A Catholic group is demanding the dismissal of Deal Hudson from Catholics for McCain National Steering Committee because he allegedly solicited sex from an 18-year-old female student when he was a professor at Fordham University in New York in 1994. Hudson, who was publisher of the conservative Catholic magazine, Crisis, was forced out of a similar position with the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election team when the same story surfaced.

Catholics United, which claims to be a non-partisan organization with 20,000 members, sent a letter to the McCain campaign this morning that said: "As you are most likely unaware, Mr. Hudson was forced to resign as the chair of the Republican National Committee's catholic outreach effort in 2004 after allegations that he had solicited an improper sexual encounter with an 18-year-old student while teaching at Fordham University. According to published accounts, the incidents happened in Hudson's campus office after a night of heavy drinking."

"Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader that you want associated with your campaign," wrote the group's executive director, Chris Korzen.

Hudson has been described as a Catholic "powerbroker" with close ties to Karl Rove. He reportedly advised President Bush and Rove on issues of importance to Catholic voters.



Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/religious-group.html

[MichiganVote]

1. Deal Hudson is a crazy loon.

[TomInTib]

2. And then they will bankrupt their Diocese, protecting pedophile priests.

Sheesh

[Indenturedebtor]

6. Well the guy did go after an 18 year old

As gross as that is for an old lecherous teacher to approach a teenager... If he'd molested a little boy it would probably be ok.

[Xithras]

10. Last I checked, 18 is an adult

As a college prof, I can assure you that these relationships are anything but uncommon. If the student isn't actually in the teachers class, it's usually not against the rules either (where I teach, the general rule is that you cannot sleep with anyone you can write a grade for).

If an 18 year old adult woman wants to sleep with a 30-something year old adult teacher, who are you to judge? And no, I've never slept with a student!

[Indenturedebtor]

14. Having been 18 and now almost being 30

I know that 18 year olds are basically still children. Hell the brain doesn't even stop the massive culling of neurons until about age 24 or so!

Sure I thought I was an adult when I was 18, but holy shit was I wrong. I knew all sorts of "things", and had a great depth of experience for my age at the time... but I was still a child.

As a 30 year old I find the idea of sleeping with a mental child about as appealing as sleeping with a mentally disabled person.

[AllentownJake]

3. You'd think they would do a google search on these people

[Ian David]

5. GMTA! n/t

[LiberalFighter]

9. Their excuse will be that McCain is not computer literate to know Google.

[tanyev]

13. Maybe Ted Stevens could teach him how to use The Google.

[Ian David]

4. Didn't anyone in the McCain team Google him before they hired him? n/t

[hisownpetard]

15. Maybe Cindy was having her hair done that afternoon...

[AZ Criminal JD]

7. An adult male and an adult female had a sexual encounter.

When did that become illegal?

[AlbertCat]

8. Well, personally...

....she's 18 and an adult. So she can say "Piss off" and that should be the end of it.

But I do love to watch family values watchdogs go after each other.

[baldguy]

11. If McCain forced all the hypocrites to resign form his staff

He'd would have no one left.

Including himself!

[THale2]

12. No big deal

sleazy yes...morally wrong, no she is 18 as long as she was not harassed probably reciprocated to get in good with the Professor LOL

[yellowcanine]

16. Since when does being a sleazebag disqualify a Republican?

Look at ol Strom, for example - reportedly had sex with a comdemned prisoner on the way to the electric chair.