Commissioner (R) Admits to Online Sex Chats(another one!)

[TomInTib]

The last two paragraphs in the article are so.... Repuke
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A Maryland Public Service Commission member acknowledged yesterday that he used his state computer to engage in sexual conversations with an alleged prostitute but said he never committed a criminal act.

Charles R. Boutin issued a statement last night expressing his shame and sorrow for his conduct, but he said in a strikingly candid news release that his actions were part of an effort to deal with his impotency after surgery for bladder cancer.

"I committed no criminal act," said Boutin, appointed to the prominent state post by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) last year after seven years as a Republican delegate from Harford County. "I acknowledge, however, that my judgment was morally wrong and I am ashamed and sorry."

Lawmakers from his area said yesterday that they believe he should resign from the $100,000-a-year post on the commission, which regulates state utilities.

More:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/06/AR2006040602235.html

[Scout1071]

1. Loving those values and morals Republicans bring to office. nt

[acmavm]

2. Sounds like his poor wife could use a little marriage defense right

about now. And here he's worried that gays are out to wreck that lovely state of bliss.

[babylonsister]

3. They only apologize after they get caught, instead of just stopping

what they're doing once they recognize (doih!) that it's wrong. Ever notice that?

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. I don't mind this one so much

Poor judgement to use the office computer, but I have nothing against people who solicit prostitutes per se.

[TomInTib]

5. It's the $100K/yr the taxpayers pay him to surf "adult entertainment"...

sites that pisses me off.

[brentspeak]

6. An Ehrlich appointee, eh?

The same governor who appoints staffers to spread rumors of marital infidelity about his Democratic challenger? And then tries to cover his back by claiming the staffer was baited into his actions by an unknown, mystery Democratic operative?