Former Colorado McCain Staffer Accused of Molesting Boys

[BlueCaliDem]

PUEBLO - A wide-ranging investigation has been launched into allegations that a well-known Pueblo resident has molested many boys over the years, including most recently when he was the manager for Sen. John McCain's presidential-campaign office in Pueblo.

Under investigation is Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who was arrested Jan. 29 and then re-arrested Wednesday after a campaign worker in the McCain office told police she believed Bartleson molested one of her sons. <snip>

<snip>However, in affidavits filed by police investigators in Pueblo District Court, authorities say that the most recent complaints follow a pattern involving Bartleson that dates to 1982.<snip>

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=109281&catid=188

Dates back to 1982?? And the GOP didn't know about this guy's past before hiring him as a McCain staffer?? Ugh! Repubs are such SICK people.

[bluestateguy]

John McCain pals around with molesters

Despicable.

[bluestateguy]

1. John McCain pals around with molesters

Despicable.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. No mention of a wife or kids,

and that picture of Bartleson shows a really, really bad eye job.

What mother in her right mind leaves a five-year-old with an unmarried 52 year old man?

Same old story, over and over.

Creeps.

[bluestateguy]

5. There is nothing wrong with being unmarried and childless at 52

Some people make that lifestyle choice, and I would dare say that the large majority of them are not child molesters.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. No, there isn't,

but speaking as a mother, I would not let my kid go into his house.

Sorry, but a few bad apples have made some of us very, very wary.

[Ikonoklast]

3. More from the article:

According to Detective Daniel Anderson, Bartleson has usually positioned himself so he is around children, whether as a Scout master, as a sponsor of the chemical-dependency unit at Pueblo's Parkview Medical Center, at his church or simply by inviting children to spend the night at his home.

In June 2003, then-Rep. Scott McInnis praised Bartleson in a tribute at the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the tribute, McInnis noted that "in his capacity as a foster parent, Jeff has helped several youth in the region through his work with the Young Life Association and the El Pueblo Boys and Girls Ranch."

McInnis also noted that Bartleson was instrumental in the foundation and development of the Interfaith Hospitality network, which McInnis described as "one of Pueblo's newest self-help organizations."

Another creep using religion to help him get close to children to molest.

[firedupdem]

4. Why do people leave their kids with just anybody!?

Pisses me off!


According to the woman, she and a co-worker were planning in October to attend a Sarah Palin rally in Colorado Springs but wanted to travel to the Springs the night before.

She told police that she mentioned the planned trip to Bartleson. He offered to keep her 5-year-old son overnight in Pueblo and then drive up to Colorado Springs the next day and meet them there.

She accepted Bartleson's offer.

The woman said that her son told her that while at Bartleson's home, Bartleson insisted on giving him a bath, during which he was sexually molested. Later, said the child, Bartleson forced him into Bartleson's bed, where he once again was molested.

In interviews this week with investigators, the child said that when he tried to get away from Bartleson, he kept pulling him back into the bed. He was finally able to leave when Bartleson fell asleep.

The child described Bartleson as "a bad man," according to the police affidavit. Asked why, the child responded, "because he does things to kids."