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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:23 PM
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Pueblo manager for McCain campaign arrested on molestation charges
http://coloradoindependent.com/20907/pueblo-manager-for-mccain-campaign-arrested-on-molestation-charges

2/5/09 7:15 PM

Police arrested the former manager of Sen. John McCain’s Pueblo presidential campaign office Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy left in his care so the boy’s mother could attend a rally for McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, The Denver Post’s Howard Pankratz reported Thursday afternoon.

It’s the second arrest on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in position of trust in a week for Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who has faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 without being convicted of a crime, according to the Pueblo Chieftain’s Nick Bonham.

Two detectives have been assigned full-time to the investigation and are looking into allegations Bartleson lured victims through church groups, his work as a sponsor at a hospital drug rehab unit, and during involvement in political work.

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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:25 PM
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1. Oh wont somebody please think of the children?
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:25 PM
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2. So that's the kind of people those two pal around with
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:27 PM
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3. "faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 " and yet he was hired
and i bet they knew and i'm sorry, 5 times, where there's smoke......
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:30 PM
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4. There's those rethug family values again.
I can't believe this fuck has had at least five incidences since 1982 and never convicted.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:33 PM
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5. Ah those republicker "Christian values."
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 08:59 PM
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6. I can imagine the news captions (made up situation)
Two pictures, nearly identical. Both show men in their 20s bathing their respective infant daughters.

Caption 1: Sharing a quiet moment with his pride and joy.

Caption 2: Politician caught in illicit act with underage girl.

Guess which caption the MSM gives to the Democrat?
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:04 PM
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7. Grumpy Ole Perverts...thats the GOP...diapers, stalls, interns, they are a JOKE
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:06 PM
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8. FI VE TIMES?
and no one is a bit suspicious????????

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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:22 PM
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9. what's the website that lists all the pug sex offenders? I'm having an exchange
with a former liberal friend who sent me some crap about Mal Reynolds. I sent him the McCain operative link, and would like to send that site, as well, after having offered to go back and forth, one-by-one, to see who'd run out of pervs first. I assured him he'd run out LONG before I did.

thx
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:40 PM
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12. that was easy...here's a small portion of what's on just this page:
http://republicansexoffenders.com/


Republican sex offender & former Regent University law school assistant dean Stephen L. McPherson, who was indicted June 7, 2008 on 13 felony sexual assault charges involving two girls, has entered a guilty plea to two counts of forcible sodomy and two counts of object sexual penetration. He is set to be sentenced May 22. There was no agreement on a potential sentence, except that prosecutors will recommend a cap of 18 years and six months.

Republican sex offender and former North Country assemblyman and current state Parole Board member, George "Chris" Ortloff, 61, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 on federal charges that he used the Internet to solicit sex with minors. He was arrested following a sting operation at a Colonie motel and had allegedly arranged for a date with a minor he met on the Internet. '' The New York Post reports that he had child pornography and sex paraphernalia in his possession when he was arrested. State Police reportedly searched Ortloff'''s home in Plattsburgh and a computer had been seized from his Lake Placid real estate office, officials said. Ortloff, married with two sons, retired from the Assembly in 2006 having represented the 110 th District. '' He was appointed to the part-time position on the Parole Board, a six year term which expires in 2012, a position paying him $102,000 a year.

Republican sex offender & Missouri State Rep. Scott Muschany, (R)-Frontenac, was indicted today, Aug 6, 2008, in connection with a reported sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl on May 17, the day after this year’s Legislative session ended. The alleged victim is the daughter of a state employee. The girl’s mother and Muschany, a married father of 2 children, were romantically involved, the woman said. (Aren't "Family Values" a wonderful thing?) In a morbid twist of irony, Muschany was a co-sponsor of legislation that toughened sex offender laws in 2006. According to his legislative biography, Muschany and his wife were licensed as foster parents with the Division of Family Services.

Republican sex offender & longtime stalwart Republican operative Peter Hong was arrested July 23, 2008 for solicitation of prostitution. Police spokesman Peter Panos said that the arrest came during the first day of a two-day sting operation during which "johns" and prostitutes responded to ads placed on the Internet and in print. Thirty-five people were arrested Wednesday and Thursday, Panos said today.

Republican sex offender & candidate for Mineral County (W.Va.) Commission Wilton Frederick Bland, 30, of Bayberry Place, was arrested March 23, 2007, after police received a complaint concerning a juvenile boy who said Bland had wanted him to appear nude on the Internet. Bland charged last year with 136 counts related to sexually based crimes against children has been sentenced to a possible total of 85 years after pleading guilty in both Grant and Mineral counties. was charged at the time with 73 counts of possession of child pornography, 45 counts of sexual assault in the first degree for allegedly having sex with a child under age 11, nine counts of use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor, seven counts of display of obscene matter to a minor and two counts of employing a minor to do sexually explicit conduct, according to the West Virginia State Police.

Republican Delegate Robert McKee, known as an advocate for children's rights, is the focus of a child pornography investigation after officers searched his Hagerstown, Md home. McKee is not facing any charges right now, but as of today, Feb 15, 2008, he has resigned his position as both a state delegate and as executive director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Club of Washington County. In a statement, McKee said he is entering treatment to, "get well and stay well." Shock waves echoed through Hagerstown, as the news that he was being investigated for child pornography spread like wildfire.

**We will be keeping an eye on this story for further developments** ***UPDATE*** - Robert Mckee entered a guilty plea of possessing child porn on September 6, 2008. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison on November 21, 2008. McKee's journals document that he simultaneously printed images of child pornography from the Internet and printed stories describing sexual acts between young boys and other young boys or adult men. Someone from McKee's home called the Washington County Sheriff's Department to tip off authorities and provided them with printed images from a computer.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:25 PM
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10. So, old Palin was pallin around with perverts. Shame on her.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:26 PM
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11. There she goes again, palling around with child molestors. nt
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 09:47 PM
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13. GOP= (not so) Grand Old Perverts
:puke:
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