Sources: Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest

[kpete]

Source: CW13

Sources: Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―


Sources tell CBS13 a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning.

The California Highway Patrol pulled over Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer noticed a black Chevy Tahoe swerving at 13th and L Streets.

When the officer stopped the state-issued vehicle, the driver identified himself as Senator Ashburn. He was arrested without incident and charged with two misdemeanors: driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol level higher than .08% or higher.

A male passenger, who was not identified as a lawmaker, was also in the car but was not detained.

Read more: http://cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html

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Lawmaker Who Opposes Gay Rights Caught in Gay Bar
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/03/04/lawmaker_who_opposes_gay_rights_caught_in_gay_bar.html

UPDATE TO ADD:
Ashburn who has been a loud opponent of LGBT rights and has organized and hosted anti-gay marriage rallies for the Traditional Values Coalition and also has a 100% rating from the anti-gay Capitol Resource Family Impact group for voting against every LGBT rights bill during his tenure, was arrested for the DUI yesterday after leaving Faces, a popular Sacramento gay bar!
http://www.back2stonewall.com/2010/03/closeted-anti-gay-republican-california.html

[msanthrope]

1. Repuke Tea-Bagger, anti-Gay. Who is gay......apparently. n/t

[Betty]

3. There seems to be an endless supply of them.

I'm not at all surprised.

[aquart]

49. Anyone who thinks being gay is a "choice" ...

Is someone who thinks everyone has the same feelings toward the same sex and has to make the determined choice to turn away from them.

He was working on a really big "Christ, was I drunk last night" wasn't he?

[Fridays Child]

2. And that concludes today's episode of "Rank Republican Hypocrisy on Parade."

Please tune in again, tomorrow.

[area51]

9. lol

:thumbsup:

[Name removed]

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. as long as the voters are informed of the hypocrisy

[AlbertCat]

56. Please tune in again, tomorrow.

We have to wait for tomorrow? Surely something else will turn up within the hour!

[HillbillyBob]

61. like your reply

to Ashbutt hahhahahhahahahahahah!!!

I have been sayin the biggest closet cases are the ones who scream the loudest..ever since I left that R senator tied to a bed in the state capitol Hollerday Inn..I won't say what state..out of 'respect' for the daid ( he has since passed away I don't need anymore haints.)

[bemildred]

4. Sen. Roy Ashburn "deeply sorry" after DUI arrest

The last year of Roy Ashburn’s state Senate career was marred early Wednesday when he was arrested by the California Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving drunk near the Capitol in downtown Sacramento.

Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, issued a statement taking full responsibility and apologizing to his family, constituents, friends and Senate colleagues.

“I am deeply sorry for my actions and offer no excuse for my poor judgment,” said Ashburn, who through a spokesman declined to be interviewed. “I accept complete responsibility for my conduct and am prepared to accept the consequences for what I did.”

The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell of the CHP in Sacramento.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news_alerts/x379808761/Report-Sen-Roy-Ashburn-arrested-on-DUI-charges

[Deep13]

17. Is he deeply sorry about his wing-nut voting record?

Probably not. :grr:

[DesertDiamond]

36. "I am deeply sorry I got caught"

[arbusto_baboso]

5. I can't even muster shock for this kind of thing anymore.

It's like every single rethuglican is a self-loathing hypocrite. Gads, WTF is WRONG with them?

[Loki]

7. They are so invested in their corrupt ideology

that it trumps everything that was ever decent, honorable and good in their lives. When you sell your soul to this ideology, this is what the end result is...there is nothing in their world except but the acquisition and maintenance of power at whatever cost. In the DSM IV there is a category of personality disorder formerly called sociopath. This has gone way beyond hypocrisy.

http://allpsych.com/disorders/personality/antisocial.html

[arbusto_baboso]

8. I think you're right.

I wasn't wanting to call it sociopathy, but what else would come close to describing it?

[Amonester]

24. Because, "It Pay$$$$$$$$$$" (themselves & their acquaintance).

It's a system where "the more material money can buy" trumps everything else.

Al Capone took it to the extreme, but even his 'mafia ideology' didn't kill as many as the 'right-wing ideology' does (and will continue to do).

[Golden Raisin]

80. Yet they are the first to preach

morals and "values" to others, and have also taken it upon themselves to decide who is a "real" American and condemn all others. Fear, hatred and greed are a potent mix.

[LynzM]

26. "Maybe if I make it illegal, that'll convince me to stop doing it." ?

That's my only guess. Self-loathing is right. Gah.

[AlbertCat]

57. "Maybe if I make it illegal, that'll convince me to stop doing it."

More like:

"I'm making sure all the others are as miserable as I am. I can't STAND a gay person being happy and enjoying their life.... because I'm miserable!"


Oh and don't forget:

"I'm Republican. I'm above the law!"

[Hubert Flottz]

6. Senator Roy Assburn gets his ass burnt...

Gawd has another emergency to deal with ASAP!

[Mz Pip]

10. He was probably

just doing "research" so he could report back to his constituents the details of "teh evil gay." :sarcasm:

[SteveM]

18. Damn, beat me to it. First thing that came to mind: "I was researching."

Of course, the follow-up is: "what were you searching for, again?"

[LuckyLib]

21. Or he will say he was there on a "mission" to convert gays.

[Hepburn]

11. Asburn had another man in the car with him:

Campbell said the black Chevrolet Tahoe Ashburn was driving was a state car. He said an adult male was also in the vehicle but since he was not arrested, the CHP wouldn’t release much information about him.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news_alerts/x379808761/Report-Sen-Roy-Ashburn-arrested-on-DUI-charges?utm_source=widget_16&utm_medium=popular_entries_widget&utm_campaign=synapse

Assholes like Asburn really burn me. Anti-gay on anything and everything he can touch -- except his personal life. Seems to me that he probably had someone with him that he picked up in the gay bar. Like I could care less except for his totally bullshit conduct.

Fucking hypocrite. :puke:

[SoapBox]

12. HYP-O-CRITE! This clown is scum...

...creeps like this make me sick.

[Lucky Luciano]

13. LOL!!! Hypocritical psycho!! LOL!!! nt

[defendandprotect]

14. Obviously . . . doing research -- !!

[Deep13]

15. Republicans are hypocritical and corrupt?! Na-a-a-ah.

That's just not possible. :wtf:

[DissedByBush]

16. I believe most anti-gays

Are themselves closeted gays lashing out both as a distraction from themselves and as a way to vent the frustration of such closeted living.

[Deep13]

31. That would mean that most of the Prop.8 voters in CA...

...and most of those who voter for similar measures in other states are actually gay.

While your idea is probably true some of the time, I have to think that most homophobes are so because they are not gay, can't imagine what it is like to be gay and have been taught by Christianity that gays are evil and deserve to suffer.

[DissedByBush]

43. Not talking about the usual people

The ones who have been suckered into thinking there's something wrong with gays.

I'm talking about the anti-gay crusaders like this guy.

[Deep13]

51. I see. Well it seems clear that some of these crusaders...

...fall into that group. I don't know if their own homosexuality is causing them to be so hateful and that they are living in denial or if they are simply so corrupt that they can stand in front of the country and knowingly lie their asses off for political gain. Still, I have no reason to think Falwell or Robertson are gay. I think they just know there is money to be made in pandering to the irrational fear of The Gay.

[CLANG]

82. Falwell is obviously not gay

cuz he be dead!

[KamaAina]

19. Let me guess. He was taking the other guy to the all-night ex-gay ministry?

:rofl:

[NoodleyAppendage]

20. Reinforcing the notion that those "who hate the gay" really LOVE the gay.

Freud, once again, is proven right. Reaction formation, anyone?

J

[rasputin1952]

22. In a state vehicle no less...

I wonder how the judge is going to look at that one.

Good thing it wasn't a School Bus...:D

[Crowman1979]

23. Gay bars everywhere should be on alert for RW hippocritical closet scumbags!

Just out them in public and post it on Youtube.

[queerart]

25. He Is Sooooooo Very Sorrrrryyyyyy............

That he got caught.......

[xxqqqzme]

27. nice to see the article actually

use their reference source - 'Project Vote Smart' - to validate this rong winger's voting record.

[Jennicut]

28. This is so totally NOT shocking.

[LeftinOH]

29. This phenomenon has become common enough to deserve a name: "Down-Low Republicans".

[arbusto_baboso]

30. Remember that this is a trend for Repukes. (link inside)

If you think that's bad, check out the one below. The link title alone had me laughing out loud.

http://www.ditchmitchky.com/948/rev-gary-aldridge-graduate-of-liberty-university-friend-of-the-late-jerry-falwell-and-pastor-of-montgomerys-thorington-road-baptist-church-is-found-dead-with-dildo-in-anus/

[Ratty]

32. Sweeeet!

The GOP: the gift that keeps on giving.

[Akoto]

33. I guess we can expect a resignation in the near future, now. n/t

[KamaAina]

42. Probably right after Larry Craig's.

:eyes:

[DesertDiamond]

34. More evidence for my theory that the GOP is largely made up of self-hating gays

[deurbano]

35. Not unexpected....

I come from Ashburn’s neck of the woods (got out as soon as I could), and have actually spent a little time with him. In fact, he is a very good friend to one of my close (female and elderly) family members. A few years ago, I heard a rumor that his wife left him because she caught him having sex with another man. (Or, maybe she just discovered the affair, and didn’t actually walk in on them…) My family member is very conservative and was kind of in denial about that rumor, but it made sense to me.

I feel compelled to add that Ashburn has been very sweet and supportive to this family member (over a long period of time), really going out of his way with extremely kind and thoughtful acts. I understand that his actual positions/votes have often been quite harmful (and I don’t excuse them- and his hypocrisy- in any way), but I also can’t help but feel sorry for a guy who must have had so much self-loathing, and must have been so conflicted (living in the closet for so many decades), all the while representing (too well) such a conservative district. My family member loves the guy, and will definitely stand by him, but I doubt that reaction will be universal.

[SemperEadem]

37. Let me guess

"I love my wife...."

weak sauce and played out.

[colsohlibgal]

39. Ah, Sweet Hypocrisy

An enormous percentage of public figures who are anti gay are really just reflecting self loathing. These kind of stories make my day.

[krispos42]

40. Ha ha!

[Dappleganger]

41. Well color me shocked.

Hypocrisy should be against the law!

[Ozymanithrax]

44. It is all about the power.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

46. This should be headlines? Are there any videos?

[pleah]

59. Here ya go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1V9ikhmrRw

[Plucketeer]

47. Ass-Burns been my rep (sorry to say)

and he's as looney as Michele Bachmann and Jim Bunning. This incident isn't all that shocking if you've come to know Ashburn like his liberal constituents have. Of course, this'll be tough stuff to swallow, for the CONservatives of his district! I'm LMAO at that thought! :rofl:

[MineralMan]

48. Hardly breaking. There were several threads yesterday on this

story. Interesting, of course, but not LBN.

[JoePhilly]

50. Maybe he was just doing some research!!

[depakid]

75. Beat me to it!

[Renew Deal]

52. Where do these guys come from?

I can't imagine what it's like to be him.

[kpete]

53. UPDATE

Gay Club Manager: I Didn't See Anti-Gay State Senator Here Before DUI
more:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/gay_club_manager_i_didnt_see_anti-gay_state_senato.php

[Bluebear]

54. $$$$$$

[TheCowsCameHome]

55. He was doing undercover work, and finding out first hand

how the law works.

[W T F]

58. SEE!!!! REPUBLICANS REALLY DO SUCK!!!!

[pleah]

60. Ah, the toe tapp'n, toilet tempters, gay bar hopp'n GOP.

There has to be a song in there somewhere. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[krabigirl]

62. of course

[alp227]

63. This fool probably also contributed to the state budget mess!

So throw him out!

(Coming from a California college student who participated in today's anti-budget cuts rally)

[valerief]

64. I'd be surprised if that hypocrite WASN'T gay! They're so self-loathing, they make me sick. nt

[warm regards]

65. It's okay, Republicans can be gay too.

[arbusto_baboso]

67. That's not the issue.

The issue is his repeated votes against rights for gays PLUS this incident. America loves haters; it's hypocrites they don't like.

[valerief]

72. Huh? Quelle point? We know Republicans can be gay. We know Republicans be closeted.

No problem with that. Unfortunately, these Republicans do their damnedest to outlaw homosexuality while being homosexual themselves. That's the crime.

[icymist]

66. Awww, I feel so sorry for the Senator, NOT!

:nopity:

[nytemare]

68. So, will he pull a Larry Craig with a ridiculous denial of his gayness?

This will be interesting.

[greiner3]

69. I wonder if they'll catch Kasich here in OH?

He likes the DADT crowd!

[Sebastian Doyle]

73. I seem to remember rumors about Kasich years ago

This was when he was first in Congress.. long before he became a FAUX noise personality. I think he was shacking up with an "assistant" or whatever. One of my friends actually nicknamed him "Closet Kas(e)ich"

[David Zephyr]

70. God! Is there such a thing as a Republican that's not a closeted homosexual?

Jeez.

[chrisa]

71. Republican - The party of the self-loathing.

Homophobia and sexual insecurity seem to be 100% linked.

[asdjrocky]

74. I used to mix House at Faces.

It's really a great club with some great people.

[brewens]

76. I wish they would have ran those "To Catch a Predator" stings

in DC for about a year before they ever showed any on TV. They may have made a pretty good haul. Congressmen, staffers, lobbyists and media personalities. It would have been interesting.

[stlsaxman]

77. So what does"preditor" have to do with "gay"? The guy's a self loathing hypocrite...

I'm "incurably heterosexual" and I know there's a BIG difference. 95% of child molestation is done by "straight" men.

[brewens]

78. I know. I just thought that "Predator" would have nailed some

high profile people in DC. I would have been willing to bet more Republicans than Democrats.

[uberblonde]

79. Sounds like the dude in his car...

Was there to service him. Just to see what it's like, of course. Research!

[anachro1]

81. Time to resign

to spend more time with his family.