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- Gabberwok, on 02/19/2008, -13/+481Wait, a secretly gay Republican? I don't believe you...
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -2/+179What is the problem? He was wearing a black cocktail dress. He obviously understands style, and appropriate evening dress!
- DangerDee, on 02/19/2008, -6/+107"He had difficulty locating his drivers license in his purse."
HA HA
"His wife, Wendy, says he's not interested in talking to the press right now."
Ya think? - dmerc, on 02/19/2008, -1/+69LOL, rear-ended.
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -4/+72Until the repubs quit trying to claim they are the moral voice of the country, expect the hypocrites to get mocked.
- vault, on 02/19/2008, -13/+69lol...
- dunderballer, on 02/19/2008, -2/+58In all seriousness, this is the kind of lifestyle supported by those who wish to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, Meanwhile, Robert Somma's lifestyle of lies-- conforming to the conservative agenda--has left his wife humiliated, devastated, and deprived of the true love only achieved in relationships where both partners honest about their orientations.
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -2/+57The story so far:
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/02/18/total-drag ...
[Federal Judge Robert] Somma worked in private practice for years in Boston before he was appointed to the bench by President Bush in December 2004.
Yes, the fact that Bush appointed him as a federal bankruptcy judge does crack me up, but let’s start at the beginning.
Somma’s Mercedes-Benz E320 sedan hit a pick-up truck from behind about 11:29 p.m. on Feb. 6, the police report said. No one was hurt.
Somma, who lives in Newbury, Mass., fumbled in his purse for his driver’s license before handing it to the officer who later arrested him, the police report shows.
“He had a difficult time locating his license in his purse. He passed over it multiple times before removing it,” officer Paul J. Thompson wrote in his report.
The officer offered no other details with regard to the judge’s attire or accessories. Nor would representatives of the Manchester Police Department or the city solicitor’s office, which worked out the negotiated plea agreement with Somma’s lawyer…
But lots of other people did offer those details, of which Audrey Hepburn would have been proud.
When authorities removed him from the vehicle, they said he wore a black women’s cocktail dress, fishnet stockings and high heels.
But in his mug shot, the judge appears to be wearing blue eye shadow. Way to wreck a really chic look, Robert.
And where, you might ask, was the judge going that night dressed that way?
Somma told police he had been at the Breezeway Pub where he had one gin and tonic about two hours earlier, the police report reveals. He later said he drank two gin and tonics.
The Breezeway Pub, at 14 Pearl St., bills itself as “New Hampshire’s favorite gay and alternative bar,” according to its web site.
The arresting officer reported Somma smelled of alcohol, slurred his speech and fell backwards against the door frame while getting out of his car.
The Boston-based judge chose the bar in question, according to local rumor, because his wife, Wendy, was out of town and no one knew him in New Hampshire. Sounds like Wendy is pretty cool, though.
“I suspect that he will not be interested in talking to anyone from the newspaper, and I’m his wife,” said a woman who answered the telephone at the judge’s home yesterday. She referred media calls to Gary H. Wente, chief administrative officer for the First Circuit Courts.
Somma showed his sense of style to the end. He phoned in his resignation from a vacation spot in the Caribbean. If I were him, I think I’d just stay there. - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -12/+66That is absolutely disgusting, it makes my flesh crawl! How could anyone stoop so low as to be a Bush judicial nominee? ( Who cares about the stockings and DWI and stuff ).
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -6/+59Just one more fine up standing Republican. Hello Larry can you help me out on this one?
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -4/+55I am firmly convinced that all Republicans are gay.
... not that that's a bad thing. - Scrappy1850, on 02/19/2008, -1/+47i think you mean "not all crossdressers are gay," but your statement is also correct.
- BeeArePro, on 02/19/2008, -3/+48Who's next? Huckabee.
- InfamousAtheist, on 02/19/2008, -3/+42Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
These people (maybe not this guy, but many others) who spew hatred and bias against alternative lifestyles continue to get exposed as hypocrites who actively participate in the "evil" activities they so fervently oppose. What could lead a person to take part in a homosexual relationship and then build a career villanizing their own actions? Is it guilt?
I have to laugh every time one of these frauds gets busted, but at the same time, it concerns me that so many of them are judges and politicians with real power to influence the law. It defies logic... but I guess people aren't always rational so I doubt I'll ever understand these crazies. - Edwaldo, on 02/19/2008, -4/+40No way, a Republican crossdresser homosexual? And I thought Larry Craig was bad.
- jgzman, on 02/19/2008, -4/+38According to the Boston Herald (http://tinyurl.com/24brgv) he was, in fact, appointed by Bush in December 2004. He was not, (as the article implies) put forward as a recess appointment.
But if Bush claims that his people are the 'moral' side of the country, you may remember this, among others. - FredFredrickson, on 02/19/2008, -7/+39This is what happens when you pretend to be the "moral party."
- Nanobe, on 02/19/2008, -1/+32And the reason it gets so much media coverage is that Republicans are viewed as the "anti-gay" party and Democrats are viewed as the "gay rights" party, so there's a hypocrisy factor that makes the story hilarious.
- nkohari, on 02/19/2008, -3/+33This comment just illustrates the narrow-mindedness that's so common with conservatives. No one is saying that it's immoral for the guy to be a cross-dresser or a homosexual. They're saying it's ironic because he's a conservative and as such, aligns himself strongly AGAINST the same things he participates in.
- Narrator, on 02/19/2008, -1/+28Closeted homosexuals are easier for neo-cons to blackmail.
- HystErica79, on 02/19/2008, -2/+29Blue eye shadow?!?! YUCK!!!
- khail250, on 02/19/2008, -3/+29you are saying Bush would appoint an atheist liberal?
- glasnostic, on 02/19/2008, -2/+27it appears that he was nominated by Bush and appointed by the circuit Court judges.
- iPirate, on 02/19/2008, -2/+26Well... it is the official stance of the Republican Party that we need a constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage.
- ivandir, on 02/19/2008, -5/+29This is priceless. Hypocrisy at its best.
- MacEnvy, on 02/19/2008, -2/+24I wonder if Wendy was pissed that he took her purse out on the town.
- ronjohn, on 02/19/2008, -2/+23Damn why are there so many gay republicans these days?
- BoneheadFarker, on 02/19/2008, -2/+23As far as I can recall, Democrats don't go around calling for gays to be stripped of their civil liberties. Nor do they constantly vote down any measure giving gays the same rights as striaght people do. That's why it's worse when people like Larry Craig are caught with their pants down...
- kaelyiesta, on 02/19/2008, -1/+21This is beyond absurd. Absurd was after maybe the 5th 'morally upstanding conservative' caught for blowing other guys, it was like something out of a political comedy around 10 guys, and yet more keep getting caught. This is like something democrats would dream about.
I am now convinced that neocons are all gay. I would not be any more surprised if bush was caught in an affair with cheney. - seattle98104, on 02/19/2008, -6/+26"tradidtional family, pro life, non intervention"
One of these contradicts the others. - Barbosa, on 02/19/2008, -2/+21Maybe not but when leaving a GAY BAR drunk and wearing a dress? OK I'll take your word for it, he's not gay, sorry my mistake. If only the Republicans would stop being self righteous and judgmental and grant such leeway to the rest of us we might be OK.
- sonaboy, on 02/19/2008, -3/+22I don't think anyone said this judge is actually gay. The majority of crossdressers are straight men. It's just funny that a conservatively aligned judge got caught in drag. So all you red-staters can cease with the "lib'rul hatespeech" junk. Most of us are just laughing.
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -3/+20First, I'm assuming you're gay because you say you're not.
Second, Liberals love the gays. We'd like to see assloads (no pun intended) of gay sex in the White House and we've never said anything different.
Third, I'm assuming you're gay. - neognostic, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17From the NY Times, URl too long for Digg.
Republicans approved a platform yesterday that puts the party firmly on the record against legalized abortion, gay marriage and other forms of legal recognition for same-sex couples, reflecting the political clout of social conservatives and setting up a stark contrast with the Democrats for the fall campaign.
The platform also hails President Bush's fight against terrorism, advocates making his tax cuts permanent and calls for the creation of personal investment accounts in Social Security as part of a new ''ownership society'' that Republicans assert will give Americans more responsibility and control over their financial lives.
The 93-page document, produced under the tight control of the Bush forces, tries to accomplish several political tasks: promoting and defending Mr. Bush's record, particularly on national security; sketching a domestic vision for a second term; and energizing the party's conservative base. - Scrappy1850, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17and the drunk driving... i'm pretty sure thats the issue here.
- Gabberwok, on 02/19/2008, -2/+18If you find yourself getting drunk in drag at a gay bar, you may not consider yourself "gay", but that doesn't change the fact that you are almost certainly sleeping with men.
- nkohari, on 02/19/2008, -3/+19Wait, we'd be surprised that Democrats are more liberal about alternative lifestyles? Only if we'd spent the last 20 years in bizarro world.
- sizzzzlerz, on 02/19/2008, -2/+17I did a search of all the postings before yours and found exactly none suggesting this person was immoral. In fact, the word moral doesn't appear until you posted. Based upon this, I make the assumption that you're a flaming ***** who has a persecution complex as wide as the Grand Canyon.
- FredFredrickson, on 02/19/2008, -3/+18Traditional conservatives are mostly just small government. The rest of that stuff is neo-con drivel.
- ivandir, on 02/19/2008, -1/+16ROFL
- thefandango, on 02/19/2008, -4/+19it's not the fact that the right would be demonized for it, it's the fact that while they rally against and bastardize "alternative lifestyles" they engage in them.
THAT's the hypocrisy.
Example: If you want to dress up like a woman and go to gay bars, you're well within your rights. But then don't go on about "the sanctity of marriage" when you're cheating on your wife with someone else REGARDLESS of if your mistress is a mister. - Andia83, on 02/19/2008, -2/+17And no one took pics?
- smotpoker, on 02/19/2008, -4/+18plus 'traditional family' is completely subjective description.
Technically speaking, 'tradiational family' argument could be used to support the notion it's ok to beat your wife/kids into check. That is the traditional mechanism of family discipline isn't it? - jgzman, on 02/19/2008, -2/+16Well yea. We are. I don't condemn the man for wearing a cocktail dress. I condemn him for being a hypocrite.
Am I missing something here? Are Republicans actually this stupid, or are they intentionally being obtuse, or am I somehow missing a trick? You'd think I wouldn't have to repeat my above point more than ten or fifteen times, especially when a quarter of Digg is doing the same damn thing. - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -3/+17you don't know Ranger very well then.
- reparsed, on 02/19/2008, -0/+13Homosexual? Not a problem.
Cross dresser? Not a problem.
Drinking and driving? Problem.
Hypocrisy? Huge problem. - corourke, on 02/19/2008, -4/+17pro-life = anti-choice which contradicts your statement of "real choice".
- macwisdom, on 02/19/2008, -3/+16haha!
- rayjitsu, on 02/19/2008, -2/+14Bush must have looked the judge in the eye and saw his soul - just like he did with Putin.
- isiah1, on 02/19/2008, -5/+17As I said before, GOP stands for Gay Old Party.
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