March 5, 2010 12:37 PM

Hypocrisy Alert: Calif. Politician Roy Ashburn Arrested for Allegedly Driving Drunk; It Gets Worse

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Sacramento, Calif. (CBS/CBS13) BAD: CBS affiliate CBS13 reportsthat Roy Ashburn, a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk.

WORSE: CBS affiliate CBS13 reports that Roy Ashburn, a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk AFTER LEAVING A GAY BAR.

WORSER: CBS affiliate CBS13 reports that Roy Ashburn, a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving a gay bar WITH ANOTHER MAN IN THE CAR.

WORST: CBS affiliate CBS13 reports that Roy Ashburn, a REPUBLICAN state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving a gay bar with another man in the car.

WORSTEST: CBS affiliate CBS13 reports that Roy Ashburn, a Republican state senator from Southern California WITH A HISTORY OF OPPOSING GAY RIGHTS was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving a gay bar with another man in the car.

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by Michaeldowntown March 9, 2010 12:36 PM EST
Not every gay person supports all "gay" legislation. Besides, isn't he supposed to represent his constituents? Must lawmakers always support proposals that will benefit themselves personally? If voters don't like it they can oust him but it's not necessarily hypocracy.
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by thebob-bob March 8, 2010 3:15 PM EST
?I felt my duty, and I still feel this way, is to represent my constituents.?

If being gay means he "chose" an immoral lifestyle, which is what his anti-gay constituents believe, then he's choosing a lifestyle that doesn't represent his constituents.

If he's gay and born that way, which is what everyone except the right wing religious extremists believe, than he supported discrimination against his "own" and is a hypocrite.

Which is it? I'm gay and it's personal doesn't cut it.
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by BruceWilliams1 March 6, 2010 11:28 AM EST
Bakersfield.com has verified that there was another man in the car that was not a government employee.
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by BruceWilliams1 March 6, 2010 11:19 AM EST
16 pages of good comments in 2 days. What can I say?
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by esq777 March 6, 2010 10:46 AM EST
Another day, another Republican hypocrite. A "family values" champion by day, a gay bar cruiser by night.
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by alpinecenter March 6, 2010 6:08 AM EST
Jay Leno said that Ashburn was just "poling" his constituents.
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by elleneyegreen March 6, 2010 5:11 AM EST
Hypocrisy = political prostitution for corporate campaign funding, ensuring/purchasing votes to their benefit and their benefit only (corporatocracy). Otherwise known as legal bribes. When is corporate lobbying going to be made illegal? Let's all ask that of both our state and federal representatives. And come on, who's he trying to kid? One look and the world knows he's gay. What a rube.
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by curse914 March 5, 2010 11:49 PM EST
by NowBeWithThat March 5, 2010 4:58 PM EST
by Dmc1184 March 5, 2010 4:02 PM EST

Even CNN isnt reporting on this because NONE of it can be confirmed, except the DUI arrest. CBS will be issuing a retraction in a few days

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So the guy likes to shag men after a brewski. Why are you so upset?
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by hpbdeuce March 6, 2010 12:23 AM EST
IN ADDITION TO DRIVING DRUNK AND BEING A HYPOCRITE, ASHBURN STOLE - WORD FOR WORD - DRUNK-DRIVING GOP SENATOR SHELDON KILLPACK'S APOLOGY FROM JANUARY:

ASHBURN: I am also truly sorry for the impact this incident will have on those who support and trust me ? my family, my constituents, my friends, and my colleagues in the Senate." MAR 2010

KILLPACK: I am deeply sorry for the impact this incident will have on those who support and trust me -- my colleagues in the Senate, my constituents, and, most importantly, my family." JAN 2010

Those Republicans, they really stay on message
by warsux March 6, 2010 9:26 AM EST
The reason i am upset, is that he votes against gay issues one minute, and then gets horizontal with gay men. He is a hypocrite. Thats why.
by Num1lkrfan March 5, 2010 10:00 PM EST
doesnt matter which party it is...they are all corrupt...but you people who go blaming everything on the party or religion just make yourself look ignorant and brainwashed!!
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by DawnBroderick40 March 5, 2010 8:57 PM EST
The expression on his face is PRICELESS.
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by ugh71 March 14, 2010 2:43 PM EDT
Yeah, that makes him sooo much better. If this guy had killed someone drunk driving I bet you'd keep your mouth shut.
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