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September 16, 2008 09:17 PM UTC

Colorado GOP delegate robbed of $120,000 in St. Paul

  • 61 Comments
  • by: Steve Balboni

(At least he still has both kidneys – promoted by Colorado Pols)

The Pioneer Press in St. Paul reports,

http://www.twincities.com/ci_1…

He met her in the bar of the swank hotel and invited her to his room. Once there, the woman fixed the drinks and told him to get undressed.

And that, the delegate to the Republican National Convention told police, was the last thing he remembered.

When he awoke, the woman was gone, as was more than $120,000 in money, jewelry and other belongings.

The thief’s take stunned cops.

“It’s very, very, very rare,” Minneapolis Police Sgt. William Palmer said. “I can think of a couple of burglaries where we had that much stolen, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of this kind of deal.”

The haul included a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a necklace valued at $5,000, earrings priced at $4,000 and a Prada belt valued at $1,000, police said.

The victim was identified as Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, 29, of Denver, a single attorney and a fixture in Colorado Republican politics. He was one of the state’s delegates to the convention this month in St. Paul.

Perhaps the thief read one of the interviews that Schwartz gave during the convention?

In an interview filmed the afternoon of Sept. 3 and posted on the Web site LinkTV.org, Schwartz was candid about how he envisioned change under a McCain presidency.

“Less taxes and more war,” he said, smiling. He said the U.S. should “bomb the hell” out of Iran because the country threatens Israel.

Asked by the interviewer how America would pay for a military confrontation with Iran, he said the U.S. should take the country’s resources.

“We should plant a flag. Take the oil, take the money,” he said. “We deserve reimbursement.”

A few hours after the interview, an unknown woman helped herself to Schwartz’s resources.

Classy guy. I’m guessing he doesn’t believe in karma but perhaps this will change his mind.

UPDATE: Now with video below the fold

Thanks to Wonkette for linking to the video.

http://wonkette.com/402785/gop…

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61 thoughts on “Colorado GOP delegate robbed of $120,000 in St. Paul

  1. As our theocratic friends in the GOP would say, God helps those who lep themselves.  Or perhaps this was God’s revenge on someone preparing to fornicate.

          1. He wears $60,000 worth of bling, takes her to HIS room and then let’s HER fix the drinks??  I don’t want to blame the victim, but this guy must not have been much of a practiced player to make such novice mistakes.

        1. You know as well as I that the GOP doesn’t vote their delegates in.

          They have the chamber-o-money like the used car dealerships use, and everyone gets a shot at it. Whoever comes out holding the most benjamins gets to go to the convention as a delegate.

          It also explains why Schwartz had so much cash on him.

          1.    They had a couple of nut jobs featured on Pols several weeks ago who did not sound all that wealthy, including Kristie Burton, the mother of A-48 (no pun intended), and that wacko woman whose dream ticket consisted of Tom Tancredo and Jesus Christ.

              Not all of their delegates have bank accounts like Bruce Benson and the Beer Baron.

            1. his ex-girlfriend and ex-campaign manager.  Did she have to enter some type of witness protection program.  She used to post on here, and then suddenly stopped.

                  1. I’ve stumbled onto the Pols through a mention of it in the Vail Daily and I’m glad I have. So witty and thought provoking.

                    In witness protection-HA! Nice one Russell. I also happen to know that Alison is alive and well through cc’s of emails she has sent. Although I heard that she has been hiding from the Hasans and Eagle County idiots (I mean Republicans, sorry) because she is “expecting”. Any truth to that, do you know?

                    Alison, if you are out there. Set the record straight and give us your opinion. I know you read the Pols.  

  2. “It’s very, very, very rare,” Minneapolis Police Sgt. William Palmer said. “I can think of a couple of burglaries where we had that much stolen, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of this kind of deal.”

    That’s because most people aren’t so stupid.  

  3. Is this an example of trickle down economics, or just “A fool and his [parent’s] money are soon parted.” – Thomas Tussser.

    Bonus quote, “A fool and his money are soon elected.” – Will Rodgers.  

    1. Never mind. I see the quotes were included in the article linked at the top of the thread, which I didn’t read until AFTER I posted about the updates to the Denver Channel article.

    2. “Also, some media outlets, with no sense of humor, have linked a silly interview that I gave to a little-known Internet outlet. When joking around with its so-called reporters, I thought the interview was a satire and didn’t take it seriously. The interview is a farce and does not accurately express my political views. I endorse the platform of the Republican National Committee.”

      He clearly shares McCain’s refined sense of humor:  “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.”

    3. …during the heist?

      Man, you can’t make this stuff up.  While Republicans cause me high levels of anger, they also supply me with lots of laughter.

      Become a liberal.  Your IQ goes up ten points instantly.  

    4. For this Republican delegate, getting his bling stolen – all of which he will undoubtedly get reimbursed through insurance – equates to a woman getting sexually assaulted?

      Classy. The guy probably LOVES Sarah Palin too…

  4. is a delegate to the convention of the party of “Family Values” doing going back to a hotel room with a woman he just met?

    Yet these bastards are going to sit in judgement of me and my family?

    F*#@ing hypocrite.

  5. 1. Don’t leave jewelry just lying around your hotel room if its worth over $ 1K

    2. Don’t ever let Ann Coulter mix your drinks for you

    3. Don’t get drunk and say what you really feel on TV

    4. All the other delegates seemed to like war and debt too, AND

    5. Rush Limbaugh rocks even more in person !

    1. A girlfriend let me use her television because she didn’t have a need for it. Then said woman and myself fell apart, but she left the TV.

      Months later, on Super Bowl Sunday, in the middle of the game, she shows up at my apartment asking for her tele back.

      Now all of my possessions at the time didn’t equal one of this guy’s bar tabs, but I learned the lesson – the fastest way to lose something of value, is to lose it to the female persuasion…

  6. You’d think this guy would know the Beastie Boys song of the same name, by heart:

    The girl came up to me she said she loved the show

    Asked her to come home and she couldn’t say, “No!”

    We got the crib – there’s Adam and D.

    We didn’t say a word – they just stared at me

    I said, “I don’t know her just met her tonight.”

    And Adrock started hiding everything in sight

    D. pulled me over said, “Hide your gold,

    The girl is crafty like ice is cold!”

    The girl is crafty – she knows all the moves

    I started playing records – she knew all the groo-hooves

    He thought she was a thief – and D. was right

    But I just figured she’d spend the night

    When I woke up late in the afternoon

    She had taken all the things from inside his room

    I found myself sleeping in the middle of the floor

    She had taken the bed and the chest of drawers

    The mirror, the TV, the new guitar cord

    My remote control and my old skateboard

    She robbed us blind – she took all we owned

    And the boys blamed me for bringing her home

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