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October 14, 2008 03:55 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your Congressman

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  • by: Phoenix Rising

… replacing someone who at least isn’t your Congressman edition.)

Florida’s Congressional District 16 was recently the home of disgraced Republican Rep. Mark Foley.  Foley was replaced by Democrat Tim Mahoney in an election where Foley’s name was still on the ballot.

But it seems the district is doomed to scandal, as Mahoney just signed a $120,000 settlement with a mistress who was on his campaign staff.

From the ABC News article:

   West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mistress who worked on his staff and was threatening to sue him, according to current and former members of his staff who have been briefed on the settlement, which involved Mahoney and his campaign committee.

   Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said.

More from the article, (h/t to Daily Kos for the excerpting…)

   U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney calls himself a Blue Dog Democrat. Some Democrats think he’s just a dog.

   At a time when some Hillary Clinton loyalists would rather stick a flag pin in their eye than rally behind Barack Obama — but are doing so anyway because of the larger goal of taking back the White House — Mahoney can’t bring himself to back the party’s first African-American nominee.

   …

   “I don’t owe the party anything,” said Mahoney, whose election helped the Democrats take control of Congress. “If anybody owes anybody anything, it’s [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi who owes a debt to me.”

Here’s to a short Congressional career for Rep. Mahoney.  Arrogance and abuse like this we don’t need or want.

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5 thoughts on “At Least He’s Not Your Congressman

  1. from TPM here’s the conversation when he fired her. This guy is awful.

    MAHONEY: You’re fired. It’s correct. It’s what I believe. You’re fired. Do you hear me? Don’t tell me whether it’s correct or not.

    ALLEN: Tell me why else I’m fired.

    MAHONEY: There is no why else.

    ALLEN: Yeah there is.

    MAHONEY: No–just you’re fired because I said that you y’know … not the judge and the jury. Ok? You’re fired. D’you hear me? Call what’s her name in Anchorage, Alaska if you want to keep on thinkin’ like y’know that I’m not being fair or somehow this is a negotiation. This, this is not a negotiation. Ok? Y’know, you’re not in a position to negotiate with me on this. Ok? My position. Ok? You work at my pleasure. Do you understand what that means?

    ALLEN: What does it mean?

    MAHONEY: It means that you work at my pleasure. If you’re doing the job that I think that you should do, you get to keep your job. Whenever I don’t feel like you’re doing your job, then you lose your job. And guess what? The only person that matters is–guess who? Me. Do you understand that? Now this is how life really is. This is how it works.

    ALLEN: Really? You know that–

    MAHONEY: You don’t have a job.

    ALLEN: –you’re upset about something else.

    MAHONEY: No I’m not I’m not upset about something else. I’m upset because we continue to have this discussion and you continue to try to push it someplace where it’s not supposed to be. I was furious at you because I couldn’t find you. Right? And your job was–

    ALLEN: I excused myself and walked three feet out the door. I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

    MAHONEY: You were not waiting for me when I got back. That’s what your job is. You weren’t there.

    ALLEN: I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

    MAHONEY: No you were not. You’re fired. You’re fired. Call whatsher name up and do it. You’re fired. I don’t want to talk about it any more. I’m not negotiating with you anymore. You’re done. Ok? So call Cherry tomorrow and if you don’t, you you won’t get your last paycheck. Ok? And let me tell you something else. If I find out you say anything else, you won’t get your last paycheck.

    ALLEN: Like what? What do you think I’m going to say?

    MAHONEY: I don’t give a ****, ok? But if you say anything, you won’t get your last paycheck.

    ALLEN: I’m owed also my expenses. As well as money out of my pocket at church today.

    MAHONEY: I’ll take care of all of that when you do your job. OK? You want to keep negotiating?

    ALLEN: I thought I didn’t have a job. What job am I supposed to do to get my expenses?

    MAHONEY: Just fill out your expense report and I’ll pay you off, pay all your expenses. And you’re done. Ok? You can’t call me. You’re don’t understand me. Ok? You keep pissin’ me off because every time I get you on the phone you keep telling me I’m wrong.

    ALLEN: You are wrong.

    MAHONEY: Oh I’m wrong. Guess what? You don’t have a job. Ok? You’re right and you don’t have a job. Guess what? How does that make you feel?

    ALLEN: I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

    MAHONEY: No you weren’t.

    ALLEN: And I did a very good job. I did everything I was supposed to do.

    MAHONEY: You did a **** job and you’re fired.

    ALLEN: And you’re firing me for other reasons and you’re not man enough to say it. Why don’t you say it? Why don’t you say it and be a man for once?

  2. Next door in FL-13, freshman Republican Vern Buchanan, holder of Katherine Harris’ seat and disputed winner of the 2006 race where 18,000 ballots went missing, has been caught up in numerous scandals resulting in no fewer than seven civil suits…

    From the Huffington Post (with apologies to conservatives – it had a good summary…)

    The explosive allegations indicate that Buchanan and his dealership employees may have taken part in conspiracy, fraud, and retaliatory personnel actions. The plaintiffs, mainly former employees, describe incidents in which Buchanan and his staff appear to have violated campaign finance laws, hired undocumented workers, bilked customers, threatened employees, sent fraudulent information to banks, and misappropriated funds. Additional lawsuits are expected soon

    1. As far as his legislative work, I have to say he isn’t the worst Republican. Breaks rank completely on environmental and some other issues.

      But he is a man of money, and as pointed out, lots of lawsuits pertaining to his dealerships.

      So, I’ll be voting for Christine Jennings….who has had a few burps and farts along the way.  

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