Representative Scott DesJarlais (pronounced Des-Jar-Lais) is a Republican Tea Partyer who represents the rural portion of Tennessee, i.e., the non-Elvis portion. If you’ve never been there, it’s beautiful country and the residents are hard working, shoulder to the earth folks who like to mind their own business. In 2010, DesJarlais was elected in the Republican tide on a platform of tax cuts, spending cuts, fewer hand outs and, yes, family values.
So, it should come as no surprise that his official website notes that “All life should be cherished and protected. We are pro-life.” In his short time in Congress, he has compiled a 100 percent pro-life voting record. Keep that thought for a second.
On November 6, the Congressman won re-election with 57 percent of the vote. Then the proverbial poop hit the fan. Word started coming out that this oh-so-sanctimonious, family values, save-the-fetus paragon of virtue had gotten himself into a spot of bother a while back. It seems that, right AFTER the election, court papers were released showing that during DesJarlais’ 2001 divorce trial (family values?) the Congressman had testified that that he slept with two of his patients (he’s a doctor), two co-workers and a drug representative while he was a practicing physician. And it seemed that, hoping to break the mood with one of those patients, the good doctor also smoked marijuana with her. As far as I know, Tennessee has not yet legalized marijuana but I’ll check my records lest I unfairly besmirch the Congressman. Oh, and just for good measure, during one of the affairs, DesJarlais prescribed the woman drugs, gave her an $875 watch and bought her an airplane ticket to Las Vegas.
Now, there was something else…Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Did I happen to mention that the pro-life Congressman also encouraged his wife to have not one, but two abortions? Did I mention that he also pressured one of his mistresses to terminate her pregnancy as well? Before you condemn the Congressman for hypocrisy, understand that these abortions were okay because, as he testified during his divorce proceedings, his wife’s first abortion was “therapeutic” because there were “potential risks.” And the second one was okay because “things were not going well between us.”
Yep, this oh-so-pompous Congressman who, if it were up to him, would ban abortion (unless, perhaps, if it was a result of a legitimate rape) actually availed himself of this legal medical procedure on at least three occasions. But, let’s not hold that against him because you see these were extenuating circumstances. I mean, his former wife and mistress were in tough spots and while those other women who get abortions are sluts, his ex-wife is a fine upstanding woman who, yes, didn’t satisfy him enough, forcing him to go out and screw other women but, well, I’m sure you understand his difficult situation.
I grow weary of these hypocrites, these pompous slobs who can rationalize anything as long as it suits their own purpose. And I’ve heard these stories before. On many occasions our abortion doctors would tell me how they had performed an abortion for a pro-life Congressman’s wife, daughter, niece, etc. But the Congressman would imply that their situation was different – versus that run of the mill, low-life twenty two year old promiscuous slut who could just bear the baby and put it for adoption.
Congressman DeJarlais’ biography starts with “Scott grew up in rural America, where people value hard work and HONESTY.”
Paging Lorena Bobbitt, Paging Lorena Bobbitt…
November 18, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Pat, are you really sure “The Bobbitt” is the best advice for this male version of a slut?
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November 19, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I dont know, Kate! What a slob though, huh? And I can’t believe this came out right after the election. I hear the Dems are already lining up for his seat next time around.
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November 20, 2012 at 6:58 am
I also read that this information was intentionaly held back until after the election. Rat bastards. Where are the investigative journalists? They certainly aren’t employed by mainstream commercial media or if they were, they’re certainly censored by their gatekeeper editors.
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November 20, 2012 at 9:34 am
Not sure if it was “held back.” That would imply that there was some kind of conspiracy in the court system and the media. And that would imply that the Congressman or his allies actually talked to someone about withholding all that info. And that’s really setting yourself up. I dunno, I’ve just learned that nothing, absolutely nothing, is ever kept secret anymore….
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November 20, 2012 at 11:02 am
It’s been reported over and over how sources knew about X, Y and Z for months or years and the info not released. Think David Petraeus, think WMD, etc.
I’m not implying any conspiracy. It’s the way gatekeepers control information, set agendas, collaborate with their advertisers and other stakeholders.
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November 21, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Here’s a piece that might help as well
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/632/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11875
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November 19, 2012 at 6:25 am
I use to get so “pissed off” when some “pro-life” person would come in for an abortion…call and make an appt for or come with the person…then say things like really…I am sure that the “group counseling” is NOT necessary!! She is not like the other women…I would very nicely respond…she is pregnant isn’t she? She doesn’t want to be right? Because of …fill in the blank_________! (unplanned…medical problems…rape (either legitimate or ill-legitimate)!!
They are quick to label a woman that gets an abortion as a “slut”!! I NEVER let anyone avoid “group counseling”…they did NOT have to say anything about their personal life…unless they wanted to “chime in”!! But they did have to talk about what they were or were NOT using for BC and what they wanted to use this time!!
But anyway…this business about Congressman DeJarlais’ needs to be pointed out during any congressional hearings that he is part of… if he is voting against A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO ….SAVE AND LEGAL ABORTION!! You can NOT have your cake and eat it too!
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November 19, 2012 at 2:19 pm
I remember there was always a running debate about group counseling versus individual counseling. Those clinics that did individual would kind of talk down about group, they’d imply that in group counseling you’re not really helping the woman….
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November 20, 2012 at 5:05 am
We did talk to them individually too…but for some of it …I think that the group was important!! If not to just show them that they aren’t alone other women (just like them) are going through the same thing…for instance they may both have children already…could not afford another child!! Once “she” realizes that the woman next to her… is just like her…it is in some way a comfort…to know that she is NOT such a “horrible” person!!
Does that make sense?? She doesn’t get that unless she is brought together with that small group of women…so both are important!!
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November 20, 2012 at 9:37 am
Great points, Lorraine, as always! I did forget to mention that most of those clinics also gave women the option of private counseling. And, yes, I can see how group counseling can be productive as well.
Hey, Lorraine, while we’re talking, did your clinic ever do “private abortions” where you brought a woman in after hours and charged her a larger fee?
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November 19, 2012 at 3:18 pm
That congressman is an idiot
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November 20, 2012 at 9:37 am
As always, Evan goes right to the point, does not mince words…
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November 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
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December 19, 2012 at 4:27 pm
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December 19, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Dr. Karpen, i See your link, but what comment do you have?
Links with out comments don’t mean much . . .
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November 20, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Good read. Houston Texas Womens Clinic http://houstontexaswomansclinic.com
Thanks
Karpen
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December 19, 2012 at 7:05 pm
??????
What is your opinion on abortion?
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November 20, 2012 at 5:38 pm
good read!
Houston Texas Womans Clinic
http://houstontexaswomansclinic.com
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November 21, 2012 at 9:31 am
Thanks, Karpan! And thanks for giving us the link to your wonderful clinic. I hope you’ll continue to read our stuff. Meanwhile, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, thanks for all you do for women down there in Houston!!
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November 21, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Thank you Karpan.
We would be happy for you to comment on the discussion as well.
And you may want to comment on the
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Regards
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November 21, 2012 at 5:10 am
http://houstontexaswomensclinic.com/ for abortion information
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November 22, 2012 at 9:17 pm
anymore when i hear an american politico speak of family values, i automatically assume that they lack them.
it also seems that those same politicians who tout family values are out to strip others of their rights
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November 24, 2012 at 6:20 am
“Roggie” I agree!! They are screaming …Look at them…look at them….NOT at me!! Just like Tennesse (re-elected on 11/6/12) U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais who has voted 100% of the time PRO-LIFE…
Re[. DesJarlais testified during divorce proceedings …that he and his former wife made a “mutual decision” for her to have two abortions, according to divorce transcripts! DesJarlais once urged a patient with whom he was having an affair to get an abortion!
On his campaign website, DesJarlais espoused an anti-abortion position, saying: “All life should be cherished and protected. We are pro-life.”According to DesJarlais’ testimony, his ex-wife Susan had her first abortion because she was taking an experimental drug that carried potential risks in pregnancy. The second came during problems in their relationship while they were living together before their marriage…Things were not going well between us and it was a mutual decision,” DesJarlais testified!
DesJarlais in the court proceedings acknowledged having sex with at least two patients and he said he prescribed painkillers for at least one of them.He urged one of those patients to get an abortion during a phone conversation that he recorded…the transcripts show that woman testified under oath that she had been pregnant. She declined to answer whether she had an abortion but said she didn’t have a child by DesJarlais.
http://www.Chron.com/news/politics/article/Tenn-GOP-Congressman-s-exwife
I could go on an on but you get the picture…this guy wants to mind YOUR-OUR business…but as an EX-DOCTOR he sure passes out perscriptions for abortion procdures!! Because “his” unwanted/unplanned pregnancy issues are important UN-like the “sluts: of the world that want to just…MURDER their children!
So “Roggie”…I agree…”anymore when i hear an american politico speak of family values, i automatically assume that they lack them.”
“i also seems that those same politicians who tout family values are out to strip others of their rights”
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