February 05, 2007
Calling Bullshit : Can I grope you?
PinkDome has a piece up about a South Dakota legislator who is accused of groping a page while slept. I'm not buying it. Why? Because the kid is gross... seriously, click the link and tell me you'd hit that... if he were of age and all. Actually, even if he was old enough I'd keep him far away. He just looks like the kind of guy who's got cheese breath. And a permarunny nose.
Still, everyone has different tastes. One of my friends has a thing for super skinny guys. Another loves Lance Bass. Sister Ruth has a thing for any man who's ever been on CSPAN, including Gore Vidal. Top THAT on the gross-o-meter.
Still, what about evidence that it's bullshit, you ask? Well, as it turns out, the page's father owed money to the legislator he's now accused of groping him. Needless to say, it just doesn't feel legit. That, and there are no IM's. But there is a tapped phone convo...
Wiese agreed to call Sutton on Feb. 13 after Zeeb interviewed him. Zeeb was listening to the conversation and providing Wiese with notes on what he should say to Sutton. The conversation lasted 27 minutes. Wiese made the call from his cell phone, and Zeeb told the committee that he hooked up a small microphone to record from the phone's earpiece. Almost all of Sutton's comments were audible in a recording played for the committee, but much of what Wiese said during the conversation was inaudible.In the first 12 minutes of the conversation, Sutton was upbeat, talking to Wiese about legislative matters and personal issues. Then, Wiese changed the subject and said he called to talk about what happened "last week."
Sutton responded, "When, when what, you moved out?"
Wiese said: "Yeah, but why I moved out and I don't know what I should do. Tell the truth or if I should tell someone or who I should tell. You know what I'm talking about?"
Sutton replied: "No, I don't."
Throughout the remainder of the conversation, Sutton repeatedly said he didn't know what Wiese was referring to. The tone of his voice changed, and he obviously was upset. He also said that if he did touch Wiese, he didn't remember the incidents.
At one point, Wiese said: "I know you might be telling yourself that nothing happened and whatnot. You can handle it how you want to, but I want this straightened out."
At the end of the conversation, Sutton said he would be willing to see a Catholic priest to see how the situation should be handled, but he also said he would swear on a Bible that he did nothing wrong. At one point, Sutton said, "Well I, I walk in my sleep. I, I move around. I mean Austin, I will do whatever I can. I am, I am sorry and if I. ... Heck, obviously I, obviously I, if you remember, obviously I did it."
Honestly, first you've got an investigator who's leading a conversation and alludes to previous misconduct but no evidence is presented. Then there is a conversation between the two of them and it seems to me more a case of John Candy and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles than Mark Foley asking how big some guys cock is.
Ultimately, no one will know the truth. However, something just doesn't feel right in the kids story and the circumstance around it beg more questions than they answer.
This didn't stop the Senate committee investigating from recommending censure a week ago Friday. The SD Senate voted to censure last Wednesday. Maybe at some point we'll actually know the truth.
Posted by mcblogger at February 5, 2007 11:20 AM
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