Meet Paul Stanley. He’s a Republican state senator in Tennessee who teaches Sunday school, loudly opposes allowing gay couples to adopt and is a firm opponent of sex outside of marriage — except his own. Poor Stanley, 47, ended up having to go to the police and admit having sex with his 22-year-old intern after her boyfriend clumsily tried to blackmail him with pictures and video of Stanley and the intern in flagrante delicto. Unlike Sen. John Ensign’s claims of blackmail, the police have taken this one seriously and charged the schlub of a boyfriend.
Blackmail Epidemic Ravages GOP Philanderers
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July 23, 2009 2:00 p.m.
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