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Vetting ILL. style strikes again

Tam

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The little-known pawnbroker who won this week's Democratic Primary Election for Illinois lieutenant governor was arrested in 2005 after his prostitute girlfriend alleged that he put a knife to her throat and pushed her against the wall -- an incident that could create a major headache for Governor Pat Quinn. Scott Lee Cohen denies that he laid a hand on the woman, and says he didn't know she was a prostitute -- he thought she just worked in a massage parlor


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Tam

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Democrat Primary Winner in Illinois Used SteroidsBy: Adrian Holman Chicago : IL : USA | 1 day ago 3 0 Views: 1,326 [ Close Window ] « Prev Next » Image

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Source: ReutersSee All Images When one thinks that Illinois politics couldn't become any worse, another election shocker has been released. The Democratic Primary winner for Lieutenant Governor in Illinois, Scott Lee Cohen, the former pawn broker, was previously charged in 2005 for a misdemeanor count of domestic battery on an ex-girlfriend who was working as a prostitute. In the account, Cohen threatened to kill her with a knife and attempted to slice her throat open. The case was thrown out because the ex-girlfriend did not appear in court in 2005. However, this does not absolve him from trying to give his ex a Peruvian necktie.
Unfortunately, this charge was not known by the thousands of Illinois voters who voted for him on Tuesday. However, the tale is more bizarre. In that case in 2005, he admitted to be a user of steroids. We all have heard about the various sports athletes that use performance enhancing drugs. However, this scenario may be the first for a politician to use PED's to improve his political performance. The voters must wonder about whether he is a good politician for Illinois or if he won the Primary election solely based upon his political performance.
Democratic Primary winner for governor, current Gov. Pat QuinnPat Quinn, has requested for Cohen to drop out of the race as Lt. Governor. However, Cohen is defiantly against stepping down.
When the facts come to light, after my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend speak, the people of Illinois can decide, and I will listen to them directly,” Cohen said in a written statement. “There are questions, and I will provide all answers honestly and openly. I only ask for time to do the interviews.”
Step down before you roid rage again while you are campaigning.

"When the facts come to light" Remind you of any other Democrat in ILL.?

Is there something in the water there? :wink:
 

hypocritexposer

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These types would be exposed if running for the Republican party, so they tend to gravitate to the Dem party, if they have their mind set on being in politics.

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Larrry

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Wheres the moral left on this thread..must be tied up with other things.
Oh, their selective morality never ceases to amaze.
 

Tam

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From the Chicago Sun Times
Scott Lee Cohen's brother tries to fill in blanks on past

February 5, 2010

BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter
Larry Cohen didn’t vote for his younger brother — he says he was busy with other things and it slipped his mind — but he says the embattled Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor is a great guy who is just what Illinois needs.

"I support him 110 percent," said Cohen, 55, who, like his younger brother, is in the pawnbroker business. "I feel he will do better than anyone else who's been in that office."

Larry Cohen, who lives in the northern suburbs, supports his brother, even though he sued him in a dispute over the proceeds of a will following the death of the Cohen brothers’ father in February 1995. Larry Cohen eventually won a $195,000 judgment against his brother.

But Larry Cohen said the legal filing was something recommended by their attorneys — a "mutual agreement" between the two brothers.

Asked about his brother’s previous relationship with a woman later convicted of prostitution, Larry Cohen said: "He doesn't run around. He doesn't run around with hookers."

Larry Cohen said his brother never made any mention of a 2005 relationship with the prostitute, although the younger Cohen did briefly talk about a live-in girlfriend who he had arrested for allegedly destroying his apartment that same year.

"He basically said she was some wacko," Larry Cohen said.

"Basically, I really didn’t have too much conversation" about it.

The elder Cohen didn’t want to discuss the specifics of his brother’s divorce — which includes allegations that just two months ago, Scott Lee Cohen owed $54,000 in back child support — but said all divorces are messy.

"Listen, it was a divorce," Cohen said. "It wasn’t a pretty divorce by any stretch of the imagination." Despite mounting pressure on Scott Lee Cohen to get out of the race for lieutenant governor, Larry Cohen said his brother shouldn’t quit.

"No, 'cause you want know something?" he said. "What he did ... maybe [it] kind of got out of hand or whatever, but the fact of the matter is, you can’t look at what he did as a negative. You have to put it aside."
Larry Cohen compared his brother’s missteps to those of former President Bill Clinton.

"The bottom line is: Forget about what you did yesterday, because that's history," Cohen said. "It's what you can do tomorrow."

Just forget he attacked his prositute girlfriend with a knife and was $54,000 behind in his child support and had to be sued by his brother to settle the father's estate. He is a great guy :wink: :roll:
 
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