Creepy Love Child Story

[Coito ergo sum]

O.k. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/s ... ml?ml=po_r - it took me some time to figure this one out. But, the way read it, a guy by the name of Brinks married some woman back in 1985. In 1988, they had a child named Victoria. The couple divorced in 1989, and Victoria is now 25 years old. Some years back, a Congressman by the name of Cohen came to believe that he was the father of Victoria. He had apparently had an affair with Victoria's mother in 1988, and the timing was right. The mother apparently thought so too, and they told Victoria about the connection, and proceeded as if Congressman Cohen was the father (only nobody bothered to tell Mr. Brinks, who all the time thought he was the father of Victoria).

Eventually, Mr. Brinks found out about the supposed affair way back in 1988 and the allegation that Cohen was really the father of his daughter. He also learned that Victoria and the mother kept the whole Cohen connection secret on purpose, so that Mr. Brinks would not find out.

Lo and behold, though, they finally did a DNA test and it revealed that Mr. Brinks was, in fact, the father and Cohen was not the father.

Weirdly, Congressman Cohen "still loves Victoria" (who isn't anything to him in reality and is someone else's daughter...) and when asked questions about it by a female reporter, he refused to answer questions saying "you're very attractive, but I'm not going to answer questions..." or words to that effect.

As an aside, It took me a while to find out what party affiliation Cohen is -- he's a Democrat -- which I strongly suspected because in any scandal involving a Democrat, they never specify his party. They just say "Rep. Stephen Cohen," where "Rep." stands for Representative. If he was a Republican, they'd put that right up front.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You're really fishing, aren't you?

[Ayaan]

Weirdly, Congressman Cohen "still loves Victoria" (who isn't anything to him in reality and is someone else's daughter...) and when asked questions about it by a female reporter, he refused to answer questions saying "you're very attractive, but I'm not going to answer questions..." or words to that effect.

I don't see why it is strange that he still loves her. For years he thought she was his daughter. Very few humans can turn off their feeling like a light switch. I would find it stranger if he was able to truthfully disavow all feelings for her at the drop of a hat.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"they never specify his party."

Who "they"? The Dreaded Librul Media?

[Robert_S]

As an aside, It took me a while to find out what party affiliation Cohen is -- he's a Democrat -- which I strongly suspected because in any scandal involving a Democrat, they never specify his party. They just say "Rep. Stephen Cohen," where "Rep." stands for Representative. If he was a Republican, they'd put that right up front.

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/ ... sgraced-re

[Coito ergo sum]

Weirdly, Congressman Cohen "still loves Victoria" (who isn't anything to him in reality and is someone else's daughter...) and when asked questions about it by a female reporter, he refused to answer questions saying "you're very attractive, but I'm not going to answer questions..." or words to that effect.

I don't see why it is strange that he still loves her. For years he thought she was his daughter. Very few humans can turn off their feeling like a light switch. I would find it stranger if he was able to truthfully disavow all feelings for her at the drop of a hat.

It wasn't for that many years -- it was like 3 years -- Victoria was like 22 years old when he began thinking she was his daughter.

[Coito ergo sum]

"they never specify his party."

Who "they"? The Dreaded Librul Media?

The news media, yes. it is quite noticeable.

[Coito ergo sum]

As an aside, It took me a while to find out what party affiliation Cohen is -- he's a Democrat -- which I strongly suspected because in any scandal involving a Democrat, they never specify his party. They just say "Rep. Stephen Cohen," where "Rep." stands for Representative. If he was a Republican, they'd put that right up front.

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/ ... sgraced-re

Doesn't change the fact that the news media in general very often simply refer to Democratic Congressmen as "Rep. So-and-So" when that person is in a scandal.

FoxNews does a lot of shit, but FoxNews is just one station out of a dozen all news channels on cable, and is also not print media.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"they never specify his party."

Who "they"? The Dreaded Librul Media?

The news media, yes. it is quite noticeable.

Confirmation Buy-Ass anyone?

[Coito ergo sum]

"they never specify his party."

Who "they"? The Dreaded Librul Media?

The news media, yes. it is quite noticeable.

Confirmation Buy-Ass anyone?

No more or less possible than with yourself. Do you have confirmation bias on this issue?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You make the claim, you provide the proof.

[Coito ergo sum]

You make the claim, you provide the proof.

http://newsbusters.org/node/13220

When a politician is in trouble and the party is not identified, it a safe bet to assume that the missing letter is a Big “D,” as in this AP piece.

How were other politicians identified? Nancy Pelosi is identified as “Pelosi, D-Calif.” John Boehner is identified as “House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio.” But Jefferson is not a Democrat, just “Louisiana congressman William Jefferson.” Strange how that works, huh?

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/node/13220#ixzz2ZVDl6ExA

That happens a lot. But, I haven't collected piles of examples.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

And that source isn't biased, of course.

[Robert_S]

Thing is, Republicans are the ones in bed with a certain variety of church people.

When Bush is proposing a constitutional amendment to "protect the sanctity of marriage", adultery becomes a little more relevant to the Republican side.

When Ronald Reagan courted the fundie vote, he made this bed for his party.

[Coito ergo sum]

And that source isn't biased, of course.

What does bias have to do with whether the AP did not identify the party affiliation? They either did or they didn't and the AP material is linked there.