This story about prominent Idaho political figure and Republican National Committee member Blake Hall and his conviction for stalking his former girlfriend is pretty disturbing, nonetheless, especially from the “ewww!” factor alone:
Blake Hall, a leading figure in Idaho and national politics for 25 years, was fired Monday as a deputy prosecuting attorney in eastern Idaho and has resigned from the Republican National Committee. […]
Idaho Falls police reported that witnesses said Hall disposed of used condoms on the lawn of the woman’s house. Nineteen condoms were turned over to police, collected on 10 different dates, according to a police report. Both Hall and his lawyer acknowledged the condoms belonged to him, according to a police report. […]
“I was so tired of being victimized,” the woman said. “It is unimaginable that a 56-year-old would be so deviant.”
Well, at least he didn’t try to choke her to death. And it’s clear from his behavior he hasn’t been seduced by the Gay Side, so far as we know. In Republican Political circles I guess that makes him a stand up guy. Which is why, even though he has to serve a six month 15 day jail term, resign from the RNC, and was fired from one of the government jobs he held, he still gets to keep his second government job as a civil attorney for Fremont County, Idaho:
But Hall, 56, will keep his $31,000-a-year job as the civil attorney in nearby Fremont County, according to Prosecutor Joette Lookabaugh, a Republican who hired Hall in January.
Lookabaugh said she told Hall he would keep his job “unless or until his ability to do an outstanding job for Fremont County citizens is compromised.” […]
“I understand that political figures are held to a higher standard,” she said. “What is disturbing is the fact that often people who have devoted their lives to public service are not given the same benefits, or are treated more harshly, than the public at large. There seems to be a certain amount of political glee in striking down the well-known for any real or perceived foible.”
This behavior by Mr. Hall was only a “real or perceived
foible? I guess a conviction and jail time for stalking a married woman who repeatedly asked him to stop harassing her and leaving used condoms on her lawn is only a “foible” if you’re a Republican. As opposed to a blow job given to a Democratic president which was, after all, an impeachable offense committed by a man who nearly destroyed this great nation of ours, and was, without a doubt, the worst, most immoral thing ever done by a White Male President.*
Still, he’s not really that bad of a guy. By all accounts (i.e., his attorney’s statement), he took his punishment like a real man, with grace and dignity, but most of all with great strength:
David Leroy, a former Idaho attorney general, is Hall’s attorney.
“In my opinion, he accepted this severe penalty with extreme grace,” Leroy said Monday. “He was calm and strong.”
I think this qualifies him to run for Vice president, don’t you? Clearly, he’d make a great running mate for Sarah Palin in 2012. I mean, he’s a bit of a rogue, too, and he comes from Real America, which would make their ticket a match made in Republican Heaven. What more could she ask for?
* Trying to pass a health care reform bill is undeniably the worst thing any President has ever done, especially when you are the country’s first African American President and a well known Marxist, Socialist, Fascist baby killer, the second coming of Adolph Hitler, and a terrorist sympathizer who’d rather appease Muslims than save American lives, too.
I am not even going to ask why he chose to leave condoms all over her property.
I think it was to show her what she’d been missing.
Or that he didn’t need condoms anymore now that he didn’t have a girlfriend.
Can only hope he
getsbecomes one in jail.I’m disappointed that Judge Harding didn’t grant him work release. He could run Sarah Palin’s campaign in the western region from jail. “Let’s continue this meeting at my place [his cell]” he’d say if an afternoon meeting dragged on.
Now that’s mavericky!
Also on the plus side is that he doesn’t have the albatross of a Nobel Peace Prize to contend with.
LMAO
Best comment (short category) winner!
Seven, you should amend that to “blowjob from a willing and eager partner who initiated the act“.
Even John Edwards’ and Terry Sanford’s behavior did not stoop to stalking. They did not harass, although I cannot condone the oath breaking.
Incidentally, per the Idaho Statesman story, he’s only spending 15 days in jail – the rest of the six months is suspended, even though the Republican judge called it the worst case of stalking he’d ever seen.
15 days! I need to read more carefully.
used condoms…
um..
GROSS.
this is a sick man, but I’ll take their word for it about how ‘ great’ a guy he is.