Republicant WI State Senator's wife says lives with his mistress
By TheMetallion
@TheMetallion (1834)
United States
March 15, 2011 1:45pm CST
Randy Hopper got elected to the WI State Senate running as a "family values," religious conservative kind of guy. He's as sincere a Republicant as ever has been born when it comes to sticking to his religious and moral beliefs.
Just ask his mistress.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/13/wi-repub-lives-outside-district-with-mistress-says-wife/
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14256074
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110315/FON0101/103150360/1985/Lockout-court-cases-put-popular-NFL-hold/State-Sen-Randy-Hopper-not-residing-Fond-du-Lac-home
So it seems that some protesters went to the Hopper's home to protest his union busting, only to be met by his wife. She told them that the Cheap Labor Republicant Senator does not live at home with his wife and children, but lives in Madison... shacking up with his mistress.
Clearly, he's following the fine example Newt Gingrich set decades ago, but the real issue for him is Wisconsin's residency requirement for State Senators. It seems that if you're representing Fond-du-Lac they'd like you to actually live in Fond du Lac.
One of the eight Republicant State Senators up for recall, things aren't looking good for Mr. Hopper. His house maid has signed the recall petition, and his estranged wife is expected to do so any day now. Between that, all the public sector employees who live in his district, and the fact that he only won his seat by 163 votes, it's up for grabs whether the recall election or the state law violation will remove him from office first.
All best wishes to Mr. Hopper and his girlfriend (no doubt soon to be the next wife -- until he finds another mistress) in their new life in the private sector!
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
16 Mar 11
I love how the hypocrisy of this guy seems to be totally lost on the other respondents. I firmly believe a politicians' private life should be just that - private - BUT when they run and campaign on so-called family values and run others down in the process that makes their personal failings fair game, in my opinion. I wonder if he heard Newt's ludicrous excuse for his affairs? We'll see if Hopper starts talking about how he loved his country so much he just had to take a mistress...lol!
Annie
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
16 Mar 11
"I firmly believe a politicians' private life should be just that - private - BUT..."
Yes Annie, we all know that "BUT" negates everything said before it. Bill Clinton promised to run the "most ethical administration in the history of the country”, and I'm sure you'll still insist that his affairs were irrelevant.
So go on Annie, show me where he ran on a "family values" platform. We all know you're just making that up, since it gives you an easy way to attack any random republican. It must be fun holding republicans to a higher standard than the politicians you support.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
17 Mar 11
There's nothing in his party's platform that would make divorce a crime or speaks to it at all. There's a statement that couples should have the opportunity and environment to build stable, long-lasting marriages. I think we can all agree that goal is a good one. But not meeting it is hardly hypocritical.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
16 Mar 11
He didn't run on family values, he ran as a fiscal conservative and champion of small business. He gave his legislative pay raise to charity. He wants to cut the spending and change the way politics works. Why do any of you care if his marriage ends?
Is it just that you all assume that all Republicans have high principles and so it's so shocking if they don't live up to them? Wouldn't it be nice if we wanted all people to have high principles?
@gladys46 (1205)
• United States
16 Mar 11
My take, if republicans produced good public policies that caused the American people to prosper rathen than continuing to booster their corporate take-overs or did ANYTHING to cause our nation to be a more perfect union, I'd have no problems with them pretending to be sooo "perfect" in their "family values" and/or THE "moral majority" !!
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
15 Mar 11
The thing that offends me most about this is that these thugs went to his home to harass his family. Isn't it enough that they are threatening these people at work? Do they really have to go to their front door as well?
The residency bit may be an issue. Since I'm not versed in the laws for Wisconsin state senators I'm not sure. I know in some places you only have to own property in the district you represent. Since he and his wife are still legally married, the house is communal property. If he's sleeping somewhere else because of marital problems, I doubt that would be enough to disqualify him, especially if he was living in his marital home when he was elected.
Keep in mind that in Chicago democrats were screaming that it didn't matter that Rahm Emanuel hadn't lived in Chicago for years since he lived in DC. They wanted him to be mayor so badly they fully supported his violation of state election laws which clearly stated that while VOTERS simply had to own property in the district, candidates had to RESIDE in the district. I'm willing to bet the same people who supported that will be on this thread saying how this guy should be fired.
My opinion is they should follow the law. If the law says he is ineligible, he should be removed. Leave his family alone and get the he1l off his property. There is no excuse for that.
@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
15 Mar 11
His campaign manager says he's living in an apartment in the 18th district. His wife says he's living in an apartment in Madison.
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
15 Mar 11
I'm not saying for a moment that they don't have the "right" to peaceably assemble. I'm just personally offended by the fact that they are going to his home to do so. Also, if they assemble on his property without his, or his wife's, permission, that is trespassing. They have no legal right to be on his private property. They can hang out in the street or on the sidewalk though providing they aren't blocking traffic.
I am no less offended by people going to the homes of abortion doctors and I am disgusted that anyone would go to the home of a 13 year old girl to protest. Much like free speech we all have the right to use it, but we also have the right to criticize those who use it for purposes that we disagree with. I'm not trying to take away their rights, I'm just using my right to criticize their behavior.
Regardless, I do see that one of your sources states an exception was made for a democrat who lived outside of his district while getting a divorce from his wife. If he is planning to return to the district then the same exception should apply.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Most elected officals live in or around the Capital when the legislature is in session. Many, because of leases, have a permanent apartment just because of the cost. The fact that he is living in Madison is not reason to recall him if his legal address is in FDL.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
16 Mar 11
I can't find any evidence that he ran on a "family values" platform. His campaign slogan was "Good Jobs, Lower Taxes". His policies and actions in office are related to spending - he co-sponsored legislation that would end the compounding sick-leave benefit that had allowed elected officials to accumulate thousands of dollars that could be used to pay for health expenses upon retirement. He donated his scheduled legislative pay raise to the Strong Kids Campaigns at three local YMCA's. He has sponsored legislation to remove secret ballots from committee meetings. None of that is related to "family values". He ran as a fiscal conservative and champion of small business.
Now, if he never claimed to be the epitome of family values, is he still a hypocrite or just someone getting a divorce?
Should we vote only for the congressmen who promise they are ultimate hedonists and make no pretense to holding any values at all?
Is he a hypocrite, or just a Republican? If a Democrat divorces, is it less of a problem because he never claimed to have any values?
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
23 Mar 11
Rollo, you really DON'T get it, do you? There's a difference between someone simply "getting a divorce" and someone cheating on his or her spouse and leaving that spouse for the other person. People get divorced all the time, some marriages just don't work but that doesn't make it acceptable to start a new relationship before ending the old one.
Annie
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Yes, Democrats have no real standards. A democrat could run a wh0rehouse out of his apartment and have a hydroponic pot farm and that's all cool because, hey, he's a democrat. He never claimed he was against wh0rehouses and pot farms. A democrat can joke around about helping terrorists assassinate the president and it's ok because, meh, he never claimed he was against terrorism. It's rather comical what's acceptable if a politician never pretends to be anything better than a scumbag.
@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
17 Mar 11
@Rollo1: I gather you haven't seen the 2010 Caucus Resolutions of the Fond du Lac County Republican Party, then. http://www.fdlcountygop.com/2010resolutions.html
It specifically cites him as part of their leadership and outlines what they expect him to lead them towards, which includes a whole "Family Values" section, not to mention support for eliminating funding for kindergarten because they want 4-year-olds at home rather than at school.
"Is he a hypocrite or just a Republican?"
I think I deserve a medal for passing that straight line bye.
"If a Democrat divorces..."
The issue isn't whether or not Hopper's getting a divorce.
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