Vance McAllister (R-LA) Wants The Media To Give Him Privacy
Who can forget the congressman who brought the “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson as his guest to the 2014 State of The Union Address? Congressman Vance McAllister was so proud then that he tweeted the following message.
I’m happy to announce that my friend, constituent & small business owner @williebosshog will be attending tonight’s #SOTU as my guest.
Well this caricature of a congressman was caught misbehaving. He was caught on a surveillance camera video in a lengthy kiss with one of his staffers. This is a staffer who donated to his campaign and whose husband donated to his campaign.
This would not be a story if Vance McAllister had not flaunted his faith and superior moral being during his campaign. The Ouachita Citizen reports the following.
Throughout last fall’s congressional campaign, McAllister, a Republican from Swartz, touted his Christian faith and in one television commercial, he asked voters to pray for him. At least two other campaign television commercials featured McAllister walking hand in hand with his wife, Kelly, while their five children walked along. One television commercial captured the McAllister family in the kitchen of their home preparing breakfast before attending church.
McAllister and his wife have been married for 16 years.
McAllister told The Ouachita Citizen during last fall’s campaign that he would not shy from stressing his Christian faith. McAllister and his family are members at North Monroe Baptist Church. That faith prepared him for public service, he said during an interview.
“You don’t achieve goals by compromising your integrity but by building relationships on respect,” McAllister said.
After being caught Vance McAllister issued the following statement.
There’s no doubt I’ve fallen short and I’m asking for forgiveness,” McAllister said in a statement. “I’m asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve. Trust is something I know has to be earned whether your a husband, a father, or a congressman. I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I’ve disappointed.
This is ironic. Vance McAllister did much to attract the attention of the media with silly stunts. Now he wants them to give him space. He should not expect to have it both ways.
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VOTE HIM OUT!
Let McCallister get thru the primaries, THEN canvass his district with fliers and take him out. “Self-made millionaire/political rocket” … I’d bet money that not only has he cheated multiple times on his wife (esp. during & after each pregnancy) but uses the same low-level of ethics in his career and in congressional dealings. (I have seen this type many times.) A rich thug hiding behind the guise of “looking good” because he goes to church.
Guys like McCallister are only sorry because they got caught. I’d also bet, after this all blows down, McCallister will resume his extra-marital activities. Why? Because men like this seldom change… it will take more that this little blip for him to hurt enough to “see the light.”
I feel sorry for his children, especially. His wife has likely had many, many clues, suspicions (if not caught him) over the years. And… by this point, we are likely listening to a “polished, smooth liar.” He will say what *everyone* wants to hear. He is a classic… nothing new here. Take him out AFTER the primaries.
Egberto… check your links in the article. The links after the “kiss” link go to Kelly Blue Book and Ask.com.
Easy Frank Gallagher with the Gays and little boys remarks because as your post suggests, if they have wives AND diddle little boys technically, that makes them BIsexual NOT Gay!
No, Manuel Nelson – it doesn’t make them either bisexual or gay. It makes them pedophiles (married or not), which, unlike bi – or gay – is a crime. Pedophiles who like abusing boys are often neither gay or bi. They’re just pedophiles. Period.
they are pedophiles is the correct word thanks Kathy D
Really? ‘whether ‘your a’ husband’?