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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUtah GOP Fundraiser Accused Of Rape Commits Suicide
Ryan J. Reilly October 24, 2012, 8:13 AM 1128A Utah Republican fundraiser charged with sexually assaulting women he met online committed suicide on Tuesday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Greg Peterson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the very same Heber, Utah cabin where he hosted political events and allegedly raped at least two of his five alleged victims.
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Utah GOP Fundraiser Accused Of Rape Commits Suicide (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Oct 2012
OP
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)1. . n/t
malaise
(269,182 posts)2. or was suicided????? n/t
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)10. I think we have to consider that a strong possibility. n/t
democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)3. Wow. Will Mitt release a statement? They were acquaintances.
Anyone have the photos of both of them?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. Republicans are evil..here is the evidence...
Indiana Republican: When life begins from rape, "God intended" it
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS | Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:23am EDT
(Reuters) - Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Indiana, said in a debate on Tuesday that "even when life begins with that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-politics-indiana-idUSBRE89N06T20121024
So according to GOP candidate Mourdock, these 5 rapes were what God intended? Sick mot***f*****!
The GOP is our homegrown Taliban!
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS | Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:23am EDT
(Reuters) - Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Indiana, said in a debate on Tuesday that "even when life begins with that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-politics-indiana-idUSBRE89N06T20121024
So according to GOP candidate Mourdock, these 5 rapes were what God intended? Sick mot***f*****!
The GOP is our homegrown Taliban!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)7. Yet when they get rich they built it all by themselves
But when they cheat on their spouse and get caught it was all God's will.
onecent
(6,096 posts)14. My God the Indiana guy IS MORE STUPID than Aiken in Missouri...and I was born in Ind. and
now live in Missouri. They are everywhere.....Dear Lord help us.
BumRushDaShow
(129,534 posts)5. Yowser
CanonRay
(14,118 posts)6. Good
One less Rethug vote. I have no sympathy for this bastard.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)12. It musta been God's will
dontcha think?
A Republican that didn't think just lying about it would exonerate him? That's the part that so surprising.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)9. A *lot* of Repugs attended his fundraisers.
onecent
(6,096 posts)11. He posted a 2 million dollar bond....Whoa........Somebody lost...whew..n/t
arthritisR_US
(7,299 posts)15. Suicide, hmmm... ok...n/t