Politics Required Viewing
posted by on April 22 at 9:01 AM
TPM on the case of Cumberland County GOP Commissioner Bruce Barclay. Barclay was accused of rape by a male escort but he was ultimately cleared—thanks to his habit of secretly recording his gay sex romps with male escorts.
Police found hundreds of hours of tape—hundreds of hours. And I suppose some poor cop had to review those tapes to find that one that proved that the sex Barclay had with that particular escort was consensual. Forget about playing baseball with straight guys and beating pillows with tennis rackets—wanna turn gay people straight? Make us watch the Barclay tapes.
I don't find anything saying Bruce Barclay was a big time homophobe or crusader against prostitution. Is that right?
is it illegal there to secretly record sex romps? is he going to get in trouble for that? how does it work, if you do something illegal to prove you are innocent?
Well, he wasn't doing something illegal to prove he was innocent--he was doing something illegal because it was fun. (I guess.) It just turns out that the fun illegal thing he was doing--taping his sex with other people without their consent--just happened to prove that he didn't rape anyone. Also, I guess another question is: is paying for the services of a prostitute against the law in Cumberland County?
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