Duvall sb 18xxx floor speech 8.31.09 from CA Assembly GOP on Vimeo.
OC Assemblyman Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda) resigned this morning (Wednesday) after KCAL 9 obtained a video and audio of the family values-touting—and married— lawmaker bragging about his sexual rompings with two married and much younger lobbyists. KCAL broadcast their scoop Tuesday night.
(No, the video above isn’t THAT video. You can find that video here).
And, almost as entertaining as Duvall’s creepy monologue about his sexploits—which prominently included spanking his main lobbyist paramour because “you’re such a bad girl”—is the footage of KCAL 9 reporter, Dave Lopez, who, along with OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley, kept pursuing the urgently fleeing Assemblyman up and down state capital hallways.
Plus while we’re exploring the antics of the funster/disciplinarian from Yorba Linda, above you’ll find a glimpse of what we, as citizens of the great state of California, will be missing now that we’re losing the randy Mr. Duvall as a legislator. The video shows him grandstanding on the topic of why he would not be voting for last week’s pathetically watered-down prison budget reform package.
In short, he refused to vote for it because:
“We shouldn’t make crime pay in California. We shouldn’t have ’em come here because its easier to get away with stuff.”
(NOTE: For all that getting-away-with-stuff activity, we would cordially invite you to the state legislature.)
He also had a bunch of other reasons for not voting for the assembly bill—none of which demonstrated any kind of genuine conservative law-and-order principles—or any principles at all really (or even a working knowledge of logical thought)— but mostly showed that he’s an idiot who can’t manage to correctly parrot whatever so-called facts his staff has given him (or know when to shut up because he’s got a live mic in front of him).
In the end, all this just goes to show that…….
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2. To paraphrase the wonderful Barbara Lynn, “If we should loo-oo-se you,
Michael, baby, we won’t…. lose a good thing. Oh, yeah.”
Not at all. Not even sort of.
Roderick at LA Observed has some of the um, details of his comments. Yuk. And yes, Dave Lopez chasing him around the Capitol for a comment, slipping him endless notes, then acting surprised and indignant when his quarry kept avoiding, is pretty hilarious stuff. And yes, Duvall seems a total idiot which is really the scary part: that this man is making policy when he can’t even understand his own staff’s synopses. But he’s from Nixon’s home town of Yorba Linda (or someplace like it), and to read the quotes in the Times from neighbors and his mailman, he talked the talk and thumped the bible pretty good to get the “part.” I always say, beware of bible-thumping politicians, unless they also happen to be preachers (or Jesse Jackson himself, maybe Jeff Carr?) they’re snake oil salesmen. Most certainly so if they’re Republicans.
I’m sure this news will shock/offend more women than men. many men will be envious of his fun with younger women, but don’t expect any men to say so in public.
I gar-on-tee that Celeste wouldn’t have posted anything similar to this if the assemblyman was a Democrat.
Woody, not true. I’m happy to give equal time to idiots on both sides of the aisle. In truth, I’d have left him alone, as this story is being enthusiastically covered by others, but once I found his nice little speech about prison reform, it was a no brainer. Covering Mr. Duvall and his “punishment” proclivities became a moral imperative, doncha know.
Sorry Woody, but it’s rightwing ranters like Jon & Ken/KFI here who are having the biggest field day with this: the sheer smarmy nature of the details he volunteers IN CHAMBER, the overall stupidity of this guy, contrasted with his loud bible-thumping, makes him irresistible to any media. Fact that this Lothario is so fat and disgusting, adds a perverse fascination to it all, admittedly. Fact that this involves a lobbyist on energy policy he’s voting on, and his rationale on the prison vote, makes this a matter of legit public interest.
OK, now everyone can go back to more substantive battles like the healthcare debate, as Obama’s about to give his make-or-break speech.
One issue I’m wondering about: if it would become illegal NOT to carry insurance, and violators would be docked $3,800 upon receiving treatment if they don’t, as Daily News and other papers reported today based on expectations, are conservatives correct that the gov’t would share our IRS statements and other financials with hospitals, so they could determine whether or not we are insured and/or have the money to pay the fee? I’m personally opposed to any more invasions of our privacy than we have now: there’s too much available to and shared by our internet and phone providers, hospitals and medical providers, pharmacies, financial institutions and even merchants, etc., as it is, too much of it public and online, faciliating ID theft.
It’s impressive: he screwed the lobbyists and his constituents.
Well, Celeste. I see that you hounded Duvall out of office. You racist. (Well, that’s what you guys do.)
Duvall resigns following sex scandal
Duvall received a 100% score from the Capital Resource Institute for “time and time again voting to protect and preserve families in California”.
LMFAO!!!!
Oh my, you can’t make this stuff up. Another one bites the dust….
Joseph, two more Republican scandals that were captured on Kodak.
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Try again.
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Hay is that Woody in the red T and hat?
Woody Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I gar-on-tee that Celeste wouldn’t have posted anything similar to this if the assemblyman was a Democrat.
………….
But we know you would have dedicated 10 pages of your blog to it. You’re the last person who should be accusing anyone of being a partisan hack.
I loves me a good spanking
So wrong that a Sate Rep. can get caught and pressure to resign but a City Mayor can do the same and everyone ignores it and trying to convince us that his private life is separate from his work….Yeah right….
Duvall now admits only to “inappropriate storytelling” and says he made it all up. You couldn’t make this guy up.
Oh my goodness…”the funster/disciplinarian from Yorba Linda”…I was laughing so much at that I nearly spit out my latte! Keep that up, Celeste, and I’m going to have to stop reading witnessla at work.