Ah, the republican christo-fascist sex and money machine is slowly running off its' tracks... Ted Haggard, Mark Foley, Senator Wide-Stance, Bob Ney ... the list just gets longer every day. Okay, lets add another one...
Richard Roberts said he will step aside temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University as the school fights a wrongful termination lawsuit by three former professors who accuse Roberts and his wife of misconduct.
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The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, contends the professors lost their jobs at the Tulsa, Oklahoma, university after reporting information indicating that Roberts and his family lavishly spent school money for personal expenses.
Of course it starts with the standard wingnut denial:
During an interview last week on CNN's "Larry King Live," Richard Roberts had said he would not seek a leave of absence.
"I've not done anything for which I should have to step aside," he said.
Uh huh and Ted Haggard was just experimenting with blow jobs and meth for better divine sermons for his sheep.
What kind of money-changer-in-the-Temple kinds of activities are they being accused of?
Other allegations listed in the lawsuit include:
• Lindsay Roberts spent more than $51,000 on clothes and told university employees to cover up the costs.
• Lindsay Roberts' Lexus SUV and Mercedes-Benz convertible were provided for the university's use by donors, who also pay the insurance costs.
• Cell phone bills for Lindsay Roberts and her three daughters run more than $800 each month.
• Richard Roberts books speaking engagements in cities his daughters wish to visit, and then charges all travel expenses to the university.
Okay first off, has no one told them about those calling plans that allow you to call in their "circle", I mean come on, they're good little republicans they should be supporting the War on Terra™ by having easily tracked/traced calling circles, and $800? Damn what plan is that anyhow? Oh but it gets more interesting:
The lawsuit was amended recently to accuse the school of giving a "convicted sexual deviant unrestricted access to students" and of shredding evidence three days after the suit was first filed.
It also alleges that Lindsay Roberts has repeatedly spent time alone with an "underage male" in various situations, including in her car at night after a citywide curfew, and in the ORU guest house at night "on nine separate occasions." The suit does not cite sexual behavior.
Why oh why can't I get the Animal House "Food King" sequence with Otter and Mrs. Wormer out of my head over that one? Cucumbers, anyone? Or maybe she was just explaining about the Oral in Oral Roberts. And as for hiring a sexual deviant? I guess maybe they needed an instructor to teach future wingnuts how to behave when they got to Congress.
Ah, the modern republican party, the party of ideas about well, sex and how to make it into a party.
