Chuck Rosenthall – Harris County District Attorney – is yet another Christian conservative Republican who got elected down here in Dumbutt, Texas by screeching about Family Values and that he would execute more people than any other DA in America (he has been true to his word in that anyway.)
Rosenthal’s emails to his secretary Kerry Stevens went public a few weeks ago. Though not sexually explicit they were full of romantic "love you" and "miss you" and "Kiss you" poo. Though he admits he had an affair with Stevens back in the 1980’s when he was married to his first wife, he contends the relationship is now platonic.
When the story broke, local church leaders and GOP operatives asked him to withdraw from the coming election. Rosenthal became angry and refused, but soon gave in and said he would not run, then got angry again and said he would run, but now says he won’t run. Add Republican flip flopping to the hypocrisy!
The story here – as it was with Congressman Mark Foley, Senator Larry Craig, Senator Tom Vitter et al – is the Republican hypocrisy of going down on all fours for the intolerant Christian Evangelical vote while they refuse to walk the walk in their own personal lives. WHILE they attack others and make laws to throw people in jail for the same thing they do under the table.
Chuck Rosenthal is perhaps the worst of the bunch regarding the crazyass disconnect in American Christianity.
Rosenthal presides over the county which sentences more people to death than any other in America. He is probably most famous for not only fighting the Andrea Yates insanity plea for drowning her 5 children – because she did not want Satan to get hold of them – but also seeking the death penalty for the obviously and legally insane woman. Texas is no place for children.
A religion founded upon mercy, compassion, love, forgiveness and a bad execution has somehow been turned on its ass to become the loudest voice in America for merciless, callous, revenge and executions. How any religion could be so upended is a wonderment to human psychology. Though I suppose it is expected as those not able to think for themselves listen to false prophets like Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Mike Huckabee and such. The Antichrists.
Rosenthal’s second brush with infamy came with his 2003 journey to Washington to argue in front of the Supreme Court to keep Texas’ 19th century Sodomy Laws so we down here in Dumbutt could throw homos in jail at our whim. Though he lost that case and made a national and international fool of himself, he came back to Dumbutt a big hero.
To add insult to the hypocrisy, Rosenthal – who argued the Sodomy case regards there being no right of privacy in the constitution and who as a good Republican has pushed that reactionary line of crap for his seven years as DA – has been screeching about his right to privacy being invaded by the emails going public. Texas is no place for children.
Houston DA Chuck Rosenthal Sex Email Scandal