Texas political adviser convicted of abuse

[Eugene]

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 · Last updated 5:31 a.m. PT

Texas political adviser convicted of abuse

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EDINBURG, Texas -- A political consultant whose company was behind a television ad
accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of giving away nuclear technology was
convicted of child molestation charges.

A jury deliberated almost two days before convicting Carey Lee Cramer, 44, of aggravated
sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count
of indecency with a child by exposure. He was cleared of nine other charges Tuesday.

The sentencing phase of the trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday. Cramer faces up to
149 years in prison.

Cramer, who now lives in Tucson, Ariz., gained national attention during the 2000
presidential election when his company created the ad that accused the administration
of giving nuclear technology to China in exchange for campaign contributions.

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Full article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Consultant_Sex_Assault.html

Also: Cramer found guilty on 4 of 13 charges - The Monitor

Related DU threads:
girl featured in smirk 2000 ad molested by ad maker
Defendant expected to take stand in sexual harassment case

[MADem]

1. Incredible.....NT

[liberalmuse]

2. Wow.

What is it with Republicans and child molestation? I live in Utah, and this stuff happens ALL THE TIME. I can't even count how many of my friends or my friends children who have been molested by their Mormon/Republican relatives. Sick!!!

[Judi Lynn]

3. More on Carey Cramer:

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Cramer was broadcasting a kind of evil as he wrote about Machiavelli on one site, and then named the Aretino Industries entity after a famous Italian satirist and pornographer. It wasn’t purely about politics. It was about the con. Carey Lee Cramer knew the power of words. He knew how to groom, to insinuate, to suggest, and when to make a bold slashing move—which was exactly what his infamous “Daisy II” commercial was. Except, for all the anger that commercial brings out in Democrats to this day, the party to which Cramer was pitching his kind of message said, “no thanks.”

In examining The Meridian Group’s openly-stated Machiavellian philosophy, and how the “Daisy II” ad made waves, a pattern of verbal sleight-of-hand on the part of Carey Cramer becomes evident.
(snip)

~snip~
The following is a much more recent article by Ms. Booth—this was published on June 16, 2006, in the Brownsville (TX) Herald. The following is not easy reading:

The girl, now 15, told jurors Carey Lee Cramer — a 44-year-old political consultant who gained national notoriety when he released an anti-Al Gore ad showing a young girl picking daisy petals and ending in a nuclear blast — began molesting her in the third grade, when she lived in Mercedes with him, his then-wife and her younger brother (...)

She told jurors Cramer began by taking her into his home office and showing her pornography when she was 8. He would touch her sexually, remove her clothing and perform deviant sexual acts on her. The incidents occurred weekly, when the girl was home alone with Cramer.

By the time she was in the fifth grade, Cramer began to force her to perform acts he would share with her from pornographic Web sites, including oral sex, she said. He also tried to make the girl use a vibrator and other sex toys, she continued. And Cramer forced her to have sex with him three times, she testi-fied.

She said Cramer continued to molest her after they moved from Mercedes to McAllen and Tucson, Ariz., until she finally reported the abuse in 2004…
(snip/...)

http://huffcrimeblog.com/

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The material on Cramer starts around halfway down the page, under "Machiavelli’s Toadie"
June 19th, 2006.

[UpInArms]

4. What is it with all these perverted Repukes???

Somehow their sexual repression seems to be involved in the deviant behavior of so many of their party faithful.

:puke:

[ShockediSay]

5. Too bad election libel is not a crime

(a federal felony; a crime against democracy).

[UTUSN]

6. More here Pietro ARETINO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1523737&mesg_id=1523737

[lpbk2713]

7. Typical. Not at all surprising.

Shouldn't there be a law requiring registered rethuglicans not live close to schools or playgrounds?

[Judi Lynn]

8. Someone should get the ball rolling on that idea!

It's not so surprising after thinking about it: the overriding qualities which bond most Republicans appears to be a common total lack of respect for their fellow man/woman, and a bone-deep lack of character and courage.

The list of these Republicans perverts gets longer almost daily.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Kick!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[NeoConsSuck]

10. Man behind anti-Clinton ad convicted

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- A political consultant whose company was behind a television ad accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of giving away nuclear technology was convicted of child molestation charges.

A jury deliberated almost two days before convicting Carey Lee Cramer, 44, of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. He was cleared of nine other charges Tuesday.

Cramer gained national attention during the 2000 presidential election when his company created the ad that accused the administration of giving nuclear technology to China in exchange for campaign contributions.

The spot was pulled after a barrage of Democratic criticism.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/28/consultant.conviction.ap/index.html

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[KingFlorez]

11. Not a surprise

Lots of perverts are Republicans

[merwin]

14. That's not a fair statement. Politics has nothing to do with it.

Lots of perverts are Democrats too.

[niyad]

16. would you care to list some of them? or is this just a blanket statement

that we are supposed to accept at face value?

[NYC Liberal]

17. Just for reference:

http://www.armchairsubversive.com/

Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here.

[niyad]

18. I'm still waiting for that person to list all the democratic pervs being

alluded to.

[NYC Liberal]

21. Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.... n/t

[lpbk2713]

26. And there's no indication of how current that list is.

I did a search for "Doyle" (the BushCo Homeland Security press stooge) and I couldn't find him. Of course he hasn't been to trial yet but he did make a confession.


And the list could definitely be a lot longer if you were to include those who have not openly indicated their political affiliation but it would be a fair assumption otherwise, like some fundies for instance. Remember Jimmy Swaggert?

[Hobarticus]

19. Jumpin' jeezus on a pogo stick...

I've never seen that list before.

[niyad]

20. great list of the "family values" and "morals" crowd, isn't it?

[merwin]

24. I'm not talking about politicians. I'm talking about people.

Democrats can molest children. Democrats can rape people. It has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with the way you are wired, the way you are raised, etc.

Did you also know that all gay people are Democrats? Yup, every single one of them (aside from Mary Cheney). I can't think of more than one Republican who is openly gay, so there must be only one in the world. :sarcasm:

[eleny]

12. another one bites the dust

[TomInTib]

13. A perv is a perv is a perv...

Dems try to raise all boats by lifting everyone up...and the repubs try to bone everyone up the hinder so that they can be on top. Apparently it's only good if one wins...and you just know who has to be a "top"...PERV!

[Rex]

15. A weekend with Rush will do that to ya.

Not Rush, he is above the law.

[magellan]

22. Question

...of a rhetorical nature:

Does anyone in Bush**'s camp actually have any integrity or family values to speak of?

[bananas]

23. No. nt

[Vidar]

25. Typical.

[w4rma]

27. Interesting how the AP made his accusation against Clinton/Gore the very

very first thing you read. I think to the AP they want to use this news as a reason to attack Clinton rather than focusing on the fact that another child molester is behind bars for life.

At least the AP isn't calling it "sexual harrasment" anymore.

[mitchum]

28. Be a real shame if he is murdered in prison

a shame, I tell ya

[Erika]

29. The republican agenda of values on display n/t

[SpiralHawk]

30. Are all republicons sex perverts?

my gawd, the repulicons are so sexually twisted...so many of them are perverted.

Why can't they have a normal affair, say with an intern?