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MDE EXCLUSIVE: WEB PAGE LISTS FORMER U.S. SENATOR AND POTENTIAL 6TH DISTRICT CANDIDATE DEAN BARKLEY’S TURN-ONS AS “EROTICA”, “SKINNY DIPPING”, AND “PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 18, 2007
According to numerous published reports, former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley may be candidate for Congress in the 6th Congressional District in 2008. Barkely would likely run as an independent against Bachmann, but Democrats may decided against fielding a candidate.
This weekend, a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed sent me a dating page for which appears to be for Barkley from Match.com. The non-password protected, publicly available page displays Barkely's official U.S. Senate picture and details Barkley's choices for a future mate.
According to this page, Barkley's turn-ons and turn-offs are:
Turn-ons:
Boldness / Assertiveness,
Brainiacs,
Candlelight,
Dancing,
Erotica,
Flirting,
Long hair,
Public displays of affection,
Skinny dipping,
Thrills,
Thunderstorms
Turn-offs:
Power
So according to this page, Barkley is turned-off by women in "power"?
Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story.
Topics: Uncategorized | 35 Comments »
June 18th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
What? Not a third shot for Pathetic Patty?
Even combining Pathetic Patty’s numbers with that Independence clown (who when to parades, riding a scooter and wearing a Abe Lincoln outfit)…they don’t beat Bachmann.
Frankly, even if the DFL does endorse Democrat Barkley (aka Senator Jesse Temper Tantrum)…all the GOP has to do is file a candidate under the DFL flag at filing time and 20% of the vote will go to that candidate. Lemmings like the DFL just look for the “DFL” and check the box, dooming Barkley.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Wow, this man needs some serious help. Interesting that he is so open on his match.com profile.
I also did not know that he was thinking about challenging Bachmann, that definitely makes this even better.
Great find Michael!
June 18th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Erotica is the PC term for porn. For example, one doesn’t have any porn in his house, but one does collect erotica.
It just sounds so much cleaner.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Michael –
Please tell me that you verified that this was actually posted by Barkely, and not some stunt posted by someone else. Did you call him to verify? Did you verify in some other way? This is really important, Michael. Make sure this is real.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I am convinced this is a real page for Dean Barkley or I wouldn’t have posted it.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Which of these things is makes him unfit for office? The fact that he likes erotica, legal last time I checked, skinny dipping or is it maybe holding hands and even kissing in public. Maybe it is the part where he is honest about it which I know is a shocker in most political circles.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
What makes this newsworthy is the fact that a former U.S. Senator and congressional aspirant is interested in erotica, at age 56. That kind of behavior is unbecoming of a politician, sorry, but that’s the truth.
June 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
gopgal,
I can assure you that he same percentage of elected officials enjoy erotica as the general population and I have no idea what age has to do with it. My guess is that the higher testosterone levels in the type of men who desire power would make it even more common for them. The only difference is that Barkley admitted it.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Holy crap, Barkley is boring. Does he like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain too?
June 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Even that might be too much for some Republicans. They might prefer that in the blank where the form asks for his sex that Barkley politely decline and say his dad promised to tell him about it once he got married.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
For someone who didn’t want to get divorced, it’s interesting where Deano is setting his sights.
A tall, thin, sexually liberated (and poorly educated) 30 year old Latina that he can take Uptown and go clubbing with.
Good luck with that, pudgy 56 year old unemployed white guy.
June 18th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Barkley has no chance of receiving the DFL endorsement in the 6th. He is delusional if he thinks his Jesse loving, tobacco lobbying ways would even get him considered.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I am pretty sure that this would not sit well with the general electorate if he were to run for something again.
Someone wanting to be in public life (and has already been) is subjected to this kind of scrutiny, so don’t put it out there. People expect the best behavior and more from their elected representatives.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Isn’t the 6th CD what you might consider conservative?
June 18th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
What the DFL would be hoping for is a liberal in conservative’s clothing…like Barkley. But when the rubber meets the road, his liberal streak wins.
Again, if the DFL is dumb enough to endorse him, anyone can file for the DFL side and take away the lemming-DFL straight ticket vote.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
[...] But I gotta confess – I don’t care what’s on Dean Barkley’s Match.com profile. [...]
June 18th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Unsolicited — but heartfelt — advice: take this down, Michael. It doesn’t become you.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
I’m with Joel on this one, Michael.
And this bit here smells like “Hoax”…: “I have to re-invent myself once again. I am going to start my old law practice up because driving a metro mobility bus is not my dream job”. Not sure why, but it trips my BS detector.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
MB–I think you’re getting taken for a rid eon this one.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Yes Mitch, I know…you don’t like the post. I already read the post up on your site.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
I think the fact that he seems to be using his Senatorshipness to pick up dirty chicks makes this relevant. This is especially true now that he plans to run for Congress.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I think if there is a single woman that frequents MDE and meets Barkley’s ctiteria, she should go out with this guy and give everybody the lowdown. Sort of like “Blind Date” meets “Almanac”.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
This is completely relevant and as Steph mentioned, he is using his time as a U.S. Senator to take home some funky chicks.
The people who are mad that this is up clearly just do not like the fact that this guy actually has a match.com profile that says these things!
June 18th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Well if this shows up in the back of the city pages we will all know who it is.
Discrete 56 year old US Senator type, seeking discrete 30 year old type for intergenerational touching and or intergenerational skinny dipping. Aren’t their laws against this?
June 18th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
No, Jerry, there aren’t laws against dating. Look it up, and do remember that the Republican candidate for President is likely to have dated some, as well.
June 18th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
I read recently on a Christian news service that 50% of evangelical men, and 20% of evangelical women are addicted to porn. Barkley is hardly the only one. Tom Emmer seems especially obsessed by the topic on the MN house floor.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
kerosene…I do NOT think that bigotry is ok at any time……. they are calling the ketle black over there at mnpublius
June 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Veritas,
I do not in any way think MNpublius did right by you. I may disagree with you off and on but they showed their true colors with the ban. I called out the next liberal I saw who called Republicans Nazis and challenged them to do something. They didn’t ban him of course, only a slap on the wrist.
June 18th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I love how public displays of affetion is highlighted. Since when is a little PDA something to blog about? I mean I can see if PDA meant a blowjob or something but I mean, PDA generally means kissing at the most.
When it comes to endorsement and all that stuff. Well, Im sure it would come out that the GOP threw someone into the DFL endorsement process and would probably hurt the GOP and their candidate IMMENSLY. We can do what they did in Vermont with the Senate race with Independent Bernie Sanders. He ran for the Democrat endorsement, got it, and then declined the endorsement and changed to Independent or something like that. I dont know 100% how it went but it was something like that. Not sure if that would work either in MN. But alas, the GOP would still be fucked if they ran someone in the DFL endorsement, surely it would backfire.
June 19th, 2007 at 7:13 am
Andrew,
PDA is viewed as hate speech in some quarters, particularly if it’s two heterosexuals kissing. According to some, heterosexuals making out constitutes an oppressive perpetuation of the exclusive male/female relationship acceptance. This sends homosexuals in to a spiral of self doubt constituting subtle violence against the minority protected class.
Yes, that’s all bullshit. But hey, “marriage” and “traditional family” are now considered hate speech (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280832,00.html), so why not the everyday occurrence of a man kissing his wife.
June 19th, 2007 at 7:16 am
… on a more humorous note: this guy’s dream date would be taking a bold/assertive, long-haired brainiac dancing by candle light, followed up by watching some porn and skinny dipping in a thunderstorm.
June 19th, 2007 at 7:19 am
So doesn’t that imply that this site should be applauding Barkley’s willingness to go against the liberal agenda and show affection for a person of the opposite sex in public?
June 19th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
thanks KH i appreciate that..no loss though…since the lamo Sean was hired it is very boring
June 26th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Sorry to break it to you but this was a joke
played on Dean to help cheer him up from his divorce. His friends have a sharp sense of humor.
He has been working with Jesse and Kinky so having things like this happen are only a matter of time. The picture used is public info, why do you think it was used?
June 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
[...] On The Final Word this past Saturday, King and Michael spent some time talking about Michael’s post on MDE about former rentaSenator Dean Barkley’s match.com page. (You can listen to the show here at Townhall’s NARN page. This discussion is in Hour 1.) [...]