The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer.
Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich., pleaded guilty to sexual battery on the day he was to stand trial for rape.
The teary-eyed college student he overpowered in a downtown hotel room gasped and dabbed her eyes as Flory replied to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Peter Corrigan's question, "Are you indeed guilty?"
"Sure - yeah," Flory said.
Cleveland Plain Dealer story here.
Honest! I don't go out looking for this stuff. It friggin' comes looking for ME!
Love his answer, though ... "Sure - yeah."
Must be a "compassionate conservative".
Of course, there's this part:
Why would the word "typical" leap to mind? The "Swiftboat" ploy has become a Right wing SOP*. Frankly, it sounds to me like an attempt to avoid "personal responsibility".The victim, who is 22, declined to speak after Flory's guilty plea.
She and some supporters lamented when the incident became public last winter that Flory and his followers within the Republican organization had been smearing her reputation in retaliation for accusing Flory of rape. [Assistant County Prosecutor] Skutnik said she found that to be true.
* Standard Operating Procedure
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