NJ's Booker defends Twitter exchange with stripper

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Booker, 44, exchanged direct messages earlier this year with Lynsie Lee, who works at a vegan strip club called Casa Diablo in Portland, Ore.

Lee provided a screenshot of the exchange Wednesday to the website BuzzFeed.

In the messages, Lee told Booker the West Coast loved him. Booker, who is single, said the East Coast loves her, "and by the East Coast, I mean me." Lee responded she was blushing. Booker replied "it's only fair."

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20130926/US--Booker-Stripper.Tweets/

Another bright star that fizzled out early, because he was thinking with the wrong head.

...her message to Booker was: "I just hope this doesn't hurt your political career, because I'm rooting for you. And, you can take me out to dinner any time."

Edited September 26, 2013 by The Patriot

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

A single man exchanges tweets with a single woman. Why is that an issue again? Because Booker is supposedly gay? I don't get it.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Cory Booker will win his Senate seat because he's running against Steve Lonegan.

Had the GOP bothered to put up a mainstream Republican, probably someone with close ties to Governor Christie, this could have been a race.

But they didn't so it won't.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Cory Booker will win his Senate seat because he's running against Steve Lonegan.

Had the GOP bothered to put up a mainstream Republican, probably someone with close ties to Governor Christie, this could have been a race.

But they didn't so it won't.

GOP put up a tea party loon? Good call!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Because Booker is supposedly gay? I don't get it.

He's gay? I did not know that.

[mota bhai 2,675]

He's gay? I did not know that.

There have been whispers that he is gay since forever. But if he actually is, he hasn't come out yet.

Edited September 26, 2013 by amriki bhai

[CaizLurol 36]

Another bright star that fizzled out early, because he was thinking with the wrong head.

People will try to equate this with what Anthony Weiner did. If I were Booker, I would not engage in a conversation with this woman. This is not good for him, politically. I wouldn't say he fizzled out early but he is playing with fire by engaging conversations with this woman who has repeatedly stated that she wants to "bed" him, etc. *sigh*... oh, politics....

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Cory Booker Gay? This Vegan Stripper Probably Hopes Not

With the public and even his spokespeople unsure of his sexuality, private messages between Newark mayor and New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker and vegan Portland stripper Lynsie Lee have surfaced in either a clever PR move by his team or an oopsy daisy move that seems to be so popular among politicians. In a direct message on Twitter, Booker tells Lee, "The East Coast loves you, and by the East Coast, I mean me." This flirtatious tête-à-tête seems to have been instigated originally by Lee, with a tweet directed at the Mayor saying, "The West Coast loves you, and by the West Coast, I mean me."

http://www.policymic.com/articles/65277/cory-booker-gay-this-vegan-stripper-probably-hopes-not

Why has the liberal media not been discussing his sexuallity and interviewing men's room attendants!

[CaizLurol 36]

Why has the liberal media not been discussing his sexuallity and interviewing men's room attendants!

Because for once, the "liberal media" is doing something right... not discussing someone's sexuality because it bears no weight on how a candidate can perform his / her job in office.

Edited September 26, 2013 by CaizLurol

[mota bhai 2,675]

The liberal media in New Jersey has. This election just hasn't become a national story because Lonegan is a

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The liberal media in New Jersey has. This election just hasn't become a national story because Lonegan is a

I can see that. At least Cory is not being accused of being a crook, like the most recent Democratic Senators from New Jersey.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Yeah, Cory is no crook. He's a showboat, a performer. An empty suit. But not a crook.

I don't really understand why the NJ GOP was so scared to put up anyone worth a shot against him.

[Ban Hammer 13,396]

non story.

[Teddy B 17,252]

non story.

I think the story here is that there's such a thing as a Vegan Strip Club. A special place where people who don't eat meat go to look at naked flesh?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

A single man exchanges tweets with a single woman. Why is that an issue again? Because Booker is supposedly gay? I don't get it.

I am with you on this one..Single man likes hot stripper

Well Duh

Another bright star that fizzled out early, because he was thinking with the wrong head.

What is a Vegan strip club>

seems that would be a very niche market?