Roland Corning, deputy assistant Attorney General for South Carolina and former state legislator, sure knows how to make the most of a lunch break. Officer Michael D. Wines noticed Corning's Ford Explorer as it turned into a secluded area at Elmwood Cemetery, a reputed hotbed of illicit sex and drugs. When the South Carolina Republican saw Wines's patrol car, he panicked and sped off. But he was stopped by another cop just a few blocks away. Wines caught up with the former lawmaker and conducted a search of the vehicle. Inside Corning's SUV, Wines found an 18-year-old prostitute, a bottle of Viagra, and enough sex toys to keep Peter LaBarbera occupied for a month. The conservative Corning informed the officer that he likes to have sex paraphernalia in his SUV "just in case." (I wonder if he drives to church in that vehicle.)
From The State: Wines then interviewed Corning and the woman, and said they gave "conflicting statements as to why they were at the location, and to their relationship." Because of that, Wines wrote, he asked Corning some more questions, which is when Corning identified himself as an attorney and showed Wines his state attorney general's badge. "At that point I asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle, which he stated no and gave consent to search," Wines wrote. The search revealed a sex enhancement drug and the sex toys. According to the report, Corning told Wines he had a prescription for the medication and the other items were always in the car "just in case." That's when Wines decided to release the woman, who "stated that her vehicle was around the corner where Mr. Corning met her." Moments later, Wines released Corning. (Presumably returning his dildos, titty clamps, leather restraints, and Jessica Simpson blow-up doll.)
Corning must have breathed a sigh of relief after the cops let him go. But alas, it would turn out to be a premature ejaculation of air. As luck would have it (bad luck, for the horndog prosecutor), Wines' wife Megan also works at the Attorney General's office, and the police officer had called her to check out Cornings' credentials. Josh Marshall writes on TPM: Wines' wife didn't leave it there. She contacted her supervisor, Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh, who passed on the word to Attorney General Henry McMaster. McMaster apparently found out early Wednesday. And by the end of the day Corning's employment at the AG's office had come to an abrupt end.
Maybe Corning can get a job as groundskeeper at the cemetery.
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What is going on with South Carolina? Seems like this stuff is happening there all the friggin time.
Posted by: Philip | October 30, 2009 at 08:51 AM
Corning can always apply for a job as Gov Mark Sanford's social secretary.
Posted by: Bee Girl | October 30, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Another Goper in a compromising position? How UNsurprising.
Posted by: Amanda | October 30, 2009 at 04:04 PM
Well to be fair, he is a family values politician, just not normal people's family values.
Posted by: Rick cain | October 30, 2009 at 05:35 PM
It almost seems like joining the GOP must heighten your sex drive. Why else would all these clowns be so careless about their indiscretions?
Perhaps the GOP could capitalize on this connection... I can see it now, a long list of GOP sex scandal subjects and the question "What do they have in common? They are horny as hell and they are Republicans!" Join the virile and vigorous GOP!
Posted by: Michaelc | October 30, 2009 at 08:02 PM
They're no longer stopping at Mark Sanford's "affair with the exotic foreigner"; now it's "graveyard sex with an 18-year-old hooker". What will the next GOP-er do to trump that? (I'm taking bets here... who's it gonna be?)
Posted by: Aggie, Fair Haven, Vt. | October 31, 2009 at 04:11 AM
Hookers sex toys and a graveyard? Can it get any better than that? lol
Posted by: Sex Toys | January 18, 2010 at 12:24 PM