Kinder is a little late to this no-pants party. The photo of him with former Penthouse Pet Tammy Chapman came out two weeks ago — a story broken by the good folks at the Riverfront Times. Chapman later did an interview with the RFT, saying Kinder was her best customer when she was a stripper at the Diamond Cabaret in Sauget but also saying Kinder got rough with her during private dances. She claimed Kinder was so creepy that she asked him to quit visiting her.
Kinder is finally getting around to responding. Well, other than blaming Gov. Jay Nixon.
Hey, Kinder told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he was just being a single dude in the '90s. He and a few broskis hit up the strip club after a baseball game. And Kinder admitted that he came back a "handful" of times, which amounts to about 10 trips.
Kinder found a way to make Dean Martin's "Let's Be Friendly" creepy, quoting the lyrics to the newspaper.
"'My, what lovely scenery, cupid's own machinery,'" Kinder said. "That is an innocent expression of romantic love — romantic attraction, I should say — that sort of captures the beginning of this. And then you realize that you are pursuing that in a strip club."
Uh, Peter. You're not helping your cause.
Kinder also claimed that he never got rough with Chapman, who claimed that the politician would try to force her head down into his lap during private dances. She also told the Post-Dispatch that police had to intervene during one incident.
Kinder claims that he doesn't go to strip clubs anymore because they're immoral and exploitative of women.
"I came to realize this is not consistent with my upbringing. I'm a Christian. I'm a sinner. I'm a sinning Christian," Kinder said. "I was raised in a good family and thought, 'You know, continuing to go there is leading me down the wrong path.'"
How convenient. Also a convenient coincidence: Kinder's claim of how he ended up at Verlin's, a bar that is home to nightly pantsless parties. Kinder claims he stopped in because he needed to use the restroom.
"I felt the urge to use the bathroom and I was in the neighborhood," Kinder told the paper.
And since Kinder happened to be in the bar, he decided to have a glass of red wine. That's when he ran into Chapman. Chapman would later claim that Kinder offered to let her stay at his campaign apartment in Brentwood — a claim he has denied. But his denial sounds pretty fishy. From the Post-Dispatch:
Asked how Chapman could have known about the Brentwood apartment, Kinder suggested that she could have read his campaign finance reports. "It's a matter of public record," he said.
I'm sure the folks at Verlin's are breathlessly awaiting the next filing of campaign finance reports.
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Everyone looking down their noses at this sort of thing REALLY need to stick those noses back into their own business. As long as there are women willing to show it off,there will be men ready to watch. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,DON'T LOOK!!!
I am kinda curious how he billed the state for so many nights in St Louis hotels and had a campaign apartment in St Louis. It isn't that big of a city.
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