KRYSTAL BALL PICTURES AS CHRISTMAS DOMINATRIX RELEASED!

BVBL HAS MORE!

UPDATE: Krystal responds on NBC 12 in Richmond tonight.  According to Ryan Nobles, she is also going on the Today Show later this week.

Comments

[Spock]

HAWT! See, people in politics CAN get laid! I know have faith in mankind...

[Tonto]

Thud.

[Nice Try]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHi09Z-ytiI

[DanielK]

So the link to BVBL who had to go through another site to get this story took it down and you're left with a picture of a girl that may resemble Krystal (although it probably is).

Overall, who cares about what someone did in the past. Must be a slow news day if you have to the dumpster of BVBL.

[Nice Try]

There is a Clemson sign in the background of one of the pictures. These don't look like they are from her first year of college (she attended Clemson her first year). So it might be safe to assume they are some sort of friends of hers from Clemson getting together.

Photo was taken 1/14/2002 10:17 p.m. according to the metadata.

That would make it her junior year in college.

[SatirclAlx]

I wouldn't call that a "dominatrix costume." It's a black tank top and skirt with a Santa hat. BFD, as Joe Biden would say. Plus, it's going to make guys vote for her.

Ben, you need a woman. Or a man. I don't care about your preference. Please just take care of it.

[steve vaughan]

This is just low class. Why put out stuff like this? It's not like she has any chance to win anyway. It's like kicking a crippled puppy.

[Nice Try]

If a puppy is crippled, they put it to sleep. The same should happen to her political career between this and the stuff you've written about, Steve.

[BlackOut]

Interesting comparison here between O'Donnell and Krystal.

[Not Larry Sabato]

SatirclAlx- did you miss the leash?

[Nice Try]

I'm waiting for the Ball ad, "I'm not a Christmas dominatrix. I'm you..."

[SatirclAlx]

I saw the leash. It's still not a dominatrix costume in my book. No thigh high boots, whips or other instruments of torture... I guess I have higher standards than you.

[Not Larry Sabato]

What do they have in her crotch in that one picture?

[Ben is Right (this time)]

And that is because you perceive it to be a 'costume' rather than a concept.

[steve vaughan]

Nice Try_ the stuff I wrote about had to do with campaign finances, that's a serious political issue. It wasn't about something she did as a college kid. Is there anybody here who didn't do something in college that they wouldn't want to see on the Internet? If so, you should have had some fun while you had the chance. I predict if we adopt this standard we only be electing very boring, unimaginative people in the future.

[DanielK]

So essentially anyone in a costume wearing a leash is having an encounter with a dominatrix? That's a stretch even for you, but hey...It helped get a shitload of hits on your page so it was worth it right?

[Not Larry Sabato]

Steve- what's to say this hurts her campaign?

[DanielK]

This won't hurt her campaign because outside of the blogs this won't get any real coverage. But then again if this gets more news coverage than Ben's well written and researched piece about Jim Moran then that's pathetic.

All this could show is that the GOP bloggers are a little worried of her that they have to dumpster dive for petty, silly pictures taken close to a decade ago. Besides, she was having fun which I'm sure most people did when they were younge and probably still do. We can find dirt on anyone if we want.

[steve vaughan]

NLS- well, that's not really the point. I already wrote a couple of stories that hurt her campaign. This is just the continuation of the trend of both parties going down the low road in politics as fast as they can go. And it's an extension of the loss of privacy that's a very real issue in America. Again, do you want everything you did in college posted on the Internet?

[not anyone in particular]

this is sad Ben....its college...people are stupid in college...I am sure you were...for you to give this attention is not cool...this college prank has nothing to do with her ability to be a good Congresswoman...

[BM]

Steve, you gotta hate what candidates did in college...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD61zj5DbN8

[Rowhey]

hubba hubba

[steve vaughan]

BM- wouldn't you agree that an allegation of criminal misconduct, even if it's mostly bullshit, is a little more serious than what somebody did at a party?

[James R]

If you find this offensive you need to check yourself.

I`d get this over to reddit ASAP and by the end of the week she`s rolling the campaign donations in.

Also I`ll put Krystal in thigh highs up and the "wide standing" Republican hypocrites can keep their Scott Brown Nudes.

[Jim McBride]

You may be the biggest loser in Virginia....take this down and grow the fuck up.

[James R]

Seriously!!!!

Look at this....

Pubes and all....

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/cm/cosmopolitan/images/Ti/Scott-Brown-new3.jpg

[Loudoun Insider]

She isn't all that hot. And if this were a GOP candidate it would be all over the place, and most of you decrying this would be happy as can be about it.

[SatirclAlx]

Now that I think of it, I had a whip as part of a sexy Halloween costume. I wore a sexy black dress, really high black heels, and a black mask. It was either 1995 or 96, which would make me 33 or 34 then. I wonder if anyone has pics of it. No way could I fit intop that dress now!

[Not Hussein (formerly Not Ben)]

We need to see the fully body of work to determine whether this is worthy of blaspheming against Christine O'Donnell or not...

[Old Redneck]

Don't blame me. I voted for Scott Robinson. Think I'll sit out this election.

[Not Dave Marsden]

2002 man, when she was in college. What was George Bush doing when he was 20? 30? 40?

All the same things.

[Chris]

for what its worth, the Wittman campaign sent an email to all the bloggers they are in concert with asking that the pictures be taken down and not talked about.

[Gretchen Laskas]

Well, as silly and pointless as it is, I think it is probably fair game, given the world that we live in. And I actually understand why a Republican blog would want to make the most of this (Just as Democrats like to make the most of some of the truly ridiculous things we've watched Republicans do.) Politics isn't for wusses, and it does have the power to destroy people, even good people, which is one of the reason we can all sit back and complain about the type of people who are elected, blah blah blah. So I get it.

But Ben....sweetheart! I just have to say, as someone who respects you and this blog a whole lot, you didn't do yourself or this blog any favors by playing along today.

[Spock]

Yeah, Ben, you could have at least posted up all the photos instead of making us go to the white power site to look at them...

[truthteller]

This is tasteless, pointless and meanspirited and sheds little light on Virginia politics or the issues of the day

Grow up Ben and quit trashing people for no good reason! You may not realize it, but a growing number of people are questioning your relevance and your progressive credentials as you go on slashing and burning candidates

[Ho Ho Ho]

Yes, I'm sure photos of a candidate with a rubber cock in her mouth will do wonders for her campaign and her political future.

[Ho Ho Ho]

Steve, all you did was rewrite what Virtucon had already investigated about her finances, added about 2 new details and then they further blew this whole thing open.

[Not Larry Sabato]

For all of you complaining about me covering this, it was on Richmond TV tonight- and she is going on the Today Show to discuss later this week. Are you all outraged at them as well?

[DanielK]

My outraged at all.....or surprised. This is what politics has come to. But how does it feeling knowing that garbage like this that you didn't even break is making such major headlines and the Jim Moran piece you put so much time and effort into got flushed down the toilet by your covering this. I don't think your covering it is the issue but how you covered it and why. It's not a major news story because you covered it but rather because respectable media outlets and journalists got the story and she is responding to them.

Krystal is going to go on the Today Show and hit it out of the park and come out making the bloggers who broke this story look like immature high schoolers.

[DanielK]

Sorry about the typo above. I meant to type- I am not outraged or surprised.

[Not Larry Sabato]

Dan- here's the reality. This is a story whether she is male or female. Straight or gay. It comes to one point- is she ready to be a serious leader in Congress? I think if she was 55 and we were talking about something from college voters would overlook it. But she is 28- this was taken about 5 years ago. She's clearly not ready for prime time.

[DanielK]

If you think people can't mature and move on from something years ago then I don't know what to tell you. You are on this story because it got you hits to your site. She have become a mother and businesswoman since then. There should be no timetable as to when someone should run for office based on what they do. It's not a mistake what she did here, everyone is entitled to their fun or whatever. There are enough "leaders" in Congress who in my opinion have done substantially worse things but are still in office. Besides, you even noted on Facebook her as the "Hottest Congressional Candidate" which means, at least for you this also has to do with her looks and that she's woman.

You covering the story is not the issue or anyone else picking up on it but how your cover it is the main thing but then again as displayed in the comments no one is really surprised. I wonder if the Today Show will use the dame headline as you did??

[Loudoun Insider]

What's really sad is that this is the story that makes the headlines in the MSM while the Moran stuff doesn't. Don't blame Ben for that - there are much bigger problems in our society.

[Nice Try]

So, Ball is going on the Today show to talk about why she had a dildo in her mouth? I don't know who will look dumber -- her or the Today show. I wonder if Matt Lauer will ask her about the mystery $5 million in K12 stock that she received as part of a "settlement" that K12 denied having anything to do with.

[Jim McBride]

No, Ben. You're not ready for primtime....you're a horny little teenager that has never seen women acting sexy in real life before apparently so you need to share these pics like you discovered gold or something. Today Show is going to cover this because you're kind publicized it...not to "out" her. Now it's legitimate news in terms of how immature politics has become.

With your standard almost every bachelorette party I have ever seen in bars would be disqualified from public office. Krystal Ball would make a better elected official than any Republican in congress so that's good enough for me.....and it should be good enough for you. But of course your quest for attention is more important than the lives of others. I warned you about this before but its part of a pattern and you deserve what you get. You have lost all credibility on any other issue...nice work dumbass.

[Not Larry Sabato]

Jim, I'll let your comment speak for itself on who has maturity issues.

[Jim McBride]

Ha...I'm fine with it. See how many friends you have left after this and we can compare who is the mature gentleman.

[Jim McBride]

BTW, I please invite everyone to join the Boycott Ben Tribbett movement and sever ties with this blog ASAP.

[Not Larry Sabato]

You'll have to let me know how many friends I have left, since you seem to know how often I have sex also.

[Not Larry Sabato]

Jim- this movement calls for a Facebook group!!!

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

Jim, c'mon. Do you honestly think that Krystal isn't reveling in the attention she's getting now? Why else would she go on NBC 12 and then on the Today Show? She's got more earned media out of those pictures than she's managed to get out of her entire campaign.

She's going to use those pictures to their full extent. You guys shouldn't be boycotting Ben, you should be praising him for breathing some life into this dead-man-walking campaign.

[Nice Try]

This is from an email being forwarded around:

"it may be worth your time to look into her divorce of her first husband, Aaron Peterson, after 6 months due to having a 2-month affair with her present husband, Jonathan Dariyanani. Aaron and Krystal were married a few years after college before she was wooed away by Jonathan’s money, which now seems to be pumped into her campaign in a less than scrupulous manner."

[Kate]

Her hair looks really good in this clip. Is she flat ironing it? Whatever she's doing, keep it up.

[Jim McBride]

Should I really praise someone for trying to embarrass another person and it backfiring on them? Like every time Sarah Palin brought up Bill Ayers I shouldve thanked her for rallying the Dems? Try again. BTW email forwards are like the toilet paper of journalism....take a class and learn what real reporting is about.

[James]

Jim-

Like it or not those pictures will hurt her. Regardless of whether they should have been posted or not.

She may increase name ID, but not in a good way.

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Jim. Ben did you a favor, even if you can't see that.

[change]

She said it was a “gag” party.
I would agree with that but she didn’t seem to be gagging, and any chick that can accomplish that feat has my vote….lol
Someone send me a yard sign.

Seriously, this kind of crap should not disqualify someone anymore than that chick up north that said she was a witch.
Whether they can cast spells or swallow a ? should not be what the voters are interested in. It should be what they stand for and what they would do if elected.

[Charles]

My question is, where did the pictures come from. They are obviously real, because she is complaining about them being posted. But the Virtucon people didn't TAKE the pictures, they found them somewhere.

Where did the pictures come from? Did she have them on a facebook entry at some point? Or up on flickr? Who was the first person to post these pictures to the web?

[Jim McBride]

If Wittman says take them down then I would follow his lead. I'm still waiting to hear why treating a woman like that is justified EVER.

[QQestion]

how is this sexist?

I haven't seen anyone explain that

she's the one who went to a party and objectified herself

[Gretchen Laskas]

For the record, I talked about the sexist issues over at Blue Virginia earlier today. My opinion only, of course.

[QQestion]

oh

just saw that

I basically agree with you

[Still Laughing]

I don't see how this is sexist. I'm a woman. I don't see sexist here, although I do see funny. If this were a video, I'd expect to see it on Tosh.0.

Seriously. If you don't want to be laughed at for being dressed in a skimpy Santa outfit and for having a Reindeer's rubber member in your mouth, then don't dress in a skimpy Santa outfit and have a Reindeer's rubber member in your mouth.

It's just that simple, people.

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

Jim, Ball is married. You can stop with the internet white knight nonsense already. She's taken.

[SillyPolitics]

Totally agree with Brian and Gretchen. Seems possible that the Ball campaign leaked the photos to get (the massive amount of) earned media. And to say this is sexist doesn't make sense.

[steve vaughan]

I'd seriously doubt that the Ball campaign leaked the photos. I'd also seriously doubt something this petty and dumb came from the Wittman campaign. More likely an overzelous supporter.
Does show the power of blogs though. I think this is ridiculous, but I now have write about it because other newspapers and TV picked it up.

[Haywood Jablomi]

"Jim, Ball is married. You can stop with the internet white knight nonsense already. She's taken."

Unless of course you have a bigger checkbook than Dariyanani. Although Jimmy is probably a lot more interested in the rubber dong than Krystal.

[change]

Funny how a blog about a hot chick with a dildo in her mouth can squelch the conversation of real politics like the Moran post….

No wonder Howard Stern makes millions…

Only in America… gotta love this country…

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

Don't knock Howard.

[John Wayne]

Kystal Ball would fit right in with all of the other sleazy politicians in Congress. I am sure her first invite will be from Barney Frank.

[steve vaughan]

John Wayne (hey, what do you think of them remaking "True Grit"?) : That doesn't make sense on several levels.

[Ho Ho Ho]

It's not her fault. Her parents gave her an adult entertainer name.

I don't buy KB's statement that these photos getting around is sexist. She posed for the pictures. No one mad her do it. I would buy that this is something KB did that maybe she regrets as a professional and a mom and running for office.

If so, just own up to that, KB. You engaged in a really funny youthful indiscretion. Okay: a really, really funny youthful indiscretion.

[Di]

The hypocrisy is staggering. Please, as a woman, I ask those who posted to treat women the same. That means Republican women get the same treatment as Dems. Equal rights mean the same standards for everyone. Dems are screaming equal rights constantly, but are the first to jump ship when it suits them.

[Ho Ho Ho Santa Needs A Ho!]

This is just college party antics. I'm sure we've all done something stupid or crazy or wild in college. I know I did.

[Ho Ho Ho Santa Needs A Ho!]

If she didn't want the photos leaked onto the internet, she shouldn't have had them taken in the first place. I personally think she wanted them to be posted. She blames some right-wing blogger and then plays victim.

[Richard Jon]

I found an slideshow video w/ Krystal ball leaked pics here:
http://todaynews7.blogspot.com/2010/10/virginia-candidate-fights-leaked-sexy.html
warning, some pics are NSFW

[aaron]

I want a woman to torture my balls

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