Why was Vaillancourt silent for 20 Years?

Steve Vaillancourt accused Raymond Buckley of possessing Child Pornography. Reports differ upon the nature of their past relationship. Some claim both men are openly gay, but I've only found quotes of Buckley admitting a Homosexual Orientation.

The Union Leader:

"I have been vilified by people who say I should have done this 20 years ago," Vaillancourt said last night. "Believe me, I have agonized long and hard about this."
-Steve Vaillancourt, July, 2007

The problem is, all of Vaillancourt's claims of having reported the crimes boil down to vague hints and innuendo dropped in the ears of Democratic leaders. All the men to whom Vaillancourt supposedly unburdened his soul flat out deny any such conversations took place.

Why would Vaillancourt, a Republican, report the alleged crimes of a Democrat to the leaders of the local Democratic party?

Why didn't he call the police?

If he really cared more about having political ammunition than stopping Child Pornography, Why didn't he call Republican leaders?

He claims to have uttered the phrase "There's a lot more about Ray Buckley that you need to know" to a former mayor and an outgoing Democratic Chair in 2005. That's hardly a damning accusation.

According to his own claims, refuted by those to whom he allegedly spoke,

"He told two prominent Democrats years ago that veteran party powerbroker Ray Buckley had a "penchant for pedophilia," though to date, he says, he has never taken that allegation to police.

Who among us actually believes a politician of ANY party would contact the police to initiate an investigation based upon the phrase "penchant for pedophilia" uttered by a bitter political rival?

Why didn't he call the police?

The Union Leader has the following quote:

A former Democrat himself, Vaillancourt was Buckley's landlord for many years. He said he took overseas trips with Buckley, including one to Amsterdam.

However, he said, "There has never been a sexual relationship between me and Mr. Buckley ... I'm not openly gay, whatsoever. I've never said I'm gay."

Was this one of the trips to Amsterdam that Buckley allegedly purchased Kiddie Porn?

Take a closer look at the phrase:

I'm not openly gay, whatsoever. I've never said I'm gay.

Emphasis Mine. Why would a politician, a group that's normally so careful about their words, have the word "openly" in that sentence?

Raymond Buckley was cleared of all charges, and the New Hampshire police considered filing charges against Vaillancourt over the accusations, but Vaillancourt sent his letter to the Governor, NOT the police. Buckley has gone on to become the head of the New Hampshire Democratic party, something Vaillancourt was apparently trying to prevent when he mailed the Governor his letter.

Is this entire mess is a case of a bitter former lover trying to destroy the man he used to love?

There's a more disturbing aspect to this story. If Vaillancourt was indeed concealing Buckley's possession of child Pornography, why was he doing it? Was he a submissive obeying his master? More disturbingly, was he too a fan of Child Pornography? Did he conceal it because he himself enjoyed it?

The more questions one asks, the more dark and twisted the mind of Steve Vaillancourt appears. Is he a Pedophile who spent 16 years saturated with child pornography? Buckley has been cleared and no evidence to support the allegations has been found. If Vaillancourt was telling the truth, then that massive stash of Child Pornography has to have gone SOMEWHERE. Does Vaillancourt have it? Was it one of the things he took with him when Vaillancourt and Buckley parted ways?

In a way, it's more comforting to think that Vaillancourt is merely a lying monster, willing to throw out any slander for the sake of destroying an opponent. The most comforting, the most positive view of events is that he's willing to make false accusations of Pedophilia for political gain.

What kind of monster is Vaillancourt, and why do the people of New Hampshire keep voting for him?

More to the point, why haven't the police investigated him? They have a confession from Vaillancourt to having been a party to the possession and smuggling of Child Pornography. The police investigated Buckley, going so far as to seize the computers at the Democratic headquarters. Why have they not done the same to investigate a man who bragged about living where child pornography was so pervasive you couldn't escape it?

Steve Vaillancourt, Nanny State Advocate

Steve Vaillancourt claims to have concealed information about Kiddie Porn in New Hampshire for over two decades. This is not, however his only claim to fame. He's a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Currently a Republican, he left the Democratic party after a split with his roommate of 16 years, Raymond Buckley.

Vaillancourt loves to court attention. He has a Public Access show, in which he exhibits manic, seemingly psychotic behavior. You can get a taste of his admitted flare for exaggeration in his response to a New Hampshire law to ban smoking in bars and restaurants.

As Boston.com reports:

Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, R-Manchester, said the bill doesn't go far enough.

"If we are going to do it, we should do it in these filthy little bars that masquerade as social, fraternal and religious organizations," Vaillancourt said. "The pope, if he smokes, will hurt you as much as a sailor on shore leave."

Smoking bans are common in restaurants and workplaces, but Vaillancourt's urgent need to ban the activity in private clubs is excessive. I understand the desire to protect the public, but the Nanny State extremes that Vaillancourt so adores should not be tolerated. Yes, Smoking is bad for your body. So is excessive drinking, and we can see how well prohibition worked. Restricting unhealthy activities so that they do not infringe upon the safety of others is a reasonable measure. Banning open containers of alcohol in a car for example is a reasonable measure. Drunk Driving laws, while considered overly strict by some, are ultimately beneficial.

Vaillancourt however seems determined to stamp out smoking by eliminating all the locations wherein a smoker could indulge. This is nothing more than a back door method of making smoking illegal.

My own Smoking is limited to three or four cigars a year. I sit down with a glass of good Scotch, put my legs up, light the cigar and puff away. Half an hour to an hour later I get up, still a bit dizzy from the tobacco, and head inside. I'll generally do this on my own back porch, or in a bar or club where one can engage in such activities in peace.

Vaillancourt however, wants to deny this recreation to New Hampshire residents. I suspect he'd also want to ban my attempts to smoke on my own porch, on the dubious claim that I'm giving my downwind neighbors cancer.

Do New Hampshire residents really want to ban smoking in private clubs? Do they REALLY want to require all the Freemasons, Knights of Columbus, Shriners and the like to ban smoking within the halls of their own private clubs?

What ever happened the New Hampshire's state motto of "Live Free or Die?" How is Vaillancourt giving anyone the option to live free, if he wants to dictate the tiny nuances of what they do with their own bodies?

Did Steve Vaillancourt (R-NH) hide Kiddie Porn?

Steve Vaillancourt and Raymond Buckley were "roommates" for 16 years. Both were New Hampshire Democrats at the time. They parted ways over a "rent dispute." Vaillancourt left the Democratic Party and became a Republican.

Eventually, they came into opposition. Buckley took the seat that Vaillancourt had previously occupied.

Then came what some Republicans consider the disaster of 2006, where the Democrats overthrew many traditionally Republican seats. Ray Buckley, now an admitted Homosexual, was on the verge of becoming the Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic State Committee, owing to the fact that he was pretty much responsible for the Democratic Victories in New Hampshire.

During all of this, Vaillancourt and Buckley were both denying they'd ever been sexually involved.

Then things get strange.

Steve Vaillancourt sent a letter to the NH governor. In it he alleged that when they were living together Buckley frequently traveled to Amsterdam to collect Kiddie Porn, and that his room was so littered with it that you couldn't enter it without stepping over Child Pornography.

The Democratic governor asked Buckley to step down from the party race, and Buckley complied.

An investigation failed to turn up any evidence of child pornography and Buckley was exonerated. The 04.13.2007 episode of "This American Life" entitled "My Reputation" profiled Buckley

If Vaillancourt was telling the truth about the Kiddie Porn, and Buckley was exonerated only by having disposed of evidence then Vaillancourt spent DECADES remaining quiet about not only a massive cache of Child Pornography, but an active smuggling operation.

The question I have yet to see asked is this:

Why would Vaillancourt remain silent for so many years about something as vile and disgusting as Child Pornography?

Vaillancourt is in a tough spot. He's one of two things. He's either a liar who used false accusations of Child Pornography to slander and defame a political opponent, or he HELPED CONCEAL Child Pornography.

I ask Vaillancourt, which is he? A liar who offers false witness against his neighbor, or an accomplice to the possession and smuggling of Child Pornography?