#partially supplemented with dialogue from later in the episode

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ROBERT SWEENEY

BORN: April 18, 1965 | AGE: 51

Background

Sweeney is a former EMT. Born and spent his entire life in Buffalo NY. His father was the High 1 School Principal, his mother a homemaker. Sweeney spent the past thirty years holding township, city, state, and county elected positions. Sweeney served two terms as the mayor of Buffalo. Sweeney is currently on this third term in the State Senate. Sweeney has a wife, Cheryl, of twenty-seven years and two children: Alex, 27 and Jane, 24.

Sweeney is known as “Buffalo” Bob, and has an unassailable reputation in upstate NY.

Potential Weak Points

2001

Sweeney took NRA donation money for his first Mayoral campaign.

2004

Cheryl Sweeney was spotted at a Pro-Life rally at a Planned Parenthood in Schenectady NY.

WAY OF THE LAMB CAMP / SWEENEY’S SON

Sweeney was a member of Conservative Christian church Buffalo Bible Seminary for twelve years. In 2007, sent his son Alexander Sweeney to attend the Light of Gospel camp in the Adirondacks, a pray-the-gay away style forced attendance camp.

Nick Collins, a sympathetic counselor at the camp, smuggled out a series of letters from campers to their friends. He maintained copies of them. A full transcript can be provided.

Nick Collins is now a Social Worker, and an LGBTQ activist. His record is clean other than some protest infractions during Occupy Wall Street. He will look great in interview.

Pull Quotes

“They said we sexualized masculine connection because we didn’t have enough healthy, non-sexual connection with our fathers. So they made me sit shoulder-by-shoulder with another kid and then put our arms around each other. They called it ‘healing touch.’ Though of course all I could think about was kissing his shoulder--”