First, here; the Department of Justice's recent indictment against John Edwards (aka "Silky Pony") indicates that not only did some of his campaign donors ignore the fact that he was cheating on his cancer-stricken wife, but also helped him pay for the upkeep of his mistress. This boggles the mind; someone actually paid to help cover up an affair for a guy who had earned tens of millions of dollars in legal settlements? I would hope that, if asked, I'd at least say "you can pay your own money to keep your mistress quiet, Silky Pony."
Abroad, it appears that France's socialist party is set to expel the mother of another one of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's apparent victims. Evidently, it's more important for the Socialists to win the French Parliament than it is for an unrepentant rapist to be put in jail.
I wish I could only point towards the left here, but suffice it to say that the GOP failed to push out people like John Ensign, also caught in Silky-Pony like malfeasance. It used to be that the principle was more important than the person; evidently, that is no longer true. Or at least it's becoming more obvious that we don't really believe this.
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I hate politics.
Dittos, but when they're taking half the economy, ya gotta pay attention, no?
what you have here is a case of competing principles. the GOP exists to attain and hold power, not act as disciplist minister to its office holders/seekers.
sexual malfeasance only comes into play when somebody can gain a political advantage from it.
yes, sexual propriety, or marality in general, would be a nice thing to have in office holders. its also rather stupid to expect idealogical whores to not act like anything other whores when they can get away with it.
back when i was political active in Prolife, other comrades of mine would demand strict christian adhereance from those they supported.
i stunned them all, the room went quiet, when i announced that i would support Satan himself if i felt certain of his devotion to advancing the cause.
i was there to save babies, not convert the choir.
I'm in the middle on that one, Gino; I'm not quite with Churchill "If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd put in a good word for the Devil in the House of Commons," but there are people with whom I do not agree that I'd vote for.
That said, I see sexual immorality as a precursor for political malfeasance--witness Mr. Blue Dress, for example. You think you're big enough to s**** your interns (or Twitter buddies), you'll likely think you're big enough to do the same to the citizens.
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