Back in the gold old days our country was not hurt by the extracurricular activities of either FDR or JFK. But then along came the Moral Majority and their successors and now too many Americans hyperventilate over extramarital affairs. I don't care! Just be a good conservative, moderate, or liberal and represent us on important issues involving the economy and foreign affairs. Stay out of our bedrooms!! But I do get a good laugh every time one of the Republicans wearing the family values banner takes a hit because it will hopefully move us that much closer to ditching that old canard.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Politics & Sex
So the great governor of SC is the latest in a long line of elected officials who have committed sexual peccadilloes. How "wonderful" is it to know that he is yet one more transgressor in the world ruled by "family values?" As a Congressman, Sanford was "morally outraged" by Clinton's transgressions and voted for impeachment (and does everyone remember what Newt Gingrich did and how he voted?). I would argue that the origins of our hyper-partisanship began with the misguided impeachment move by the Republicans against Clinton. Does anyone remember what the special prosecutor was empowered to investigate? Whitewater investments in Arkansas; NOT a cum stained dress worn by Monica Lewinsky.
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Let's not forget the role that Fox News (et al) plays in all of this:
ReplyDelete"In 2006 Fox News misidentified Mark Foley as a Democrat when the GOP congressman resigned after sending sexually explicit emails to teenage males. Clearly, network producers couldn't imagine a Republican doing anything scandalous and assumed Foley must be a Democrat. An honest mistake, right? (Hey, I'm trying not to be cynical.)
Well it's a "mistake" Fox News has made again: Wednesday, while broadcasting the news conference of Mark Sanford admitting to cheating on his wife, Fox ran a Chyron identifying the weepy South Carolina governor as... you guessed it, a Democrat. Oops!"
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/25/fox-news-were-all-democrats-when-scandal-breaks/?icid=main|main|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F06%2F25%2Ffox-news-were-all-democrats-when-scandal-breaks%2F
I'm rarely surprised by the philandering of politicians: the same narcissism that drives candidates to seek votes often seeks sexual fulfillment as well. And, of course, the stories often get legs because of the hypocrisy involved: "Well, it's wrong when Clinton does it, but not when I do it..."
ReplyDeleteSlate.com published this tongue-in-cheek guide for politicians: What to do when your colleague gets caught with his pants down.
www.slate.com/id/2221253/
Mark, I agree. Philandering and narcissism are not the exclusive purview of the Republicans. However, there are fewer of THOSE types of Democrats running on the family values ticket. And thanks for pointing that out Judy. Fox is either more mistake prone than is normal, or reprehensibly biased. How can anyone not know that Sanford has an (R) behind his name and not a (D)?? Two times in a row? Give me a break....
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