GOP - TOP 3 - MC (maritally challenged)

you know, last week i attended a film/discussion forum called "The Hunting of the President" ... the film was about the "vast right wing conspiracy" that went after Clinton ... it was pure dirty politics and it was based on absolutely nothing ...

after the film, about 20 people sat around in a circle and discussed the film and various political issues ... we quickly got around to a discussion of bush and his close ties to Evangelicals ...

one guy said that there was nothing the Democrats could ever do to break the support Evangelicals give bush and the republican party ...

"not so fast there" i said ... "i pointed out that a woman running for Governor of Nevada right now claims to have witnessed bush having sex with a man (the current Ambassador to Poland) ... If this is true, it could totally expose bush's hypocrisy ... I doubt Evangelicals would support him if they knew the truth" ...

the guy told me that he thought it would be horrible to go public with these allegations even if they are true ...

things got pretty heated after that ... i'm not fond of personal attack politics but this seemed different ... candidates should be entitled to a wide latitude of privacy but NOT when their private actions expose the hypocrisy of what they're preaching to the public ... it seems to me that's a different situation ... so, for example, if Bill Frist drives an SUV, that's his business; if Al Gore drives one, that should be publically disclosed ... we have a right, even an obligation, to ensure that those in office are telling us the truth!!

having said all this, one has to be amused at stories like the following ... the "holier than thou" party deserves a thorough outing of this nonsense after all the preaching they've done about the sanctity of marriage ... it's the hypocrisy, stupid ...

That's why Rush was in the news with his Viagra. Normally this would not be a news story, but his hypocracy makes it so.

the straight arrow Gore vs. the serial cheat Giuliani?

'Carrie Gordon Earll, a spokesperson for Dobson's Focus on the Family, recently made it clear that the adultery issue hasn't lost any of its toxicity among evangelicals. "If you have a politician, an elected official, and they can't be trusted in their own marriage, how can I trust them with the budget? How can I trust them with national security?" she asked me. Although Earll was reluctant to discuss specific politicians, she noted that a candidate who "had an affair and then moved on and restored that marriage" might find forgiveness with Christian conservatives, but someone "who had an affair and then left his wife" would not.'

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Oh, it isn't intended to protect the sanctity of marriage just to prevent SOME people from taking part? Ohhhhh.

:sarcasm: just in case it wasn't obvious.