So adultery should be excused if one doesn’t “hide” it, if one talks “openly” in books about it.? I’m sure if Bill Clinton, before the 1992 campaign, wrote “openly” about Gennifer Flowers in a book, the right would have refrained from criticizing him in that matter (rolls eyes).

“A very large number of marriages ended for POW’s, often in adultery and bitterness.. This just happens to have the added dimension of the car accident.”

And the fact that a. the former POW in question is running for President of the United States and b. he is the one who engaged in the “adultery” and thus caused the “bitterness” (the above-quoted comment regarding adultery and POW’s was general enough that it could have meant that either the POW or the spouse of the POW was the adulterer).

Have you seen Jeri Ryan, I dont think I would have needed anything Kinky, she would have been just fine.

This is very old news, rehashed from 2000. Carol Shepp and Senator McCain have since reconciled, she supports him in his run for the White House (both times).

A very large number of marriages ended for POW’s, often in adultery and bitterness. This just happens to have the added dimension of the car accident.

Jay, how exactly did Republicans “ostracize” Foley and Cunningham? That’s right, they didn’t.

And if you can point out where Kerry made attacking someone else’s marriage a campaign issue, you’d have a point.

By the way, the NYT’s story was about McCain being in bed with lobbyists. The ‘sex scandal’ was only a minor part of the story. It was the only part everyone was talking about, but if you actually read the story, it wasn’t the biggest part.

Which Tom Clancy book was this in?

Why don’t you look at what this thread is about, jackass?
As far as Rezko, I think I speak for most Democrats when I say that I won’t vote for Rezko for President.

And they had that story for a while and only published it after another news organization was going to report it first.

But don’t like the facts get in the way of your persecution complex.

The difference here is that the “objective” news media is the one doing the dirt-slinging. MSM outlets barely made mention of Kerry’s 1st marriage and didn’t even touch the philandering rumors. But the day after McCain clinces the nomination, the NYT runs a Page 1 above-the-fold expose about McCain’s alleged infidelites.

Yeah, that’s the same…

I’ve seen a bit of Rezko coverage lately. The relevant thing JayTea leaves out is that Obama was clearly not involved in any illegal matters with Rezko. Oops. That makes it like a footnote.

Wow, Jay Tea, you are such a fucking liar. Problems with Mark Foley were known for about a decade before ABC broke the story. They stood by him, even convinced him not to resign because he was from a swing district. They only turned on him when it became politically expedient to do so. This is true of Duke Cunningham, who only resigned when he was convicted.

By the way, how many of the Democrats that you mentioned were convicted of criminal offenses?

On another note…

Are you going to answer my large post in this thread…

oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/06/republican-recession-watch-unemployment-goes-through-the-roof/

Or are you going to prove that you are not worthy of being treated with respect?

And Spider, I agree with you. The Republican scumbags are hypocrites. The Democratic scumbags at least don’t pretend to be anything but scumbags.

Another difference is that the Republicans tend to ostracize their worst offenders (Duke Cunningham, Mark Foley, etc. etc.) once they’re exposed. The Democrats tend to brush the whole thing under the rug (William Jefferson, Bill Clinton, Alcee Hastings, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, Gerry Studds, etc. etc.) and, once they think the worst has blown over, pretend it never happened. And, in most cases, they end up lionizing their scumbags.

I can see how you’d prefer those scumbags over Republican ones.

J.

The point will always be that Republicans have no leg to stand on when they beat this drum, because so many of their best and brightest have a history of being complete bastards to their beloved families.

Because, naturally, that’s nowhere near as significant.

J.

From the divorce records she filed:

On three trips, one to New Orleans, one to New York, and one to Paris, [my husband, Jack Ryan] insisted I go to sex clubs with him.

Sex in sex clubs: Not a crime.

Qib: Sean, you don’t like “force”? How about “coerce”?

Sounds good to me. I’m not in favor of the guy at all, but “force” makes it sound too much like he raped her.

I know. Because it’s not about her.

Sean, you don’t like “force”? How about “coerce”?