Never knew sex with mother in law was a family value!

[NCVol]

 

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/georgia_county_elects_republican_who_slept_with_mother_in_law.php?ref=fpb

Last December, Paulding County lost its representative in the Georgia House when he resigned in a high profile sex and conflict-of-interest scandal.

Glenn Richardson, the family-values Republican who represented the county and was speaker of the house, stepped down after his ex-wife publicly accused him of having "a full-out affair" with a lobbyist while he was married.

Blah, blah, routine occurrence, 'family values' republican bangs lobbyist, resigns over sex scandal.... ho hum.  But look at the replacement!

Meet newly minted Rep. Daniel Stout.

His campaign Web site touts his conservative, pro-family bona fides. "I believe Paulding County wants someone who will stand strong for the conservative principles we've always believed in ... lower taxes, limited government, personal responsibility, and valuing Life from the womb until natural death," he says.

But, as the writer Tom Crawford of Capitol Impact noted this week, Stout "has been compelled to address a personal incident from 10 years ago: he had an affair with his first wife's mother while his first wife was pregnant with their daughter. Stout and his first wife subsequently divorced."

Serious question - if the mom had a female child as a result of the affair, would it be Stout's daughter, or sister in law?  

And this is the best part:

He also said the relationship with his mother-in-law "was stopped short of 'sex.'"

In other words, it depends on what the meaning of "sex" is!  

You really can't make this stuff up!

 

[LTC]

IOKIYAR Lane

[Flummoxed Lummox]

Why is it that the wingnuts jump on every scandal involving a Democrat (and rightfully so I might add), yet are strangely silent when it a Republican is exposed for some evil?

I've always recognized that BOTH parties have scum. I've never tried to defend the actions of Dems when they are caught. Wrong is wrong no matter which party you follow. However, the conservatives on this forum rarely, if ever, respond when there is a thread involving bad news about a Republican.

That's called being a hypocrite.

[plumbervol]

I take it that the dude was getting BJ's from his mom in law? Pro Family keeps it in the family.......

[Dementia_Madness]

What is really funny.....is that republican's engaged in such scandals "resign" or are booted, while democrats who do such things are promoted or actually assigned positions and re-elected (granted republican's do and can forgive people of their past sins,which is good, but democrats do not even require even a show of repentance).

[NCVol]

Uh, no, not actually.  I suppose you can point to democrats in office with sex scandals in their past, but it's quite easy to find all kinds of GOP honorables who have a sordid sexual past. 

For example, the guy who had sex with his mother in law was appointed to fill the seat of the OTHER guy who was engaged in a sex scandal.

And have you heard of David "Diapers" Vitter? Got a standing O  when he came back to the Senate after his little prostitution problem became public.

[Dementia_Madness]

Let's see, we can start at the top with democrats, with Bill Clinton (president in office accused of rape, proven to be an adulterer) and work our way from there if you wish. Then we can skip on over to Edwards (presidential and vice presidential candidate proven adulterer). Then you have Ted Kennedy (presidential candidate and proven adulterer need we say many secrets lie at the bottom of dark water). With democrats the wrongdoing and immorality starts at the top and permeates every level of governance...sex, money, murder, drugs, you name it.

Now do not get me wrong, I am defiantly not excusing anyones wrong behavior, however I feel it is fair to point out that the majority of the time there is a different attitude, and difference in  media coverage when it comes to democrat and republican sex scandals. Often times, with republicans it is often simply the accusation, or the semblance of wrong doing that ends their political careers, while with democrats, even after the truth is indeniable, and proof of actual wrong doing, they are excused, explained away, honored, and protected.

So in the end we can say it is a wonderful thing when wrong doing of republicans come to light, we do not shy or run away from them, nor do we excuse them, we most often take appropriate actions, and do what must be done, we say thanks for the truth, and throw the bums out....while with democrats, every attempt is made to not only hide the truth, buy off the accusers, threaten, harass, and harm the ones who seeking to bring the wrong doing to lite, when it finally becomes beyond dispute, excuses, and deals are again made and the acts are downplayed or even swept under the rug.

[NCVol]

That wasn't your best effort Mondo.  Clinton was impeached for goodness sakes and Edwards' political career is OVER.  He will NEVER run for office again.  So I'm not clear how those two are good examples of sexual misconduct going unpunished. Now Vitter, the family values republican, got a standing OVATION when he rejoined his colleagues in the Senate and is still serving.  Later "Diapers" Vitter and "Wide Stance" Craig co-sponsored the Marriage Protection Amendment!  Seriously, that's the stuff you just cannot make up! It's true that Craig is no longer in office, but he served out his term.   

Currently, adulterer Ensign, a member of the evangelical group living at C Street (the same Christian group that once counseled adulterer and current S.C. Governor Mark Sanford) got daddy to pay off his cuckolded former staffer and his former lover, but is still in the Senate casting family values votes! 

BTW, the reason there is a somewhat of a different standard is illustrated with your words.

With democrats the wrongdoing and immorality starts at the top and permeates every level of governance...sex, money, murder, drugs, you name it.

Godless heathens!!!!   

But the GOP is family values, Christian values, sanctity of marriage!!!  Good people!

So when they get caught banging their staffers or lobbyists, there is a certain obligation to point out what self righteous hypocrites they are.  It's sort of like taking diet advice from an obese man or getting lectured about the evils of drugs by an alcoholic.  It's not that the message might not be correct, just that the person giving the advice, and in republicans case, criticism and comparisons implying moral superiority, should have cleaned their own side of the street first before lecturing others on moral issues. 

[NCVol]

BTW, you do have to give the "conservatives" credit for being entertaining with their affairs.  In addition to Diapers Vitter and Wide Stance Craig, Mark Sanford will forever link "hiking the Appalachian Trail" and adultery.  

And Ensign gave us, not "Judge Judy," but "Aunt Judy", the name Ensign assigned to his mistress, Cynthia Hampton, on his cell phone.  The affair apparently began to come out when Mr. Hampton, mistress's husband, borrowed Ensign's phone and noted numerous calls to "Aunt Judy" who had, shockingly, the same phone number as his wife, who was named Cynthia!  

So from now on, the family values republicans can refer to their mistresses as "Aunt Judy."  As in "I can't make it tonight, I'm having dinner with Aunt Judy (wink, wink!)."  

[Flummoxed Lummox]

I feel it is fair to point out that the majority of the time there is a different attitude, and difference in  media coverage when it comes to democrat and republican sex scandals. Often times, with republicans it is often simply the accusation, or the semblance of wrong doing that ends their political careers, while with democrats, even after the truth is indeniable, and proof of actual wrong doing, they are excused, explained away, honored, and protected.

Really? Then why was Bill Clinton impeached? The media was all over the Lewinsky scandal. Nothing was "explained away" or "honored." The man was only the 2nd President to receive that ignominious distinction.

How about Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill)? Last time I checked he was removed from office in the middle of his term and publicly disgraced. The media was on the scandal like white on rice.

Democrat New York Governor Elliott Spitzer? Were his actions "excused"? No. He was forced to resign and the media was all over the story.

How about William Jefferson (D-La)? Was his taking dirty money protected? Last time I checked he was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for his crimes. The media never gave him a pass. Is that your idea of being "excused"?

How about Charlie Rangel (D-NY)? Although the incident is ongoing, I don't see anyone "protecting" or "excusing" his actions (except maybe Charlie Rangel, typical of ALL politicians).

I could go on and on. Your assertion that Dems somehow get a free pass is patently absurd. Get your facts straight.

[NCVol]

It's part of the same "biased librul media, msm, dbm" nonsense.  It's a defense mechanism.  The problems of the GOP cannot be because the leadership is corrupt and/or incompetent, it's because the media is so UNFAAAAAIIIIIIIRRR.  Boo hooo  

Poor old rich white Christian men, they're the last oppressed minority.......  

And democrats get a pass when THEY get caught with their pants down, it's only the poor mistreated republicans who have to accept personal responsibility for banging the lobbyists.

[LTC]

Sources tell Peach Pundit that Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) will resign his seat in Congress to focus on his campaign for Governor.

Deal has called two press conferences this morning to announce the news.

The back story: "The House Ethics Committee came down hard on Charlie Rangel last week. The next case up was to look at Deal's use of his Congressional staff to protect a no-bid State contract here in Georgia. The House ethics committee was due to release their findings in this case any day. Deal's resignation probably makes this go away."


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"Deal's resignation probably makes this go away"

Gee...that is one way to get a free pass!