Here is the problem as I see it.

It’s not the sex, it’s the hypocrisy.

The republican party has, for 30 years, been the party of the evangelical movement. They’ve been quick to condemn anything that doesn’t fall into their bigoted, narrow-minded view of what is "moral," and anyone who doesn’t adhere to their belief in and desire for a right-wing theocracy is a GOD DAMNED LIBERAL. They want the bible used as the basis for making public policy, despite the fact the bible is:

  • A work of fiction.
  • Clearly in violation of the First Amendment section about "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…"

The republicans are also hypocritical in another way: They say they want the government out of people’s lives…except when it comes to matters pertaining to the bedroom. Then they want to government in there in spades, and anyone who points out the obvious hypocrisy in that is loudly proclaimed as a GOD-DAMN LIBERAL.

The word liberal has been turned into a perjorative by the right wing, and I tell you this, you can throw that word at my feet, I’ll pick it up and wear it as a badge of honor. Liberals enacted the child-labor laws in this country. Liberals enacted the worker-safety laws. If it’s good for the little guy, a liberal probably was behind it. republicans are the party of the illuminati. Why working class people can’t see that and vote against their own economic interests is a constant source of puzzlement for me.

In the case of Mark Sanford, he was proclaiming loud and long in the late ’90s that Bill Clinton should resign because of the Monica Lewinsky affair. Then, 10 years later, he not only has an affair, but he leaves his not only his state but the COUNTRY, without telling ANYONE, lies to his staff (so don’t start talking about Clinton lying) and comes back, busted as busted can be, and refuses to resign his seat as the governor of South Carolina.

Just the week before, Larry Ensign, another "family values" guy, is busted for porking the wife of another person who worked on his campaign.

Let’s not forget the REALLY sleazy ones, Larry Craig, cruising for anonymous gay sex in the Minneapolis airport. Mark Foley, who cruised instant messaging services for sex with…yes, you guessed it, UNDERAGE BOYS, and instead of getting treatment for being a fucking PEDO, he says he’s entering "alcohol rehab," as if alcoholism and its mention blithely sweeps away the issues surrounding his peccadilloes.

That doesn’t take into account the non-sexual offfenses.

  • Watergate.
  • Iran-Contra
  • Salvadorean and Nicaraguan death squads who killed, among many others, NUNS. Oh, I forgot, they’re Catholics and the evangelicals hate them, too.
  • Outing a covert CIA operative.
  • Lying us into a war of choice.

I’m sorry. I’m absolutely aware of the shortcomings of the people on my side of the fence. Elliott Spitzer – though he VOLUNTARILY resigned. Henry Cisneros. Etc.

But when your side points the fickle finger at people and screams "You’re a god-damned dirty, liberal sinner," when so many of their own people are dirty, the hypocrisy is just too much for me to remain silent about.

Personally, I don’t give a flying shit what elected officials do with their private parts. I’m just kinda libertarian that way, personal life, no one harmed, consenting adults, not my business and I DON’T care. I don’t care that Mark Sanford had an Argentinian lover. Don’t care about Monica Lewinsky. Don’t care about John Ensign, don’t care about any of it. Don’t care about Larry Craig. I DO care about Mark Foley, only because he was cruising as a pedophile. With the aforementioned caveats, peccadilloes are red herrings. They DON’T MATTER.

Which leads me back to the hypocrisy. republicans want to prevent EVERYONE from having an abortion. They’re "Pro-life." Except when it comes to murdering doctors, blowing up clinics and so forth. They want to jam their personal, theological beliefs up the ass of EVERY person in the country. OTOH, Democrats say "You don’t like abortion, don’t have one." No one, and certainly not the government, forces anyone to have an abortion. You never see anyone at an Operation rescue rally being murdered. republicans CELEBRATE the murder of abortion doctors.

republicans want to prevent gay marriage on theological grounds. "The Bahble says bein’ gay is a siyun." Again, trying to use that work of fiction as an anvil upon which to form public policy. Democrats say "don’t want to be in a gay marriage, don’t marry someone of your own gender."

In addition to all that, the right wing is all concerned about babies before they’re born. However, once born, especially if they’re born a poor minority, they’re really on their own and if republicans had their way, they’d be even more on their own. "Fuck you kid, quit your crying and get a job at McDonalds. It’s a global wage scale so get used to ramen and turkey hot dogs as the staple of your diet. I’ve gotta go, I’m having prime rib and Louis XIII at the country club tonight. By the way, if you get sick, plan on dying. You can be replaced, kid."

When you strip all the posturing and bullshit away, THIS is the republican philosophy.

This is not aimed at anyone, personally. I don’t know individuals well enough to know what they really think. But there’s a lot more to it than elected officials who can’t keep it in their pants, and I’ve had it with right-wingers who think they have a corner on the market of morality.