I realize that there are things missing in this analysis, and of course the biggest problem is that it does not involve actual sex, but the perception of sex. In that respect, Craig's "sex" is like the nonexistent sex of Mark Foley, whose crime was not sex, but sending suggestive emails. (Or Vitter, whose name was found in an address book.) . . .
What is it with these guys that they can't even run a proper sex scandal?
Who ever heard of sex scandals without sex?
At least when the Democrats have a sex scandal, it involves real, honest to goodness sex. Yeah, I know, Bill Clinton said the sex wasn't sex. But let's face it, it was. Had Bill tapped Monica's foot, the most he'd have been accused of was playing footsie, and there'd have been little to no outcry, much less an impeachment. And as Matthew Sheffield makes clear, the double standard is appalling; Democrats keep their jobs after drowning women in cars or keeping male brothels, while Republicans are hounded out of office for sex scandals without even the component of sex.
If I were the American people, I'd be totally sick of sexless Republican sex scandals by now.
The GOP needs to shape up.
One commenter writes:
This still doesn't top the so-called "sex scandal" that gave Mr. Obama his Senate seat.
In 2004 the IL GOP elected Jack Ryan (no relation to the former IL Gov. Ryan) to be our nominee for the open Senate seat. Ryan had been married years earlier to the actress Jeri Ryan (known to Star Trek fans as "Seven of Nine"), and a Chicago newspaper got a court to unseal the divorce papers so they could look for juicy details. This they found in an allegation by the former Mrs. Ryan that Jack had taken her to a, shall we say, adult-interest club, and in a room with another couple, proposed that the two of them enjoy marital pursuits in the presence of the other couple (who, one supposes, would be similarly employed with each other). Jeri Ryan's statement is that she declined and so they went home. That's the allegation. Jack Ryan denies that this ever occurred. Note that if it did occur, it would not involve a violation of any of the ten commandments.
However, in the scandal following the revelation, Ryan lost support of the state GOP bigwigs, and dropped out of the race. The GOP drafted an out-of-state grandstander to run against Obama, and Obama cruised to an easy victory.
It was remarked at the time that this was the nation's first political sex scandal in which no sex was alleged to have occurred, and in which the principal parties were husband and wife at the time of the alleged events.
Here’s a question: in scandalous situations is it more likely you’ll get a pass if you commit a real “indiscretion” or of you attempt an indiscretion? We have examples of people who like Senator Kennedy’s drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne, Kennedy & Chris Dodd’s sexual assault on a waitress, Gerry Studds’ intercourse with an under-age page, Bill Clinton’s sex with an intern who survived and even thrived following their exposure.
Another commenter at Classical Values responds:
"The GOP boxed themselves into a corner because they tout the "family values" line."I guess living with the values you espouse is one of the crosses Republicans will have to bear.
No Janis ... it's not just a "line."
See, when Republicans tout family values ... they mean it. That's why they're kicking people like Senator Craig out of the Senate.
I would remind you that the Democrats have not done the same with Chris Dodd, who sexually assaulted a waitress with his pal Teddy Kennedy. You remember Mr. Kennedy. He committed manslaughter the night he killed Mary Jo Kopekne in a drunken stupor and spent the next 24 hours trying to cover it up.
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