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- govtdoesnotwork, on 06/26/2009, -2/+45Hopefully, this comment will make sense to both the left and the right (but I'm a libertarian, so I might just fail instead).
The right complains that the media treats these screwin'-scandals differently when it's a Democrat vs. when it's a Republican, and to a certain extent they have a point, on the surface. But the truth is, if it's someone like Elliot Spitzer (who went after prostitution) the media DID cover it pretty well, especially once the hot pics of the girl emerged. I'm still waiting for pics in this case (Argentine chicks are HOT, but Elliot set the bar pretty high).
The thing that resonates with the public isn't so much the sex, but the hypocrisy. Because (with the exception of Spitzer) Republicans make more of an issue of sex-issues & stuff like gay marriage & porn than Democrats, the treatment will NEVER be the same. A proper analogy for "conservative mind/liberal dick" would be something like a pro-union Democrat getting busted for secretly operating an offshore non-union sweatshop. You might expect that kind of thing from a Republican (especially if you're a Democrat!) but it goes against what the Democrats say they're 'for'! - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+40It's ok because he will apologize to jesus.
That's why Republican sex scandals are not nearly as bad as Democratic ones. - Morac, on 06/26/2009, -2/+36Sanford voted to impeach Clinton for the doing same thing and was an extremely harsh critic of him.
The only difference is that Clinton didn't vanish for a week, he just did it in the Oval office. - irfanmp, on 06/25/2009, -0/+33Canadian mirror: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-wi ...
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+32I like how the guy skipped out on fathers day to get a piece of ass.
...When he has 4 children. - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -2/+27Oh, shut the hell up.
McCain left his dying wife for a millionaire socialite bimbo, after having admitted to numerous adulterous affairs. Obama, on the other hand, has been married ONCE, and has never even been rumored to have cheated. So the difference between Republicans and Democrats seems to be that Republicans love to TALK about "morals" whereas Democrats actually possess them. - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+22And he's a hypocrite just like all the other moral crusaders.
Please GTFO of my bedroom and stop lecturing about the sanctity of marriage. - Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+16True. Jesus even saved Ted Haggard from the homosexual lifestyle... for a few weeks.
He later was caught going back to the same big, black, gay bodybuilder male prositute and later a young man from his church, who later ratted him out. - CarStan, on 06/26/2009, -0/+15today i realized that Jon Stewart is much older than me and because of that he will probably die before me. I am very afraid of that day. Live long and prosper Jon Stewart, may you be there to make fun of all the stupidity in the world until forever.
- rocknog, on 06/26/2009, -0/+13I don't really understand why conservatives are so bent out of shape about the whole thing. What's with all the lashing out? Really, it wouldn't even be that big of an issue if it weren't for the fact that (a) he disappeared to Argentina without even letting anyone know where the hell he was, and (b) he opposes gay marriage, and even gay civil unions, and yet here he is trashing the sanctity of his own marriage. But I just can't for the life of me really figure out why conservatives are all pissed off about how it's being handled. I mean, it hardly even has anything to do with them, aside from the tangential gay marriage thing (even if you're not personally cheating, I think it's absurd to claim that there's some inherent sanctity of heterosexual marriage that homosexual marriage would lack).
- treehugger87, on 06/25/2009, -0/+12Who is Governor Paterson? The guy from New York? What does he have to do with this?
- Donotsurf, on 06/26/2009, -1/+13Sir, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
- sellitman, on 06/26/2009, -5/+16Hypocrisy from the Republicans is nothing new. They invented it.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+11Gotta remember not to drink my soda while watching the daily show...
- Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+10I'm sure he'll win Father of the Year award from Fox News.
- Chunken, on 06/26/2009, -0/+9It's sad that the government is more afraid of being mentioned on the Daily Show than they are on a real news show. I guess it shows they have full control over the news networks. But they'll never own Jon Stewart.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+9John Stewart is a hero.
24 hour news networks are a bunch of zeros. - Paranor01, on 06/26/2009, -0/+8Democrats, or more to whom your telling a lie about, liberals... do have morals, but they don't come from any book that supposedly contains the words of a god type figure. The morals are based on basic respect, where at it's primary tenant: as long as you do not infringe on another person's basic rights as a human being, nor your own, do as you will.
which by the way, is basically the golden rule, which even Jesus in the Christian bible said was the only commandment that should be followed, and the rest were thrown out. Sermon on the mount if I recall correctly. Too bad most Christians miss this point. - Crazyredivan, on 06/26/2009, -0/+8...it's Sanford, and I rally am at a loss as to what this thread is even about now...
And @alanocu- how would marital infidelity be considered "heroic by liberal standards"? - Railz, on 06/26/2009, -1/+9He had affairs which he admitted to, prior to even taking office. It was moot point since they had happened long before he took office from Spitzer and the wife and Paterson already had been through counseling for it.
Comparing this to Stafford is silly since Paterson didn't use State time to do this nor did he claim to be a man trying to save marriages. - wtrwlkr, on 06/26/2009, -0/+8although Mrs. Sanford's lecture about the sanctity of marriage was quite amusing:
"I believe wholeheartedly in the sanctity, dignity and importance of the institution of marriage. I believe that has been consistently reflected in MY actions."
http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/06/24 ... - ianzu, on 06/26/2009, -2/+10I love this comment, and I want to have its baby.
- wtrwlkr, on 06/26/2009, -3/+11And don't try to legislate their PERSONAL morals on everyone else.
- carolinax, on 06/26/2009, -1/+8YOU'RE A BOTTOM?!
- captspaulding, on 06/26/2009, -0/+7It's time to bring pollution down to zero.
- sb66, on 06/26/2009, -1/+8its not about that, its about the hypocrisy.
- dazparkour, on 06/26/2009, -0/+6You know - even though http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jh ... is region locked, only the PAGE is, not the videos themselves.
If you save the following bookmarklet:
EDIT: moved it to http://www.shortText.com/caqemqnv8 as Digg screws with javascript.
And enter the Episode ID (Eg: for http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jh ... You would enter 2311569)
It also works if you put an Episode ID from the Colbert Report:
http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-ep ...
Full Episodes - anywhere in the world. - jiggawatt, on 06/26/2009, -2/+8You Sir or Madam are a total imbecile. Thank you drive through.
- Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5They're heroic to conservatives because they endores the secret homosexual lifestyle, which is how the conservatives prefer it.
If Haggard, Foley or Allen were advocating legal marriage for gays, that would be unacceptable to conservatives. - Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5Just goes to show karma will eventually catch up with you.
- diggduggDOOM, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5I'm guessing some of the conservatives are defending him so strongly because he was on an increasingly short list of probable candidates for President in 2012.
I'm pretty sure this trip has sunk those aspirations, not only because of the infidelity, but because of leaving the state without executive control for several days (and no way to reach him). - ShoggothDreams, on 06/26/2009, -1/+5"intense loneliness"?? He was married, with 4 kids!!
- Pugmonkeys, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4-- Republican Helen Chenoweth (1998): The archconservative Idaho congresswoman, who blasted Bill Clinton's infidelity, copped to a six-year affair with a married rancher from her home state in the 1980s. "I've asked for God's forgiveness," she said in 1998, "and I've received it."
-- Republican Dan Burton (1998): Another conservative and outspoken critic of President Clinton admitted to -- 15 years earlier -- having an extramarital affair and fathering a child out of wedlock. He admitted it after reporters said they were set to report on it.
- Republican James West (2005): The Spokane mayor, who long opposed gay rights bills, was recalled from office after a gay Internet sex scandal and more were revealed. He died a year later from complications with cancer.
-- Republican Don Sherwood (2006): The then-65-year-old Pennsylvania congressman lost his House seat after it was revealed that he’d had an extramarital affair with a 29-year-old woman who’d called 911 from a closet in Sherwood’s DC apartment, charging that he’d choked her. He claimed he was just giving her a back rub. The woman had filed a lawsuit against him for $5.5 million, charging he’d repeatedly abused her during their relationship. She settled for about $500,000.
- Republican Mark Foley (2006): A text message gay page scandal ended Foley’s career and gave his Florida congressional seat to Democrats – albeit for one term.
-- Republican Larry Craig (2007): “I’m not gay,” were the words that made headlines from the press conference where the Idaho senator professed his innocence of charges that he had solicited gay sex in a bathroom stall in the Minneapolis airport after he’d pleaded guilty to those charges.
-- Republican Vito Fossella (2008): The married former congressman from Staten Island, who had three children with his wife, admitted he’d had a secret affair with a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel -- who’d birthed his love child in Virginia -- after he was arrested for drunken driving. Democrats took over his seat in 2008. - wtrwlkr, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4I considered buying a "#1 Dad TShirt from cafepress and mailing it to the Gov's mansion but then I figured they'd probably think I was a crazy nut sending a pipe bomb or something.
- papashawn, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3Obviously if gays didn't destroy the sanctity of his marriage he wouldn't have run off to Argentina...
- Delphium226, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3@Crazyredivan
Well, you have to admit;
- Bob Allen offering to blow another man in a restroom
- Mark Foley trying to solicit sex from male congressional pages
- Ted Haggard using male prostitutes and methamphetamine
are all heroic by conservative standards. - cfuse, on 06/27/2009, -0/+3The power of ***** compels you!
- govtdoesnotwork, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3No, they're not as hysterical on issues like gays getting married. Everyone says they're "pro family," but Democrats sound different from Republicans. Republicans tend to be active in "Promise Keepers" and Democrats tend to have "Hate Is NOT A Family Value" bumperstickers, for example. And I'm fine with the big business bailout analogy, except that (like the epithet "big government") it applies to BOTH "major" parties, and as a libertarian I'm free to tell that obvious truth even when it upsets people. A lot.
- rdoger6424, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2It's cause those liberal hippies wanted to save gas money and plane fare
/s - LaughingMan11, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2I think you make quite a lot of sense here. The whole idea of "morality politics" was an incredible double edged sword wielded by the Republicans.
Starting with the impeachment of President Clinton, they painted all Democrats as lying cheating immoral bastards and themselves as saints. It was only a matter of time for them to get their comeuppance for playing the holier-than-thou card. - LaughingMan11, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2The only solution to this dilemma is suicide, unfortunately.
I kid of course... - xedd, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2It's not about endorsing so much as shouting it from the rooftops and implying that they are "the party of family values" and therefore better at defending them than their political opponents are.
Btw, it's a semantic game, really: Who is not against family values? The Democrats are forced into the ***** "endorsing" of something that really needs no endorsing. It's like the GOP shouts that they are the "party that likes being nice to kittens"...
Of course, the phrase becomes loaded too, in the political spin context "family values" is really conservative code for 'anti-gay'.
Maybe therein lies an especially juicy morsel of ironic hypocrisy: the GOP portrays the traditional nuclear family model to be superior to "liberal" gay friendly (or gay) marriage and themselves (the self-righteous GOP) as being the special defenders of traditional marriage, and yet their own politicians reveal themselves incapable of happily LIVING in such relationships. - LaughingMan11, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1That would be far too sane of them. That's not the party of Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin.
It tickles me when people think that the Democrats are the "mommy state" party when the Republicans are the ones telling you who you can't *****, what you can't put in your body, and telling you to go to church. - Bluesky0010, on 06/27/2009, -0/+1South Carolina. Wouldn't accept the stimulus money from Obama (until evidentially recently when the governor was forced to take it), has one of the highest unemployment rate in the country, and has a governor who skips town on fathers day to go bang some Argentinian ass. What will South Carolina think of next?
- wtrwlkr, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZmHC75FDqQ&fea ...
- Depthfunction, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1Who's this Mark Sanford guy? Did he know Michael Jackson?
- Lazydriver, on 06/26/2009, -1/+2Oh please, like the people who were trying to get him impeached didn't lie under oath..
- vertinox, on 06/26/2009, -0/+1In reality, Republicans need to dump family values, anti-drug, pro-christian stance and focus on more important issues such as fiscal responsibility and limited powers of government.
I don't care if a senator or governor cheats on his wife, but I do care when he passes laws affects other people's bedrooms. - dazparkour, on 06/27/2009, -0/+1What browser etc?
- DextramPennae, on 06/27/2009, -0/+1John Edwards was so onto that.
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