Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Republican Revolution: Recalling the Band of Perverts

Posted by Pete Kotz on Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:57 AM

click to enlarge That Guy Who Cries A Lot on TV is just the latest in the reign of infidels
  • That Guy Who Cries A Lot on TV is just the latest in the reign of infidels
You may recall the Republican Revolution of 1994, when the Sons of Newt Gingrich swept into Washington promising reform and a return to morality in government. But it didn't really work out that way. Gingrich was soon to implode. And the GOP freshman class proved to be not so big on that whole marital fidelity deal. Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford are the latest to fall from grace. Yet they follow a string of fellow moralists who've strayed from What Jesus Would Do, which is probably not sleep with the help. Politico chronicles their serial tumble from the high ground:
In the 14 years since that star-crossed class arrived in Washington espousing an agenda that placed family values at its core, no less than a dozen of its members have been caught up in affairs, sex scandals or in messy separations and divorces from their spouses that, in more than a few instances, led to their political downfalls.

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Of course, they are doing what many others have done but they had to be hypocrits about it. Why does it take the media so long to throw stones at their glass houses?

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Posted by SheWhoShallNotBeNamed on July 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Hopefully the Tea Party will be part of a new conservative movement that does not have religion at its core, because it's obvious these politicians are all too human and have no moral standing. We need responsible, minimal government, and that can't happen as long as the focus is on politicians' personal lives. But when North Korea fires four missiles and Obama thinks Michael Jackson is the most important issue to discuss, perhaps I am hoping for too much.

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Posted by Joe Carmen on July 3, 2009 at 11:40 AM

When and only when religion stops being so important and the hypocritical agenda of the Christian Reich is seen for the ignorant, oppressive and hate filled program that it is (good luck that ever happening in Tennessee) will the U.S. government be able to maintain a minimal presence in our lives.

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Posted by michael on July 4, 2009 at 8:54 PM
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