Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory.
OK, I get sick of the whole double-moral thing. A working girl offers a hell of a lot more to society than many "honorable" professions. Politician being one.
But still - you have to just assume that the Republicans are tailing every single high profile Democrat these days, just looking for dirt (which rule of magik is that? "like seeks like"?).
And he didn't even make them work for it.
Sigh.
On the other hand, at least it popped now and not in a few weeks. He resigns, the usual christianists pontificate, in two weeks it's all forgotten. Now might be a good time to ask that Senator from Virginia for his opinion on this topic. What was his name again? No, not Mr. Tap-happy-McPants, the other one...no not him, he was diddling pages,,,oh, right - Vitter. There have been so many the last years, it's hard to keep track.
What is the Republican policy on adultery? You can cheat on your wife, get caught and all is forgiven as long as it was, one, with a woman and two, you have "got right with God" by talking to a prominent christianist TV preacher, who, for a minor fee (shipping and handling) will testify you tripped and fell on her. Oh, and, three, you are a Republican.
Sheesh.