YAWN: Another Washington Sex Scandal
 

From NYTimes
Federal Official Resigns in Inquiry of Escort Service


It appears that this guy had a real job. Couldn't Bush have made him ambassador to Lichtenstein or something? Granted, being a university chairman implies the man wasn't a complete idiot.

And before everyone decides to bring up Clinton, let me make one distinction. At least Democrats don't have to pay for it.:doit:

Good one. :D

And they don't profess to be the party with the morals.

Cause they're not.

But neither are the repubicans.

Doesn't Eli Lilly make stuff used in abortions?
Isn't AT&T involved with that illegal wire tapping?
Isn't Duke where those Field Hockey players were accused of raping those entertainers?

He certainly left a trail of scandal behind.






Don't forget to tip your waiters.

This is but the tip of the iceberg. The madam in question was basically the supplier for all of capitol hill and her book of names is in an evidence bag somewhere....

It's sort of a mixed blessing for the administration. Since Republicans hold their politicians to a stricter sexual standard than Democrats, even if both parties are equally represented in the book, Republicans will get hammered worse. However, if leaked the book would dominate the news for at least 3-4 weeks and take the heat off the administration's dismal domestic and foreign policies as well as their various legal troubles.

Bill Mahr would probably have to host a three hour special just to cover all of the humor potential.

And what if the book is coded?

Bill Frist ... SW/Gblo/Cbk/Dm/Shp:blush:
Jim Bunning ... Viag++/Slp
Joe Biden ... +++?

She tried to sell the book/list but a judge wouldn't let her.

All the names will come out soon enough - and yes its far, far worse for republicans. I think they are all (politicians of both stripes) a bunch of losers so I'm kind of looking forward to it. I check Drudge/Fark/Smoking Gun regularly :-)

Nothing really new under the sun.

Lest we forget, one of the reasons Obama is currently contending for first place as the Democratic candidate for president is that he has 2 years of experience in the Senate.

One of the reasons he got to be a Senator is that his opponent Jack Ryan's campaign self-destructed when reporters were able to get his divorce papers unsealed.

Ryan's ex-wife, Jeri Ryan, is an actress and major babe familiar to Star Trek fans as Seven of Nine. Jack allegedly was not content to merely have one of the hottest wives in Washington, and the resulting allegations sank his political career at warp speed.

Why do we give a shit who sleeps with whom?
All I care about is the job they do.

I agree with Rob. On the other hand, I love to see self-righteous assholes get a comeuppance.

Moral? Keep legislation out of the bedroom, and you automatically defuse the humor potential when you get caught getting 'massaged'.

The fun thing is that her defense is that she ran a massage and fantasy business with no sex involved. She turned her phone records over to ABC so that they can do the leg work and ask all of her clients if sex is involved.

So the government freezes all of her assets, forcing her to use a public defender. The judge also denies her the right to sell her lists.

So she gave them to ABC for free. The first episode airs on 20/20 May 4th.:corn:

It does seem unfair that the government can freeze assets before a person has been declared guilty so that they can't afford a lawyer to defend themselves. It sounds like she's found a way to make her point.

The monolithic 'government' doesn't care about this. The individuals all throughout D.C. who represent the movers and shakers in the government probably care a great deal. Unfortunately, the case is so public now that there is no way to make it disappear.

I'm sorta with Elspode. I wouldn't care at all who they slept with...

...except that they want to tell ME who to sleep with.

Oh, karma, how you make my world so entertaining!

Oh, man, this is great!

I'm trying to figure out how many judges they had to talk to before they found one that wouldn't have to recuse himself. And I'm sure by the time they found one, he or she was given a littany of instructions and a crash-course in seldom-used legal maneuvers to keep the list under wraps.

I'm holding my breath to see if they impose a gag order on ABC! Guffaw!!

There are rivers of sweat running down Pennsylvania Avenue, political favors are being called in left and right, PR firms telephones are ringing off the hook.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen these are our elected representatives in all their stinkin' glory.

All the furor over some sex; I don't get it. Heck, if I were to manage to have sex there would probably be a ticker-tape parade in town.