Craig To Jump, Just Before The Push, but what about Vitter?
Captain Ed has a good point, commenting on Craig’s potential boot in butt out of the Senate.
Sphere: Related Content(post link) if the (Republican) party wants to start drawing these lines, then one has to wonder why David Vitter isn’t getting the same push.
He didn’t plead guilty in court, but unlike Craig, he openly admits he broke the law and solicited prostitutes. Others serving in Congress at the moment have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors of more import than disorderly conduct without being forced to resign.
If morality and credibility are at issue, why isn’t Vitter being held to that standard? It’s either that Louisiana’s Democratic governor would appoint a Democrat in his place, or that Vitter’s transgressions involved heterosexual sex and therefore are less objectionable.
Craig will depart soon, and these questions will fade away eventually. However, people will wonder whether the GOP decided to argue for standards in public officials, or whether they just found it easy to use Craig without endangering their political balance in the Senate.
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August 31st, 2007 at 10:07 am
You know I think the reason that a man who solicits FEMALE prostitutes doesn’t get quite the negative outrage when it’s a male on male situation is the same reason that many states still (or used to) much more severely punish male on male sex crimes more then male on female.
It’s because most men (if they are honest) will sort of understand seeking female company, even if you are married etc. But b/c the homosexual % of the populatin is still much lower then the hetero, there is still a large segment of the powerful (i.e. males) who react MUCH more negatively to any gay situation (not lesbian - gay).
Old prejudices die hard. Especially if people do not see anything wrong with such double standards.
To me, cheating is cheating. It’s not the homosexual conduct that offends me. It’s the hyprocrisy and lies that make my stomach turn!!