My take on NY Gov. E. Spitzer’s call girl problem is exactly the same as I felt about GOP U.S. Sen. Vitter. For that matter, the same as Mark Foley and David Craig and all the way back to Jimmy Swaggart.
The problem is the priggish and prudish public posturing. The lying and the coverup are a problem, but it’s the hypocricy most of all. The sex itself, whether gay, straight or purchased, not so much for me.
In public, it’s not just the politicians who are all moralistic and up on a high horse, it’s most of us.
Well, I call bullshit. In terms of actual behavior, about 70% of American husbands cheat. Used to be, around 1950, only 20% of wives cheated, but after The Pill, that number shot up to 30% and by the time the internet came along in 1986, the number of wives cheating was around 40%. We don’t have hard numbers after the early 90s, but the consensus is that it’s about 50% for wives these days. The difference in behavior of women doesn’t seem to be that they are different in sexual motivation and desires, just opportunities.
Meanwhile, this isn’t good for Hillary. Will she stand by her man … again? Mark Penn must be having a cow. Hey, Mr. Microtrends! Go get a bj, it’ll relax you.
Can you say “bimbo eruptions” boys and girls? Sure you can.
I can’t wait for SNL this weekend.
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Speaking of politicians and sex….
About two days ago I saw the Sally Kern video. I thought nothing of it because I hear that crap a lot, plus that problematic first amendment thing. We love the 1st until someone says something impolite. Now, the video is national since CNN picked it up. Some people care deeply, but I think most are faking it.