Blame it on the gay marriages

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Gene

Washington Monthly asks a very pertinent question just as, once again, Republicans whip up a wedge-issue frenzy over the “protection of marriage”: What if three admitted adulterers run for president and no one cares?
Yes, the right wing is overly fond of dictating morals and trying to scapegoat gay Americans; saying that gay marriage will lead to the destruction of the sanctified covenant of marriage in this country. And what better illustration of the breakdown of morals and marriage than their very own stars?

Lurking just over the horizon are liabilities for three Republicans who have topped several national, independent polls for the GOP’s favorite 2008 nominee: Sen. John McCain (affair, divorce), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (affair, divorce, affair, divorce), and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (divorce, affair, nasty divorce). Together, they form the most maritally challenged crop of presidential hopefuls in American political history.

The piece goes on to say that the fact the press makes a non-issue of these Republican foibles demonstrates a “growing maturity in American politics.” I don’t buy that. I think that the Republicans deserve at least one tiny bit of the vitriol, slander, and hate they pile on any Democrat who doesn’t measure up to their hypocritical moral standards. Why, after all this time, the media hasn’t treated them as poorly as the Democrats I’ll never know — unless, of course, it’s because the media is owned by huge conglomerates that owe their existence and tax shelters to the Republican Party…
duh.