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What is it about the Republicans and kinky sex? The recent revelations that RNC monies were being spent on sex clubs (and, naturally, the viewing of lesbian sex) wasn’t really a shock. The Republicans seem to be obsessed with the sex they think everyone else is having.
But as they mire themselves in yet another sex scandal, they might want to remember that Barack Obama made it to the White House in large part on the heels of a Republican sex scandal.
Jack Ryan was a shoe-in for Illinois senator—until his personal sex scandal forced him to withdraw from the campaign at the eleventh hour. The only person the RNC could find to fill the slot left vacant by Ryan was that crazy extremist ideologue, Alan Keyes, whom even Republicans have trouble with, he’s that far beyond the fringe. Obama–previously with a 40 point deficit–won the senatorial election in a landslide. The rest, as they say, is history.
It would do well for the Republicans if they recalled this cautionary tale–and kept their members (no pun intended–really) out of public restrooms (Larry Craig), pages’ dorm rooms (Mark Foley), New Orleans brothels (David Vitter) and sex clubs (apparently, everyone else). This has nothing to do with prudery, but it very well could be their karmic payback for what they did to Bill Clinton for his extra-marital affair with Monica Lewinsky. What goes around comes around. But then the Republicans have never been very good at either foresight OR hindsight. Since they are the party of “no” they might try saying that when it comes to using taxpayer money to fund pursuit of their sexual pecadilloes.–VAB
