Do As I Say, Not As I Do, Part II

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do, Part II

Since “moral issues” are such a deciding factor when Americans decide who they will vote for, I think it’s important that voters know a little about the party that wants their votes. The GOP has long touted itself as the “moral” party in the government. They have used words such as “sick”, “permissive attitudes”, “cheat”, and “abuse of power” to denigrate their Democratic opponents. So let’s look at a few examples of conservative “morality.”

Newt Gingrich came to power in the United States Congress by attacking the Democrats as “anti-family." Newt has been and is still one of the most influential Republicans in the history of the GOP. Mr Gingrich is such an icon of family values and morality that he has been married three times. He served his first wife with divorce papers while she was lying in a hospital recovering from cancer treatment. His second wife fared a little better. Mr Gingrich notified her of his intention to divorce her over the phone when he called to wish his mother-in-law a happy birthday. And why did Newt feel compelled to divorce wife number two? It seems that he had been having an affair with a Congressional aide, a woman that was about 20 years his junior. But all is forgiven. Newt went on to marry the young woman.

Another famous and influential conservative is radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Mr Limbaugh has had his share of morality issues recently. He’s been married numerous times, most recently to an aerobics instructor that he met on the internet. Alas, it doesn’t seem that this marriage was meant to be either, since divorce proceedings are already under way. I wonder if the most recent marital problems could be related to Rush’s admitted misuse of the drug Oxycontin. It appears that Mr Limbaugh felt compelled to have his maid procure the drugs illegally for him, since his back hurt too much to go out and buy the drugs himself. Rush has been forgiven for his misdeeds by the millions of “Dittoheads” that listen to his show every day. I guess maybe we should forgive him too.

At least Mr Limbaugh doesn’t support abortion. That’s probably more than Bob Barr, ex-Congressman from Georgia, can say. A staunch abortion opponent, Mr Barr wasn’t so strong in his opposition to the procedure when his second wife, Gail, had an abortion. Of course at the time he was having an affair with his next wife and was in the process of divorcing wife number two. No word from what wife number three thinks about Mr Barr licking whipped cream off two strippers breasts at a GOP fundraiser in 1992.

And then there is conservative writer John Fund, who voices his right-wing opinions in the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal. It seems that Mr Fund had an affair with the daughter of his ex-girlfriend, who was 20 years younger than he was, and impregnated her. Rather than face the fact that he was about to become a father, Mr Fund broke off his relation with the young lady, Morgan Pillsbury, and did nothing to stop her from having an abortion when he refused to support her in her time of impending motherhood. The young lady’s mother, Melinda Pillsbury-Foster has stated that Fund "has used slander, lies, and the power of his position to hide his actions from friends and the public." Maybe that’s just the conservative’s way of practicing “family values.”

For anyone interested Part I is here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1939545&mesg_id=1939545