Sex scandals dominate midterm elections

[CatWoman]

WASHINGTON - Cover your eyes, kids, it's time to round up a few of this week's headlines from the midterm elections.

"During National Character Counts Week, Bush Stumps for Philanderer." The Washington Post.

"Gubernatorial race: Gibbons denies doing anything inappropriate, offensive." Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"Ellison campaign says woman has blackmail in mind." Minneapolis Star Tribune.

"Priest offers further details about his relations with Foley." Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Oh my. The news from some of this year's political campaigns reads more like the script for a tawdry soap opera. And that's inspiring candidates and party leaders to execute some creative campaign strategies to try to maintain the moral high ground.

In Pennsylvania, four-term Republican Rep. Don Sherwood (news, bio, voting record) is running for his political life after revelations that he had a five-year extramarital affair, and that he settled a lawsuit claiming he had choked the woman. He denies the choking part.

White House spokesman Tony Snow was left to explain why
President Bush had agreed to campaign on behalf of a confessed adulterer. Bush "believes that we're all sinners, we all seek forgiveness, and in this particular case, he's supporting Don Sherwood's candidacy," the spokesman gamely offered.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20061021/ap_on_el_ge/campaign_sex_scandals_1

[Deja Q]

1. Man, if only they were all Democrats...

Bush included.

But that would render the vitriol against Clinton pointless...

[DURHAM D]

2. Oh come on - they had to go down to a local level race to

find a Dem.