The Deeper Meaning in the Republican Sex Scandals

[babylonsister]

Crossposted from Editorials. I haven't heard this take yet. Here's the ed. thread but the whole article is worth a read, whether you agree or not. And if you don't, I'll just bet I hear about it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x295650



The Deeper Meaning in the Republican Sex Scandals

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/57392/?page=2

By Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. Posted July 19, 2007.

Another two gay-bashing, Klan-loving, pulpit-slurping Republicans have disgraced themselves. But there is much more we can learn from the improprieties of David Vitter and Bob Allen.

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The headlines and photos say it all. I don't know how The Daily Show could improve it. But I do have a couple of editorial comments:

1. Vitter's defiance, to refuse resignation, is the default Bush strategy, the corporate-politics vamp. You refuse to take responsibility for anything, and deny the obvious. If they can't force the scepter out of your hand, you hold on for dear life, and keep cashing the checks. You simply write your own reality.

2. A few sincere conservatives are calling for Vitter's scalp. But not most of his base. If you read the Times Picayune comments and stories, you'll see the general sentiment-- most people haven't budged from their original position, be it Democrat, Republican, or Indifferent.

The one thing that could change Vitter's standing with his supporters, sad to say, is if evidence appears that Vitter is a "race-traitor."

I wish I could laugh at such a quaint expression, but it's very much alive in this man's community. If Vitter is found to have had so much as a chaste vanilla kiss with a black woman over 21, he will be crucified by the segregationist, white supremacist freaks who put him into office.

This fear of "the unpardonable sin" may be why Larry Flynt still has a swarm of detectives interviewing the New Orleans sex trade to unearth the worst. Flynt's not looking for more diapers -- Louisiana good ole' boys don't care if Vitter walked around with a pacifier in his mouth -- as long as his momma was white.

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[TahitiNut]

1. "You simply write your own reality."

Sound familiar? Yep. :grr:

The perverted extreme of the "fake it 'til you make it" crowd. (Check theological history.)