I have this idea and need DU ingenuity

[Oilwellian]

I think it is time to debut all of the recently busted GOP perverts in a video put to Janet Jackson's "Nasty Boys." I've gathered quite a collection of photos to use but want to make sure I haven't left anyone out and am asking my fellow DU'ers to post their ideas, names, pictures, anything to do with the scoundrels involved.

As an example, I'm showing Bill O'Reilly and a photo of a loofah, Larry Craig and bathroom stalls, Foley & pages, that sorta thing. The overall message will be about the hypocrisy of the GOP and their "family values" platform.

So, what say you DU...can we create a masterpiece?

[panader0]

1. Checj this out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3485364&mesg_id=3485364

[Oilwellian]

3. Yep...I have a photo of the Washington Times headline

Plan to include that in the video. Thanks.

[jobycom]

2. I wouldn't do that, but IF I did

I would include Neal Horsley http://www.gophypocrites.com/2005/05/hyp05021.html and Ted Nugent.

[Oilwellian]

4. Ah yes, Ted Nugent

How could I forget him? :D I have a good pic of Horsley.

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you do it?

[jobycom]

5. Hard to explain.

I believe that the reason American voters make such stupid decisions is because they are hung up on irrelevant details, like a candidate's sex life or personal vices, rather than on the bigger picture of what a candidate does in office, and the results of what that candidate does. I also believe there is a fundamental difference between Dems and Repubs beyond which side of an issue we take. I believe that we see human beings in a different way, as having an intrinsic value far beyond money or party, whereas Republicans do not see outside of their own desires, and believe that right and wrong only relate to whether they profit, in whatever way they are hoping to profit, not to how actions and decisions affect other people.

So, to focus on the sex life, personal vices, and transgressions of candidates outside of their official duties vindicates the Republican way of campaigning, and undermines the Democratic message. If Craig is booted for his personal transgressions rather than for his ideology or the horrific consequences of his Congressional actions, the voters haven't changed their ideology, only the name on the door to the office of the person voting for such horrible things.

Worse, if these voters do decide that the Republicans are hypocrites and they will give the Dems a chance, the voters still haven't changed their ideology, they've just entered the Democratic Party with their old ideology. Which gives us more Millers and Liebermans.

I'm not about winning, and I'm not about party. I'm about ideology. And while Craig and Vitter and Horsley have a different ideology than mine, my ideology says that they have the right to their own private pursuit of happiness, so me attacking them for what they do when not in office would violate my ideology for the sake of party. I think there's too much of that in politics as it is.

Not saying don't do it. Just explaining why I wouldn't.

[Oilwellian]

6. I understand & respect your opinion

However, part of the Republican ideology, or so they claim, is having superior "family & moral values" ... something that has attracted millions of voters to their base. My thought is, if their hypocrisy is exposed it perhaps will get people to think twice before supporting a party that doesn't live up to its ideals. Plus, there's a huge difference between one's private pursuit of happiness and how you go about achieving that. These politicians and public figures can't impose laws on the rest of society that they themselves are so willing to break. It's the hypocrisy most people find so stunning. Exposing that isn't going to get the American Christian Taliban to leave the republican party and become Democrats, but it will make them less powerful.

[jobycom]

7. See, you just said it.

"if their hypocrisy is exposed it perhaps will get people to think twice before supporting a party that doesn't live up to its ideals."

It won't change their ideals, it will only change how they see the Republican Party. I want to change the ideals.