Spank me, then let's do lunch

[Kadie]

Spank me, then let's do lunch
How many hypocritical Republicans can dance on the head of a sex scandal?

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Friday, September 11, 2009

In my more subdued moments of delighting in the pathos and adulterous whinings of incalculable greasy right-wing politicians, I oft wonder at the threshold, the limit, if there is some sort of karmic boundary that will eventually snap and recoil and strike them all down on the spot, some sort of grand tsunami of wayward justice that will sweep them all to the great Thai brothel in the sky after one too many gay lovers, meth addictions, adulterous affairs, teen boy fetishes comes to light and the world says, you know what? Enough of you. Back to the primordial slop you go.

It's a fantasy, I know, and an unrealistic one at that, given how there appears to be no mechanism in the reptilian political mind to allow for nuance, no space for notions of responsibility and consequence. It simply doesn't exist.

Really, half the GOP congressman in Washington could admit to a gay affair and the other half to snorting blow off the tailbone of a needy lobbyist/hooker/intern in front of a church on Sunday, and still the party leadership would say, gosh, that's too bad, what a shame, let us now respect the privacy of the families involved at this difficult time and leave them alone and hey by the way, Obama is a socialist tyrant who wants to indoctrinate your babies. Fear him!

So it is we observe the end of the puny political career of California state assemblyman Mike Duvall, R-Riverside County (AKA the dystopian wasteland of Orange County, to you and me), the classic chubby, glad-handing political slug if ever, boasting to a colleague of his rather gross sexual exploits with not one, but two different mistresses -- one allegedly a lobbyist with whom Duvall did regular state business -- on a live microphone he thought was turned off. Ah, technology, will you ever cease to bless us with your copious gifts?

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/09/11/notes091109.DTL#ixzz0QlEo68WM

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1. There seems to be no end to these GOP sex scandals

Just when you think there can't be any more stories about underage Capitol Hill pages, toe-tapping wide stances, Argentinian mistresses, or diaper water games, there's always a new one waiting in the wings. Personally, I don't care whether or not they're having sex or with whom. But when it turns out that they're such holier-than-thou family values proponents, strong anti-gay mouthpieces, and morons who've pointed the finger at others in the past like at Bill Clinton, then the hilarity and irony are too much. I can't wait until the next one.

[MissMarple]

2. Why am I thinking pre -reformation Catholic hierarchy debauchery?

Does anyone else see any similarities? They had almost total control over the superstitious, uneducated populace across Europe. Then came the humanists, DesCartes, and... eewww, Martin Luther. And, then the dam broke.

[lostnfound]

3. What industry was she a lobbyist for?

They aren't talking about the possibility (probability) of quid pro quo.

[Kadie]

4. One of them works for an energy company.

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One of the lobbyists that Republican Mike Duvall bragged about having sex with is a Granite Bay woman who works for an energy company, and now she has been caught up in the scandal.

http://cbs13.com/local/mike.duvall.tape.2.1174267.html