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Hot And Cold Scandals: The Sexual Tension Grows On

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November 12, 2007

Posted by neillevine

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The 2007-8 Presidential campaign has been shaken with some minor and maybe not so minor ethics scandals, with an official having a drug past resigning from Fred Thompson’s camp, by the indictment of Bernard Kerik, a former Giuliani Administration official, on charges of tax evasion, and from accusations that Hillary Clinton has been guilty of shoddy campaign fund raising practices.

As of right now, only the Kerik prosecution is likely to impact future political events since his problems show a lack of careful scrutiny of his character on Rudy Giuliani’s part in hiring and associating with the former police commissioner in the first place and runs contrary to Giuliani’s image as a crime fighting prosecutor, although past experience has shown Hillary Clinton has a history of shoddy paperwork practices as evidenced by her problems relating to her work for the Rose law firm and her failed Whitewater investments so this story may dog her in the future providing bipartisan balance to the Kerik scandal.

Of course, when it comes to Hillary Clinton other scandals might crop up down the line with unpredictable results as exemplified by her husband’s interest in other women such as Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. While the Republicans were out to embarrass the Democrats and gain the upper hand had they been paying attention and done a proper job in the first case the Clinton political journey would have ended a long time ago in Arkansas. There were state troopers willing to testify about the relationship. Ms. Flowers was on the state payroll.

Under conventional circumstances some one should have figured out that this was a misuse of government resources, just as they did in New Jersey when they figured out Jim McGreevey had given a boy friend a high paying position. Or is it that they believe in gay bashing in the Garden State?

Then there is the interesting allegation spread by Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford that Clinton lied during the investigation, giving rise to questions of perjury, a crime that has incarceration penalties as opposed to mere removal from office.

Should Hillary win this would earn him another trip to the White House and some more national magazine covers.

But, as a counterbalance, Larry Craig claims he was exercising his right to free speech in that Minnesota men’s room by engaging in hand jive and playing footsie with the attending police officer. By way of comparison, a sitting federal judge would recuse himself from certain cases but Senator Craig has in the past held Robert Packwood and the aforementioned Bill Clinton himself to a higher standard.

Finally, there is Senator Vitter who admits to having sinned without anyone worrying about how this reflects on his political judgment.

But, then again, the Democrats are no longer interested in sin, for good reason. They lust for power, something they already have a lot of along with overweaning ambition.

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