Over-Sexed Democrats
By Alan
Caruba
The stars
have aligned to present two of the most loathsome Democrats we have witnessed
in a long time, Twitter-sex addict, Anthony Weiner who at this writing is still
running for Mayor of New York and Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego, a serial
groper who gives no sign of resigning.
Is it just
a coincidence that both current offenders of the public’s sense of decency are
both Democrats? Is it just a coincidence that the most beloved Democrat politician
is former President Bill Clinton who got into a heap of trouble over sexcapades
in the Oral—er—Oval Office?
Democrats
seem to fall prey to sex addictions and peccadillos more than Republicans.
In 2001 before
leaving office Clinton pardoned Rep. Mel Reynolds, an Illinois Democrat who was
convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old. He took a job with
Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. And Rev. Jesse made news for fathering
an out-of-wedlock child. Jesse Jr. is currently in jail for misuse of campaign
funds.
I am not
saying that only Democrat politicians get caught in such situations, but I am
saying we tend to hear more about them than their Republican counterparts. Perhaps
this is due to the traditional values that conservatives embrace?
A short
stroll down memory lane reminds us that the late Sen. Daniel Inouye was accused
of sexual harassment in the 1990s by numerous women. The Senate Ethics
Committee dropped its investigation. The same committee decided not to pursue
disciplinary action in 1990 when Rep. Gus Savage was accused of fondling a
Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a fact-finding trip to Africa.
Who can
forget that former Rep. Barney Frank had a male prostitute running a service
from Frank’s residence in the 1980s? Frank was openly gay and from
Massachusetts where the schools these days are becoming platforms for
indoctrination about homosexual and transsexual sex. Rep. Gerry Studds, also
from Massachusetts, was censured for sexual relationships with an underage male
page in 1983. The voters returned him to office for six more terms!
The 1970s
were filled with news of Democrat office holders who couldn’t keep their pants
zipped. Rep. Fred Richman was arrested in 1978 for soliciting sex from a
16-year-old. And he won reelection even though he eventually resigned in 1982
after pleading guilty to tax evasion and drug possession. The most famous
Congressman from that era was Wayne Hayes from Ohio who hired a “secretary” who
couldn’t even type, but who reportedly provided him with sex.
In more
recent years, New Jersey’s former Governor James McGreevey resigned in 2004
after acknowledging a homosexual affair with one of his staff, but he has done
an admirable job of redeeming himself through good works.
Back
across the Hudson, when Anthony Weiner isn’t hogging the headlines, former
Governor Elliot Spitzer is running to be New York City’s comptroller. Spitzer
gained fame for patronizing prostitutes.
After a
bogus campaign against Republicans, accusing them of waging “a war on women”,
the Democrats sat on a bill for more than a year that would help law
enforcement quickly track down violent sex offenders. It had been introduced in
March of 2011 by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as the “Finding Fugituve Sex
Offenders Act to give the Marshalls Service the tools it needed to track down sex
offenders. It was finally passed in November 2012.
One
notable Republican let love and lust got the better of him. Former North Carolina
Governor Mark Sanford fell for an Argentinian beauty. It cost him the job and
his marriage, but the voters forgave him and sent him to Congress. There may be
other Republican office holders who have yielded to their desires, but they
appear to be far fewer than their Democrat counterparts.
For now,
Weiner will provide enough fodder for the late night TV comedians and all
others, but the fact is that the more you see and hear him, the more he makes
your skin crawl.
© Alan
Caruba, 2013
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