Okay, John. How's Your Affair Different Than Bill Clinton's?

John Ensign, the Republican senator out of Nevada, says that he did nothing wrong when he had an affair with a member of his campaign staff- and might I say, his best friend's wife, Cynthia Hampton. But what Bill Clinton did was wrong- after all, Clinton was president when he had his little tryst with White House intern (and Lewis and Clark grad) Monica Lewinsky.

Excuse me, but do I sense a little, uh...like, hypocrisy here? Johnny boy having his affair, and it's all fine and dandy. After all, when a Republican does it, it's much ado about nothing. But let a Democrat- such as John Edwards or Eliot Spitzer, or even the man born William Jefferson Blythe IV- have one, and the entire planet gets thrown into chaos. Now many Republicans- and for that matter, Democrats- believe that the book we call the Bible is inspired of the Deity called God (in some circles, Jehovah), and that one of the "Ten Commandments" says that "Thou shalt not commit adultery". So, let me ask you, Senator Ensign, if you believe that the commandment "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is one of the tenets of the Republican Party, and that you believe in living by the so-called "Good Book", what in the world makes you think that fucking your friend's wife was any different than Bill Clinton receiving a blow job while in the Oval Office? Now, I'm not saying that adultery is wrong- personally, I couldn't care less, plus admittedly, I've had numerous adulterous affairs myself, and probably will have a few more before it's all said and done. But if you know that your constituents are watching every goddamned move you make, why bother having one in the first place?

The Republican Party. The party of values. Which one, who knows? But they're for "traditional" values. If you can call committing adultery while making fun of the other guy who does the same thing "traditional".

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