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Mc Mike

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22. Ooh! I know the answer to this one!

Mon May 21, 2012, 07:25 AM

May 2012

It's because the Dem party runs largely on issues of 'morality' and 'family values', and always courts the ultra-far-right puritan crowd for...

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Why Do Sex Scandals Destroy Democrats But Not Republicans? [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

Magic underwear? pinboy3niner May 2012 #1

magic daipers BlancheSplanchnik May 2012 #29

They own the major media. We don't. Scuba May 2012 #2

I believe you are on to something there. BlancheSplanchnik May 2012 #30

Good question! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #3

ALL of them opted not to stand for reelection - pushed by the party to make that decision karynnj May 2012 #51

This is a pretty lousy article cali May 2012 #4

It suggests the media is to blame. jp11 May 2012 #8

I don't think you even read it. This isn't just about Edwards, it's about the disparate treatment leveymg May 2012 #31

I think because Dems have standards and repubs don't? justiceischeap May 2012 #5

This is it. Shadowflash May 2012 #32

Exactly loyalsister May 2012 #42

Scandal now in the courts took out the state GOP House Speaker a woman kickysnana May 2012 #6

Crohn's, Colitis, or Budweiser? alfredo May 2012 #12

crickets librechik May 2012 #48

We have the courage of our convictions, they don't Motown_Johnny May 2012 #7

We Democrats are not aligned with the religious right zelots... FarPoint May 2012 #9

+1 get the red out May 2012 #27

A small scandal hit Mark Foley and cost the GOP Congress in 2006. Zalatix May 2012 #10

The media won't go after republicans the same way they go after democrats. jp11 May 2012 #11

YEP Cosmocat May 2012 #16

John made the mistake of not stealing enough. The CEOs and Banksters stole SDjack May 2012 #13

Democrats don't see it as something the country should be wasting their time on. liberal N proud May 2012 #14

Two words - JOHN ENSIGN Cosmocat May 2012 #15

Simple. JFN1 May 2012 #17

You don't see that other John on bonniebgood May 2012 #18

Lack of a smear-machine and MSM following along with... JHB May 2012 #19

because scandalized republicans can still create tax loopholes for donors. unblock May 2012 #20

Ask Mark Foley About That... KharmaTrain May 2012 #21

Ooh! I know the answer to this one! Mc Mike May 2012 #22

According to my husband: Ship of Fools May 2012 #23

Oops -- but only if you are an R -- Ship of Fools May 2012 #24

It wasn't the sex it was the money - TBF May 2012 #25

GOP careers destroyed by sex scandals: John Ensign(R), Bob Livingston (R), KurtNYC May 2012 #26

what's david vitter doing today? xchrom May 2012 #28

my own theory is that they have something on every congress person KurtNYC May 2012 #37

+1. Sanford, Ensign, and Craig toughed it out, too. NT. Mc Mike May 2012 #60

Livingston and most of the other GOP members of his committee went down because of bribery scandals leveymg May 2012 #34

Because Republicans, in general, get so little sex... WillParkinson May 2012 #33

See, the part about the 900K 'gift' and the lies to the public and to supporters Bluenorthwest May 2012 #35

Yes. It sucks that Mark Foley will most likely be President one day (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #36

You think? Maybe David Vitter can be his veep? Octafish May 2012 #40

Lol, well said. But not only that, HIS PARTY will protect him. sabrina 1 May 2012 #49

"throw their own to the wolves" karynnj May 2012 #52

I'm not speaking only of Edwards. What about Ron Siegelman, Anthony Weiner? sabrina 1 May 2012 #55

Siegleman really is political prosecution karynnj May 2012 #56

Murder they allow. Octafish May 2012 #53

Takes me back to Meese, Al 'the Drooler' Bloomingdale, and the Vicki Morgan murder. NT. Mc Mike May 2012 #59

A couple of reasons. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #38

Because Democrats are reluctant to use them against the other side treestar May 2012 #39

Because they get extra points for hypocrisy. pnwmom May 2012 #41

What Edwards did was far more serious than anything Bush did. Arugula Latte May 2012 #43

Why even bring that up? Octafish May 2012 #44

Because we expect GOPukers to lie, cheat and steal. Rex May 2012 #45

Because Repukes have a vested interest in seeing LibDemAlways May 2012 #46

Pubs neber admit to any wrong doing libodem May 2012 #47

To the naysayers here, one only has to rephrase it this way... stevenleser May 2012 #50

Because LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #54

Has anyone mentioned Larry Craig yet? sadbear May 2012 #57

He announced he was going to resign and then took it back and LibDemAlways May 2012 #58