A Sex Scandal in Washington about to break?

[Old and In the Way]

From dKos-
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/5/191443/784

Are things in DC really this bad?
by kos
Mon Dec 05, 2005 at 05:14:43 PM PDT

It sounds like some of that irresponsible blogger speculations we keep hearing about, except it's coming from the National Journal's blog. And the National Journal is the most respected political publication in DC.

DC Sex Scandal About To Break?

Sometimes we read too many political clips and overlook some amazing things staring us in the face. Among those in Monday's edition, this little factoid, culled from Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune blockbuster digging deeper into the Duke Cunningham's relationship with "co-conspirator No. 1," a.k.a. lobbyist Brent Wilkes.

According to the U-T, Wilkes also "ran a hospitality suite, with several bedrooms, in" DC -- "first in the Watergate Hotel and then" in a Capitol Hill hotel.

Come again? A "hospitality suite with several bedrooms"?

Talk about raising more questions, including:

-- Why does a lobbyist need a "hospitality suite with several bedrooms"?
-- Who uses those bedrooms and for what?

Can things be so bad in DC that lobbysts are running a prostitution ring, providing service for votes?

While I don't doubt some sleazy lobbysts would consider such a thing, I can't imagine any elected officials so stupid as to avail themselves of such services. This seems insanely improbable. Tinfoil hat territory.

But first, it does demand an answer -- what exactly were those hospitality suites for?

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This is pretty fascinating....add to this the story on Cannonfire about MZM's front for getting defense money into the hands of Republicans, this guy Wilkes is going to give Abramoff a run for his money.

But this prostitution thing....hmmm. Another honeypot? Can extortion/blackmail be far behind? Should would explain a lot.