Republican Congressman embroiled in illicit sex scandal of his own making

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Todd33
I don't care what he does in his bedroom, he can bang 20 chicks at once.

a.) Did he lie to his constituents?

b.) Is he good at his job?

I agree.

The Government and people have no business butting into bedrooms unless minors are involved such as the Foley case.

 

[DealMonkey]

Where, oh where, is ProfJohn to investigate the "story behind the story?" My god man, the Democrats are laughing their asses off at you right now and you're doing nothing! Strap on that tinfoil and go conduct some "research" on your favorite blogs! What are you waiting for?!?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Well, in fairness to Pabster . . . I included Clinton in the options b/c his approach to dealing with impropriety wasn't original but he had a flair and audacity that's truly impressive.

Arguably, I should call it truthiness since our society has largely abandoned the term lie. For some odd reason 'saying something with the intent to mislead others' or otherwise 'create a false impression' isn't considered lying if any single statement within your musing has a borderline resemblance to reality.

It seems that is now known as "good business practice".

I compare it to fighting fire with fire. Someone lies, so the next guy feels he has to tell another one to counter the other one. The whole thing escalates until most people (if not everyone) is living a lie and doesn't even know it.

As the Billy Joel song says, "we didn't start the fire".

I reject that notion . . . with extreme prejudice. When Bushistas say the economy is great, it's quite easy to say it's great for some, terrible for others, and the middle is just marking time.

For this particular Republican, it's very possible he's telling the truth. "I cheated on my wife but I didn't assault my mistress." But when follows that up to say he has "a deep love for his family" and he's "working to make things right (paraphrase)," that's almost certainly truthiness or an outright lie. Here's a guy that was shacking up with another woman while in DC. If he REALLY wanted to work on his family life . . . wouldn't he leave Congress and get a job in Scranton?

So my point is that people lie b/c they don't want to tell the truth. The truth tends to be inflexible . . . uncompromising. Often the truth is inconvenient or otherwise doesn't advance your goals or perspective.