More:

"I think there is somewhat of an identity crisis in the Republican Party," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, an evangelical group in Washington. "Are they going to be a party that attracts values voters, and are they going to be the party that lives by those values?"

Umm, no.

Funny, you should point this out: I was thinking last night about how Spitzer and John Edwards are politically ruined, absolutely destroyed by their lyin', cheatin', irresponsible weinie-wavin'. And how Vitter, Ensign and now, Sanford aren't shunned, reviled and forced into hiding by the Republicans. Instead, their buddies close ranks around them and they hold their positions. I mean, why is it that it's Okay If You Are A Republican?

We're supposed to be the tolerant, amoral liberals, aren't we? Yet, we are utterly unforgiving when we discover politicos who have lied to us. It's not that we're prudes; it's not the sex-out-of-marriage that repulses us. It's their hypocrisy and the revelation of their lack of character that outrage us.

Partly the answer lies in the "Xtian faith" all these buffoons profess. I recalled that my redneck brother used to believe he could go out on Friday and Saturday nights, get blind drunk and beat the shit out of his wife. Then, on Sunday morning, he could cry and beg Jezus for forgiveness and Presto! He was forgiven and his soul was clean for another week until he repeated the cycle. There was never any need to change his pattern of behavior because "Gawd Knows we're all flawed sinners." All you gotta do to wipe the slate clean is take a shower in tears of public humiliation.

But the real heart of the matter is: Their adultery proves their virility! The GOP is the party of adolescent males with fantasies about gettin' it up and pokin' "exotic wimmen." These rancid rotters are the secret envy of all their buddies! Behind the scenes, they're slapping 'em on the back, leaning in with a leer and saying, "You old dawg, you. Jus' don't get caught next time, okay?"

BooMan, how do you do it?  How do you find so many of these moral hypocrites in the Republican Party who  proudly cavort through the the highways and byways of our political culture.  Have you been born with some sort of built-in shit detector that allows you to spot these cartoon characters so effortlessly?

However you do it, keep up your fine work.  You are like a breath of fresh air as we walk over the dung hill that American life has become, especially, since the arrival on the national scene of that malodorous clown from Texas.  You know, Bush the Younger.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

Those comments are just an example of more right-wing "nuttery."

On political conservatives: "I was so shocked I nearly dropped the Bible I was using to help me masturbate into my gun." Bill Maher

Wow, the secret to sexual success exposed.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

And while Sanford was refusing to accept federal monies to extend unemployment benefits in S.C. he was apparently flying down to Argentina at taxpayer expense to cheat on his heiress wife.

And Ensign's honey trap was second in command to the guy who was embezzling millions from the NRCC. I wonder what promises these guys are supposed to be keeping.

if he's so sexually attractive, why did he have to go all the way to argentina to find a mistress? norquist is a nut, but even under his own theory, this only suggests that sanford wasn't very attractive to his own constituants