The Reason To Care When Sleazy Pols' Private Lives Become Public

WASHINGTON -- Andrew Breitbart says he is "not a fan" of Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) for the same reason he doesn't like ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner: Both led sleazy secret lives that could have compromised the public trust.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/andrew-breitbart-david-vitter-weiner_n_880868.html

I think Mr.Breitbart has made an excellent point; he condemns political sleaziness by any public figure regardless of party affiliation because it opens the figure to the risk of blackmail. 

 Conservatives who call themselves patriots, despite personally being draft dodgers and tax evaders, hypocritically condemn only the liberals when they get caught.

Likewise, those who (like me) gave liberals like Clinton and Frank a pass for their dalliences, were wrong.   These could have developed into dangerous or harmful  blackmail situations, compromising the security and trust of the people.

Shocking Headlines but no News.

The juicy topic on all the talk shows these days is Andrew Weiner's weiner.  It permeates every discussion at the bar, in line at Starbucks, and, probably, church suppers as well.  (Some think it is an Obama  conspiracy to get the public's mind off of the awful economic outlook.)    Comedians are having a field day. 

Last week, it was the big shot International Monetary Fund guy,  Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who had his political career wrecked because a hotel maid has accused him of of sexual assault.  A while back it was Eliot Spitzer's horniness that became newspaper fodder. 

The list of powerful men who seem to be thinking with the wrong head is long and tedious. This does not seem to happen when women are in powerful roles, or perhaps they are just more circumspect.

People seem to be shocked and offended that a high profile politician would be so idiotic as to let his sexual escapades become so public. 

 But I have to ask, "Is this really News?"

The other question is: Who is next?