These days people think having a "twitter" account or the new iphone is "cool" . Think again. The politicians and bureaucrats have their own trend "political scandal's" a.k.a extra martial affair. And surprisingly its getting them lot of millage. Its considered cool to have an extra maratial affair. Its almost like a highlight on the political resume.
Since the biggest scandal of all times broke in 1998 (you remember the Bill Clinton- Monical Lewinsky saga) there is never a shortage of politicians come up on the big stage and denouncing.
(source:http://www.overthehillcarpeople.com/Monica%20Lewinsky.jpg)
It seems the bureaucrats are talking amongst themselves "Oh you haven't admitted you have an extra martial affair...oh come on all the cool politicians are doing it, you gotta have a press conference and announce you were married for zillion years but you had a girl friend for trillion years"
The latest to join South Carolina Governor Mark Stanford, who admitted affair with a Argentine woman. Way to go. You top the list not only coz you are the most recent but you went international. Kudos my friend.
According to Wikipedia (almost official book keeper of scandals) there have been 35 recorded instances of "coolness" between 2000-2009. Versus 10 between 1900-1999. Way to go 21st century. We are way ahead of the 90's. So i thought i'd honor some of the noteable scandals of the last decade. (Oscar style)
The newest-kid-on-the-block award goes to
Mark Sanford Governor (R-SC) admitted during a press conference on June 24, 2009, that he had traveled to Argentina to have an extra-marital affair with an Argentinean woman. He then resigned as head of the Southern Governors Association.(2009)
The Hypocrisy-in-scandals award goes to
John Ensign Senator (R-NV) resigned his position on June 16, 2009 after admitting he had an affair with Cynthia Hampton the wife of a close friend, both of whom were working on his campaign. In 1998 Senator Ensign had called for President Clinton (D) to resign after admitting to sexual acts with Monica Lewinsky. (2009)
The Motor-city-award goes to
Kwame Kilpatrick (D) Detroit Mayor, accused of extramarital affair with his Chief-of-Staff, Christine Beatty. Racy text messages between them uncovered by the press contradicted their sworn denials of an affair. Also alleged to have stayed at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC with a woman named Carmen Slowsky, who was not his wife (2008)
The Big-Apple-award goes to
Eliot Spitzer (D) Governor of New York used the Emperors Club VIP prostitution service to meet $1000/ night escorts. No charges were filed since no public funds were used, though he resigned anyway. (2008)
The Bathroom award goes to
Larry Craig (R-ID) - pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a Minneapolis airport men's room in June, after having been arrested on a charge of lewd conduct (2007)
The Broke-back-mountain award goes to
Jim McGreevey (D) Governor of New Jersey, married man ....admitted that he had an extramarital affair with the man he appointed as homeland security advisor.
The Grandfather-of-all-scandals
Bill Clinton President (D-AR) .....I don't think i need to write anything.
All-in-da-family aka affair with staff member award(s)
Marc Dann (D) Attorney General of Ohio, after sexual harassment charges were brought against staffers Leo Jennings and Anthony Gutierrez, Dann admitted he too had an affair with a staff member. Resigned May 14, 2008
Gavin Newsom (D) Mayor of San Francisco, California, extramarital affair with wife of campaign manager and former deputy chief-of-staff Alex Tourk (2007)
Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) accused of an affair with staffer Jennifer Laptook, whom he subsequently married.(2003)
Some honorable mentions
John Edwards Senator (D-NC) Ran for the presidential nomination against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton positioning himself as an honest, family values candidate. This position was seriously undercut when he admitted to an affair with Rielle Hunter. (2008)
(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_of_the_United_States#Sex_scandals)
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