Semper Infidelis

What is going on? Summer? Something in the drinking water supply? Or just plain old hypocrisy..? South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (GOP, wife, four children, Chair of GOP Governors Association, "holier than thou" Republican who called on President Clinton to resign over the Monica Lewinsky scandal) essentially abandoned his post and went to Argentina for a week to be with his lover. SC voters: outraged. Sanford: "I don't know how this thing got blown out of proportion."

Here's a little chronicle of recent transgressors; just the facts, Ma'am:

• Nevada Sen. John Ensign (GOP) had an extramarital affair with a former campaign staffer. Mrs. Ensign: "With the help of our family and close friends our marriage has become stronger."


• Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (GOP) and her pregnant/nursing/mommying teenage daughter Bristol ("do as I say not as I do" people)


• US Representative Vito J. Fossella (GOP, Staten Island, NY. Ran on a (very) conservative "family values" platform. Wife, three children + a "love" child with a woman in Alexandria, VA.) Mr. Fosella: “My personal failings and imperfections have caused enormous pain to the people I love, and I am truly sorry.”
  
  
• Sen. John Edwards (Dem, cancer-battling wife, presidential/VP contender) had a lover and a "love" child.