"...except for that whole keating five thing."

I normally don't stoop to the level of politics, but this is just too stupid.

john mccain got a little too cozy with a female lobbyist awhile back. she's not bad looking for an older lady, especially to a guy who can't lift his arms. no one is saying for certain that he porked her, they've both denied a "romantic" relationship (which, as he's married, to me means "it was strictly sex, no wooing"), but I can't wait to see how this turns out.

slick willy harpoons a whale and it's a scandal. he nearly got impeached over it, because that obviously had everything to do with shady business dealings from his past. it seemed pretty obvious to damn near everyone that the lewinsky thing was purely for pleasure. what mccain did was for profit. so how is what he did any better than what clinton did? well, I guess since mccain is a republican, the GOP will probaby throw him a damn ticket tape parade for nailing a WOMAN... how long has it been since they had any sort of heterosexual sex scandal?

his communications director, jill hazelbaker, released this statement: "It is a shame that the New York Times has lowered its standards to engage in a hit and run smear campaign. John McCain has a 24-year record of serving our country with honor and integrity. He has never violated the public trust, never done favors for special interests or lobbyists, and he will not allow a smear campaign to distract from the issues at stake in this election. Americans are sick and tired of this kind of gutter politics, and there is nothing in this story to suggest that John McCain has ever violated the principles that have guided his career."

so how do we interpret this? it's obviously a lie if she's trying to say the guy is an honest dood. the "never violated the principles that have guided his career" bit is interesting tho... I guess if you consider that he's ALWAYS been a complete and utter douchebag, this move would just be par for the course and thus consistent with his "principles"... the guy has shown himself to be a huckster and a fraud his entire career, why should this be any different? he has pretty much "violated the public trust" any chance he could to make a dime.

I hate politics.