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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: CG6468 on June 24, 2011, 12:16:42 PM
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Normalizing Deviance
6/21/2011
In the aftermath of the exposure and resignation of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) from Congress, his colleagues, some journalists, ethicists and pundits are trying to sort out what it means. Has a new standard been created in Washington? How can Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) remain in office under an ethical cloud about money and Weiner be forced to resign because he had fantasy sex? It wasn't even "real" sex, like Bill Clinton had. Clinton also lied about sex and was impeached for lying (but not for the sex because as actress Janeane Garofalo told Bill Maher recently, "everyone lies about sex"). Some wondered then if standards had fallen for occupants of the Oval Office, or whether the behavior of Clinton and some Republicans mirror a national moral decline?
The Washington Post ran a front-page story last Friday, the sub headline of which said, "Had congressman not lied, colleague says, 'it could have ended differently.'"
LINK to Cal Thomas' column (http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/06/21/normalizing_deviance)
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Had he not, who knows.
20/20 hindsight deal.
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They (his colleagues) don't care that he has less morals than a horny rabbit. They don't care that he is unethical. They don't care that he lied. They care a little that he got caught. Mostly they are concerned that he lied very badly.
actress Janeane Garofalo told Bill Maher recently, "everyone lies about sex"
The above struck me. Did she really say this? I believe that she claims that her sex is female. If everyone lies about sex it would mean that she is actually male. That may explain her attitude. If I were a male that looked somewhat like a female I'd be in a bad mood all the time also.
Of course I know she meant sexual activity, but I think she's lying about everyone lying about sexual activity. I'm pretty sure that I've never lied about sexual activity.