Scandals
While we’re fixated on Senator Larry Craig and whatever it was he did or didn’t do in an airport bathroom stall back in June, an enormous fund-raising scandal is brewing around Senator Hillary Clinton and fugitive Norman Hsu. Meanwhile, Republicans are calling on Larry Craig to resign. Normally, I would join them, but not this time, not anymore. I’m tired of Republicans (Mark Foley, for example) resigning their seats at the first whiff of scandal, while Democrats keep theirs even as the walls crumble around them (Bill Clinton). If we’re going to serve up Senator Craig, then let’s demand that Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA), who is under indictment, resign his seat, like Tom DeLay did. Let Senator Clinton resign her seat. Let Ted Kennedy resign his. Let every Democrat who has ever been involved in a scandal resign his seat, and then we’ll let go of Senator Craig. I am tired of Republicans being held to a higher standard of behavior than Democrats. Let’s even it out and start demanding of Democrats the same treatment that is demanded of Republicans.
