The GOP Electorate

Republican primary voters will punish elected officials for several crimes. They will throw you out for not acting conservatively enough and...that's about it. You definitely won't lose your seat for banging hookers. David Vitter, notable pro-family Republican and hooker-banger, just got renominated overwhelmingly last night. Nice job, party of family values.

Nice

So along with whole gunning civilians down in the streets problem, everyone's favorite mercenary army Blackwater now stands accused of billing the US taxpayer for the services of a prostitute. They wrote it up as "Morale Welfare Recreation."

Nice, Um, "Field"

Next years Louisiana Senate race is an early contender for best campaign ever. The incumbent is David Vitter, who remains on the scene and remains extremely sanctimonious despite getting caught up in the DC Madam scandal. And by "Caught Up" I mean caught with his pants down.

Lining up to challenge him, is Tony Perkin one of the more extreme religious right leaders on the scene today. Gee, I wonder what his issue with Vitter is? God only knows what Perkin's secret kink is.

But wait, there's more. Also considering a run in the race is porn star Stormy Daniels. I'm pretty sure she's more honest than the other two. You vote for a porn star, you get a porn star. You vote for the responsible family man, you get the high patron of hookers.

Also, the link to the Draft Stormy site is here. Don't go randomly googling Stormy Daniels. That can get you in trouble. I know my readership, and you all are wasting time at work.

Let's Review

Voter guide is here. Study hard, or just print that sucker out and take it with you.

There's a measure on the ballot in San Fransisco to legalize prostitution. Woo? Maybe. I'm sort of torn. What do you think? Prostitution is your classic victimless crime, until it isn't. All kinds of nasty associated with prostitution, exploited immigrants, nasty pimps and the like.

Still not sure who I'm going to vote for in the Mayor's race. Very unsettling for me.

What are some local issues, you, the loyal readers are considering?

Woo!

From Balloon Juice, great achievements in dirty-old-manhood:

Prosecutors are moving ahead with a case against one of two 93-year-old men picked up during undercover prostitution stings.

In the case of Frank Milio, prosecutors have issued subpoenas and plan to take him to trial in April.

Milio, according to police records, tried to pay $20 in November to an undercover officer on 14th Street West.

Milio recently told the Herald-Tribune he was only flirting with the woman.

"I haven't had that in years," he said. "Ninety-three is kind of old."

Notes on a Scandel

Everybody update your MySpace profiles! In the unlikely event that you are caught up in a sex scandal worthy of national media attention, your MySpace page is going to be you're main introduction to the good people of America. Oh and to answer the obvious question, yes, but not four grand an hour and destroy your life yes. I myself just hope this blog will present a good face to the world, when my own sexual peccadillo's are exposed to the world.

The detail I want to know is not the girl. The late, great Governor of New York was identified in court documents as client #9. Who are clients 1-8? How many dudes past #9. Given these rates, I figure some real captains of industry are on that list. It shouldn't just be the reformers that go down for this. Those in need of reform should takes their lumps as well.

"Involved" Could Mean a Lot of Things

Once again, a pol and the contents of his pants are front-line news. This time its the governor of New York. Eliot Spitzer showed some real promise as a crusading State AG, so this fall into the "sad" category, as opposed to the "comic" file.

A few notes:

For love of God, keep your wife off the stage. I can't imagine a more humiliating spot than that, and every single one of these jerks does it. Take your lumps in front of the camera without adding to the hurt you've caused. I don't care who Eliot Spitzer bonks. But I'm sure his wife does. How about we do something for her and not me? Let the public think less of you in exchange for not humiliating your wife!

Two, 5,500 dollars an hour? What on earth could you do that is worth that kind of money? I mean sex is kind of hard to price, but still.

IRS V Pimps

Isaac Chotiner finds GOP Dark Horse Mike Huckabee wanting to unleash the IRS on pimps and hos. Interestingly, this is the second time I've seen this policy proposal. There is an element of the GOP that thinks one of the two things certain in life is going to end the worlds oldest profession.

Madam Please

Next up in the D.C. Madam walk of shame - Sen. David Vitter, R-La. Come on down Senator!

And why yes, he is in fact a giant flaming hypocrite.

Of course.

Hookers!

The DC Madam Tells All!

So a women who ran a high-class call girl operation in DC has been busted and is going on trial. In an effort to make everyone as uncomfortable as possible, she has released her phone records to the good people at ABCnew's investigative unit. A major State Department official has already resigned, and who knows how many more are on the list.

Now this is likely to effect both parties, but this sort of thing always hurts the Republicans more, because it always turns out the GOP guy getting the hookers was a member of the Project for Moral Values, the Anti-Sex League or based his last re-election campaign on "preserving the family" while he was snorting cocaine off the ass of a $1,000 dollar a night call girl.

So while deep down this is really none of our business (consenting adults, private lives, and all that) The tawdry sex stuff will always come out.

PS - I've always maintained that there is a better case to make to legalize prostitution than drugs. Discuss. I'm just throwing that out to keep our discussion high-minded.

Mystery of Mysteries

Porter Goss, the head of the CIA just resigned. This was a total surprise. The Bush Administration has been doing some house cleaning as of late, but unlike poor John Snow, the Treasury Secretary who has been subject to firing rumors for years, Goss has only been on the job for little more than a year and didn't have any indication that he might be on the outs. There was no reason given by Goss for his resignation.

Now comes the part where everybody tries to figure out the "real" reason he's gone. I wouldn't want to speculate, but here's a hint. The leading theory starts with the letter "H" and ends with an "ookers."

I would be negligent not to point out the out big news of the day is a Kennedy in trouble. But really, when are they not?

Return of The King

Did you miss me? Been building myself up academically and professionally at the National Convention of the American Planning Association. San Francisco is just a great town to hang out in. I had Chinese food in Chinatown and had a hooker try and hit me up for business in the Tenderloin so I think I checked off my complete checklist for SF. Thanks to noted sex expert Chris and aggrieved white boy Tyler for putting up some posts while I was away.