‘Family values’ still matter — when it’s the other party’s indiscretions
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2012/01/family-values-still-matter-when-its.html
The first Washington sex scandal I remember following involved Daniel Crane, a Republican congressman from my home state of Illinois, who was censured in the (first) House page scandal in 1983.
In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teenagers in the congressional page program — Crane with a young woman who was 17, and Studds with a young man the same age. The committee originally voted to reprimand both men, but a little-known congressman from Georgia argued that a mere reprimand wasn't punishment enough.
Read full article >>Philip Rucker, Amy Gardner 28 Jan, 2012
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