So what does an 81-year-old congressman do when his wife's in the slammer for bribery? Why, he reads "Playboy", of course. This was captured by a fellow passenger on a flight this past July.
Of course, he only reads the articles, so here is the article from the Michigan View:
http://detnews.com/article/20101124/MIVIEW/101124004/Mr.-Smut-goes-to-Washington
There is really no way to stop photos like this being taken, but they are as irrelevant as they are titillating. It would be better if public officials could keep their private life private, and public debate focus on how they performed the duties of their office.
ReplyDeleteNote: having an affair with an intern on government property is relevant to conduct in office, even if its not good enough reason to remove a man from office who started paying down the national debt for the first time since long before I was born.