…It’s a bullshit term that has no real meaning to the GOP.
The concept of Republican Family Values is a great marketing term and it sounds good to the Bible Belt crowd, but since a number of leaders in the party are really just cheating liars, it’s hard for someone WITH A BRAIN and EYES and EARS to take them seriously when they shout down purity judgments to us from their high horses.
Let’s review some of the worst offenders:
Newt Gingrich
First up – Everybody’s favorite adulterer, Newt Gingrich! Poor Newt married young and when he wife got CANCER, he just couldn’t be bothered with pesky things like being a decent husband and he cheated on her and LEFT HER for another woman.
Here’s what Newt had to say:
“There were times when I was praying and when I felt I was doing things that were wrong. But I was still doing them. I look back on those as periods of weakness and periods that I’m not only not proud of, but I would deeply urge my children and grandchildren not to follow in my footsteps.”
But then Newt cheated on his second wife for six years with Callista because REPUBLICAN FAMILY VALUES!!! When he was caught, he asked his second wife if she was down with an open marriage. His excuse for the affair? Stress from a heavy workload as Speaker of the House. Awwww poor Newt.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Years after the Republican Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger knocked up the family housekeeper – who kept the child – he said that he regretted the affair and that it was the “stupidest thing” because it “inflicted tremendous pain” on his wife and family.
But Schwarzenegger bragged in his book about his “hot affair” with actress Brigitte Neilson while he was living with Maria Shriver.
To sum it up: Mexican maid – embarrassing and stupid. Hot blond actress – SCORE!
Dinesh D’Souza
Of course we can’t ignore Conservative Tea Party favorite Dinesh D’Souza. He recently admitted to violating federal campaign finance law and was sentenced to five-years probation starting with eight months in a community confinement center. He faces no prison time. In a side note, D’Souza’s wife alleges that he is an abuser and an unfaithful husband, and she urged the judge to “impose a just sentence.”
You Aren’t Fooling Anyone
Now, I imagine this is when conservative trolls will start complaining about adulterous Democrats like Bill Clinton or Anthony Weiner.
But here’s the difference trolls – Democrats are not promoting the hypocritical message of family values while they are behaving like sniffing dogs who can’t keep Mr. Happy behind the zipper.
Republican cheaters – you aren’t fooling anyone, except maybe yourselves. You are full of it. When you market yourselves as superior while you are behaving like a-holes, you just look really pathetic and WE CAN ALL SEE YOU!
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Kimberley A. Johnson (BIO) is the author of AMERICAN WOMAN The Poll Dance: Women and Voting & The Virgin Diaries and an activist for women’s rights. Like her on Facebook, Twitter or follow her on FB HERE. |
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