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<blockquote data-quote="The Libertarian" data-source="post: 125041"><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100201302.html" target="_blank">The Redder They Are, The Harder They Fall - washingtonpost.com</a></p><p> </p><p><em>Sex scandals involving politicians are as old as Thomas Jefferson, but the outcome seems to depend on which party you represent. In recent years, for the most part, Democrats have been able to survive their sordid escapades while Republicans have paid with their political lives.</em></p><p> </p><p>-</p><p> </p><p><em>· The clearest illustration may be in the divergent outcomes of the cases against Crane (R) and Studds (D) in 1983. Both men were censured by the House for having sex with underage congressional pages -- Crane with a 17-year-old girl in 1980, Studds with a 17-year-old boy in 1973. Crane, of Illinois, apologized for his actions, while Studds, who declared he was gay, refused. Crane lost his reelection bid the next year; Studds, of Massachusetts, kept winning his seat until he retired in 1996.</em></p><p><em>A double standard? And if so, by whom?</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Libertarian, post: 125041"] [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/02/AR2006100201302.html"]The Redder They Are, The Harder They Fall - washingtonpost.com[/URL] [I]Sex scandals involving politicians are as old as Thomas Jefferson, but the outcome seems to depend on which party you represent. In recent years, for the most part, Democrats have been able to survive their sordid escapades while Republicans have paid with their political lives.[/I] - [I]· The clearest illustration may be in the divergent outcomes of the cases against Crane (R) and Studds (D) in 1983. Both men were censured by the House for having sex with underage congressional pages -- Crane with a 17-year-old girl in 1980, Studds with a 17-year-old boy in 1973. Crane, of Illinois, apologized for his actions, while Studds, who declared he was gay, refused. Crane lost his reelection bid the next year; Studds, of Massachusetts, kept winning his seat until he retired in 1996.[/I] [I]A double standard? And if so, by whom?[/I] [/QUOTE]
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