Tom DeLay claimed recently that his adultery was better than Newt Gingrich's because at least he didn't do it while they were prosecuting Bill Clinton for lying about his own adulterous affair. Yeah, if you're going to cheat on your wife, it's much better to get it out of the way before you start demonizing someone else for doing the same thing.
Here's DeLay on his moral superiority to Gingrich and why his adultery was better:
"I was no longer committing adultery by that time, the impeachment trial. There's a big difference."
Do you think there's a big difference? I wonder if his wife thought there was big difference?
He also said it was okay because he later found Jesus.
"Also, I had returned to Christ and repented my sins by that time."
I wonder if his wife agreed with that rationale, too. Try telling this to your wife -- No, it's okay honey, I found Jesus after I slept with that other woman.
Would that excuse work for you?
I might have helped to find Jesus before he jumped in the sack with someone he wasn't married to, but it's funny how that always works. Jesus is usually hiding until right after someone gets caught doing something really bad. And then all of a sudden people find him around every corner.
What do you think -- is there such a thing as better adultery?
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76. C'mon..cheating is cheating..there is nothing else anyone can say..
Mary at 8:16AM on Jun 1st 2007
77. Hillary For president!
tori at 12:24PM on Jun 2nd 2007
78. HEY DUMMY,
you forgot the third one, Klinton, that was the worst of any because he swore under oath and lied!!
dorothy roscher at 11:39AM on Jul 23rd 2007
79. Just remember that they are both politicians and Republican ones at that. I simply pity the women (I guess they are women?) who had to put up with these guys as they probably danced around the room wearing a pair of panty hose and singing Moon River. The are all a bunch of sleazoids and just because they hide behind the bible or some fuzzy intellectual banter, doesn't make 'em any better than anyone else in that arena
mike westman at 4:33PM on Jun 4th 2007
80. THIS IS GETTING REAL OLD .ANYONE HAVING AN AFFAIR --POLITICIAN OR NORMAL FOLK -HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THEIR SELECTED MATE.IF ITS OVER THEN END IT ,WHY THE CHARADE?ALL IT DOES IS MAKE AN ADULTERER OUT OF THE ONES INVOLVED IN THE AFFAIR AND SHAMES THE ONE BEING CHEATED ON .IF YOU LOVE YOUR SELECTED MATE THEN ACT LIKE IT IF YOU DONT THEN SET IT RIGHT-END IT WITH AT LEAST SOEM SORT OF DIGNITY.TO SELL OUT THAT PRECIOUS ASPECT --DIGNITY-FOR A ROLL IN THE HAY-SHOWS VERY LITTLE CARE FOR EITHER PARTY INVOLVED IN MY OPINION.
CHRIS FERGUSON at 6:36PM on Jun 4th 2007
81. It's okay if someone is self serving and dishonest, as long as they are on our side. And it's everyone else's job to forgive me, no matter how much damage I cause to other people or how often, or else they are the bad ones, not me. haha Good article.
tianc at 11:00AM on Jun 23rd 2007