Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Hypocrisy Your Name Is The Republican Party
Infidelity has no political affiliation. Scandal seems to tear through both parties, well, just about every month. Today is was Republican Governor Mark Sanford admitting to infidelity. What I hate is how Republicans spew their sanctimonious drivel about family values and how above the fray they all are when it comes to having loving families that 'do the right thing,' who fear God, and who love throwing stones whenever they see people who don't fit the mold of the perfect family. Until, of course, their affair is revealed, at which time they usually deny, lie, and cover up until the evidence mounts to such a large degree they can no longer pretend they are perfect and beg for the public's forgiveness. It's the hypocrisy that I hate. It's bad enough to hurt the people closest to you in such an overwhelmingly painful way. But to condemn others when they live a life you don't agree with (whether it be single women who choose to have a family on her own, a gay couple who loves each other and wants to be married, or a couple who chooses to have children and not be married) all the while deceiving your own 'loyal' wife and 'wonderful' children just wreaks of hypocrisy.
No one is perfect. People make mistakes. And what happens in someone's marriage is their own business. But to judge others about the way they live their life, while you are secretly doing something you publicly condemn makes me angry. And it just seems to keep happening. Nice work Gov. Sanford. It's politicians like you that make people hate politicians.
