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The Top 10 Political Sex Scandals of All Time

Steve Almond, Nerve.com. April 6, 2008.
From Warren G. Harding to Eliot Spitzer, American politicians sure know how to have a good time.

Eliot Spitzer Linked to Yet Another Upscale Prostitution Ring

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 27, 2008.
Wicked Models promised clients Ivy-league educated women and employed dozens of prostitutes.

Spitzer Kept His Black Socks on During Sex

Trish, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008.
The entire Spitzer scandal is one big exercise in demoralization, but this is just sad.

Was Spitzer's Scandal a Justice Department Sting All Along?

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2008.
Spitzer needed to go, but it wasn't the federal government's place to force him out.

Vitter Claims There's 'Enormous Difference' Between His Case and Spitzer's, Really?

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.
Spitzer was tarred, feathered, driven out of office, and now nearly forgotten. Yet Louisiana's, Senatorial Pimp, David Vitter, is still in office

Former McGreevey Aide Claims Trysts with Ex-Gov and Wife

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 17, 2008.
If this tale of three-way bedroom romps is true, Dina Matos McGreevey's got some 'splaining to do.

Dr. Laura Blames Elliot Spitzer's Wife for His Passion for Prostitutes

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.
Laura Schlessinger shows us again what a PhD in physiology will teach you about about what makes people tick.

Who's So Scared of the Spitzer Scandal's Effect on Children?

Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 14, 2008.
Oddly enough, there was no handwringing about "what will we tell the kiddies?" when David Vitter was exposed.

Sex Workers Are Indeed Exploited -- by the Mainstream Media

Audacia Ray, Waking Vixen AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 13, 2008.
Sex workers are being abused and manhandled by a media that has no interest in our well being, only in the details of how we got to be so bad.

David Paterson: a NY Activist, Progressive, and Now Governor

John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. March 13, 2008.
Paterson has been handed a remarkable opportunity to be not just a state officials but a national leader.

Politicians' Wives Need to Stop the "Stand By Your Man" Routine

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 12, 2008.
I’m not suggesting that the cheated-upon wives should leave their husbands—but this politically calculated cliché needs to be abandoned.

Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.
And what about Larry Craig, Dick Morris, John McCain and for the matter, George Bush and Dick Cheney?

Spitzer Resigns: His Real Crime Was Nixonian Hubris

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.
Spitzer has absolutely no excuse. In the current political climate, selective prosecution is a fact of life.

Isn't It Time to Finally Legalize Prostitution?

Samara O'Shea, Huffington Post AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 12, 2008.
If we're so interested in waving a moral wand over other people's sexual transgressions, then why is adultery legal?

The View: Lying About Sex vs. Lying About War [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. March 11, 2008.
What is the greater sin for a politician, lying about personal indiscretions or lying about a major policy decision?

Spitzer Scandal: The Devil Is in the Details

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.
This level of minutiae in the descriptions of the investigation suggests an FBI or USAtty's office source.

Who Is David Paterson and What Kind of Governor Will He Be?

Peter Rothberg, The Nation AlterNet: Video. March 11, 2008.
His two most obvious, if not salient, features are that he's blind and he's black, which would make him the first blind governor in the country.

Spitzer's Scandal: Some Things Don't Pass the Smell Test

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.
How did Spitzer's name get leaked to the media, and who did it? Didn't happen to Dave Vitter.

NY Atty General Uses Racist Expression in Reference to Obama

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. January 10, 2008.
This bush-league nonsense exposes the real problem--that the lack of engagement on how race and political races bring out the worst in people.

Spitzer On Dobbs: "He Spews Venom, Hate and Misinformation"

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 31, 2007.
Elliot Spitzer rightly called out Lou Dobbs for his race baiting in the New York drivers' license controversy.

Spitzer to Sue Bush for Gutting Children's Health Care

Matt Stoller, AlterNet: PEEK. August 30, 2007.
Matt Stoller: Now that's the Eliot Spitzer we all know and love.

Psycho GOP Operative Makes Threatening Call to Eliot Spitzer's Elderly Father

Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. August 22, 2007.
Howie Klein: The culprit is "a seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics who has worked for Nixon, Reagan and for George W. Bush in the 2000 recount battle."