Waste of time

In case you missed it, the most important story (you would think by coverage) in the news was about a NY congressmen who sent pic and messages to women who happened to not be his wife. Now the amount of coverage this got far outweighed the 2 wars we are in (still) , the games GOP playing with debt ceiling, the almost 10% unemployment, the widening gap between rich & poor, or the rising plutocracy and corporate state. The news media lizard brain loves that TMZ bullshit I guess.

Here is my take on this “scandal” who cares. I know this is a shock but some people do weird dirty things in their private lives. What consenting adults do (text, cock pics, whatever) is at the end of the day private. Now you might say but hes a public figure, and yes as a Congressman he is. So I have some other things that I look at.
An important thing I look at is as a legislator who has a “moral lapse” is he a hypocrite. A few examples include Newt Gingrich, who legislated morality and has been married 3 times. His most recent wife uses to be his chief of staff, which he cheated on his 2nd wife with while they were still married. Where is he now, running for GOP presidential nomination.

The other I look at is are you legislating morality and did something sexual that is illegal. An example would be David Vitter, who admitted to being with hookers via DC Madam Case. Where is Mr. Vitter now, serving another term as Louisiana GOP Senator. This man received a standing ovation from his fellow Republicans when he won.
I have more examples but I digress at this point.

In the end I could care less about any of these scandals. When I look at people who are in Government the only thing that I care about are what their votes and legislation they present hurt or help poor/middle class. Is what they do at their jobs advancing the public good. This is what matters when you vote for represented government. The moral outrage should be when these officials take money from powerful interests and advance their goals above the needs of the people. The purchase of government by corporations and plutocrats, that’s what should be written about and cause outrage. The zombie lies of more tax cuts for rich and corporations, the lies of the need for austerity that hurts the most needy these are the things that need discussion and dissection by media. It will never happen though with this group of clowns and propagandist.