Sex scandal for Boehner.
Mark Bittman asks why we can't eat real food.
Tina Fey wonders if she should have another kid or concentrate on her career, and how all this will affect her stress-related canker sores.
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Apt. 11d 
I just ate half a chicken and about a pound and a half of french fries. That seems real.
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Because a sex scandal had such a big effect on Republicans like Senator David Vitter?
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Nobody ever looked at Vitter’s last name and wondered if it was pronounced “Boner.”
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It’s Mark, not Matt Bittman
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There are guys in Congress with better muscle development than you’d think.
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MH,
They’ve got a pretty nice Congressional gym, I believe.
I think that photo stretches the accepted definition of “sexy photo,” as well as the accepted meaning of “blond.”
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That was a fast resignation for a scandal in which nobody actually touched anybody.
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I hate it when these guys prove my social psychologist friend (who thinks that everyone in congress — at least all the men — are cheaters).
I also am starting to believe that lobbyists have become some form of high priced escort service (at least the women). Have to remember that when my politically interested daughter considers careers (i.e. don’t let your daughters grow up to be lobbyists).
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Given your recently stated aversion to pimping, I’m guessing this kind of stuff comes up all the time in conversation out west.
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“I also am starting to believe that lobbyists have become some form of high priced escort service (at least the women). Have to remember that when my politically interested daughter considers careers (i.e. don’t let your daughters grow up to be lobbyists).”
It does look that way, doesn’t it? I guess we do have an American version of the courtesan or hetaera.
Really, what happy family guy would want to spend most nights away from his family, on the road, sleeping in hotels, eating airport food, and meeting hundreds of strangers every week? It’s not the sort of lifestyle you’d adopt if you were satisfied with your home life.
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It’s not the sort of lifestyle you’d adopt if you were satisfied with your home life.
Maybe, but for a married politician to put himself on Craigslist like that suggests either a head injury or deliberate destruction of his own career.
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“Maybe, but for a married politician to put himself on Craigslist like that suggests either a head injury or deliberate destruction of his own career.”
Flirting with a Maryland government employee was a particularly dumb touch, I thought.
A lot of guys seem to lose their judgment in their 40s.
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