Lets stop putting politicians on a pedestal. They can do absolutely anything that they want to and as long as they say they’ll do what we want we vote for them. Of course they fulfill about 10% of the campaign promises they gave, but then it just becomes a lesser of two evils doesn’t it?

Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, Libertarians: they are all politicians, and if they do their job well they are in office because of the plebes and now are having their pockets lined and their coffers filled by lobbyists, special interest groups, and fellow political chronies. It will go on and on, unless we as plebes say we cannot stand for it. For probably the only time in my gay life, I agree with Fundamentalist Zealots. If you lie to your wife/husband, cheat on your wife/husband, and steal the honor from your marriage, you are not fit to run this country. The simple fact is that if you can do this to the one person, you are supposedly committed to and love dearly, what the hell can you do to us poor voters that are just a statistic to get you elected? I think that the next set of bills to come out of this country should have the faces of Elizabeth Edwards and Dina Matos on the front. This money will serve as a reminder to the nation that we will not stand for our politicians to lie cheat or steal…from anyone.

John Edwards admits to extramarital affair

Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admitted Friday to an extramarital affair. He denied being the father of the woman’s child, as had been alleged in tabloid reports. Edwards told the network that his rise from “a small town boy in North Carolina” who “came from nothing” to a successful lawyer, U.S. senator and national public figure “fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want.” (CNN)

No alimony for wife of gay Former Gov. Jim McGreevey

Former Gov. James E. McGreevey will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruled Friday in granting the couple a divorce after a tumultuous eight-year marriage that crumbled publicly when McGreevey acknowledged he was a “gay American.” A superior court judge ruled Friday that McGreevey, the nation’s first openly gay governor, must pay $250 a week, or $1,075 a month, in child support for his 6-year-old daughter with Dina Matos.

McGreevey, now a seminary student, said during the couple’s contentious divorce trial that he’s too poor to pay alimony. (365gay)