Getting Caught in Bed With a Dead Girl or A Live Boy

That was the famous quote from Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards on the only way he was going to lose the election against Republican Dave Treen.

There is politics wise a lot of wisdom in that quote.

I thought of that today as I watched the sex scandal of the Governor of South Carolina.

I actually think voters regardless of party are pretty forgiving of the sins of the flesh. It shocks people but in my experience people of faith are very forgiving. They know the struggle. Plus they like to see politicos humbled a bit.

Most Politicians can handle sex scandals as long they are too bizarre.

What goes unnoticed often is it is not the sex but the other related matters that sinks people.

In Clinton's case it was not his affair but the fact he lied in front of Federal Grand Jury

In the Governor of South Carolina's case it is not he sex that will sink him but the fact he went AWOL for a week from South Carolina. It is all just a little too bizarre.