Politics and prostitution

The 'D.C. Madam's' phone records are being researched to find out who in our nation’s capital has been ‘using’ her ‘escort service’. This research of phone records is a waste of time and nothing more than ‘busy work’ for those doing the research.
Nothing will ever come of any of this. This behavior is so ingrained in our society that it is accepted even as we act outraged.

Deborah Jean Palfrey is the California woman known as the ‘D.C. Madam’. She is just the latest ‘D.C. Madam’. She is facing federal charges of running an illegal prostitution ring in the Washington D.C. area.

She contends it was an escort agency in the most literal sense (Oh, Please!!), and that any eroticism between her escorts and their customers was strictly "fantasy," not hands-on. Yada, Yada, Yada.
So let’s just play this ‘”fantasy” card a little further. She, as a ‘business’ owner, who had to have known that illegal activity was taking place, did nothing to stem this behavior. This in itself holds her accountable.
It is common knowledge among the adult population of the entire world that “escort service” is a euphemism for prostitution. And everybody knows why a man ‘hires’ a female ‘escort’.
An escort is defined as a person who accompanies another person to a location or (usually formal) event such as a ball, cotillion or wedding to provide protection, support, or company.

These “escorts” certainly did not provide protection. Support and company? Were these customers so ‘lonely’ from being so far away from their wives that they ‘needed’ support and company? Give me a break.

Throughout history there have been men from all walks of life, on the legal side and the illegal side, who have participated in this behavior. There have been countless millions of dollars made in this activity that we have deemed illegal. There have been countless ruined lives that have resulted from this activity and we view as immoral. And yet it continues.

Why the big ‘to do’ about this? This is nothing more than exercise for the media to shine a spotlight on the smut, the scandal and the distrust that comes along with being a politician.

Why do you people act like you care that this happened? Nobody does anything about it. Yet, it does affect everyone.

Senator David Vitter, R-Louisiana, is one of the latest men to be connected to this latest “escort service” scandal. He is a married man. He has a family.

This activity is abhorrent and morally wrong on so many levels. Why did he feel he ‘needed’ the service of a female escort? Was it an ego thing? Did he feel the need to present this image in Washington that he is a ‘power player’ and as such he needs to show everyone there that he can shun his married life and show he is a ’man of the world’ who can have any woman he wants? Was it just to ‘fit in’?

In the strictest sense of the word the woman he hired was not to be involved in sex with him. Loose morals is what allowed the situation to ‘devolve’ into something slutty. By his own admission he "sinned". And he did this at least five times! Did he “sin” by hiring the escort? No, that came from being weak and foolish. Did he “sin” by carrying things outside the definition of an escort? Yes. Did he “sin” because he cheated on his wife? Yes.

He made is wife look foolish. He presented himself to his constituents in Louisiana as a man of low ‘moral character’. I am certain that if those voters had known he did not take his marriage vows seriously, he would not have been voted into office. This is a man who clearly cannot control his urges. He does not take oaths as serious. He placed himself above both legal law and moral law and he will bend these laws to his advantage. Is this the image of what politicians have become? In America, Yes.

Some people will say that it was a weak human trait that allowed him do this and he should be forgiven and allowed to go on without punishment, since he apologized. I say that line of thinking is exactly why this behavior continues.

Humans have every opportunity to show themselves to be above this moral low-ground and are very capable of doing so. He alone made the wrong choice and should not be forgiven for it.
He is in a political position to make law as well as uphold the law and he has now proven to us that he cannot be trusted. He should not be forgiven.
He has proven that he does not respect his wife. Does he respect his voters?
He has proven that he does not hold his marriage vows as sacred and that his marriage is secondary to his personal desires. He should not be forgiven.

Every person should hold themselves to high moral standards. I’m not talking about preaching on every street corner to all the sinners to repent. I’m talking about within each of us we need to gain some respect and dignity.

A politician is in a position where all eyes are on him/her. Not just American eyes, but eyes of the world as well. This type of behavior casts serious doubts about trust and the ability to do what is right for the people of this country beyond personal gain. This issue is that big.

Once again the U.S. looks like it cannot be trusted because we cannot trust our own.

Why is this behavior continued to be accepted? Why don’t we take a hard stand and replace these low-characters with someone who can be trusted? Is this activity illegal or not? Is it immoral or not?

We talk a good game of morals and we ‘act’ like we are outraged when someone is caught but then everyone shrugs their shoulders and say “Ah, It was a moment of weakness.”

Will Congress do anything to punish him? No. Maybe a token slap on the wrist but this man of low character, of low virtue will say he is sorry and we will all know it is bullshit. He may even carry it further and lie by saying he will not do it again. But we already know he is not a moral man so how can he be expected to keep his promise to his constituents, his wife and his family? This person does not deserve to be a Senator. But there are many in Congress who do not deserve to be there. It is a very long list.

If this behavior is so acceptable now and we are not truly outraged, then why bother with all of the media attention? Why bother with a trial against this madam?