Quote from whitster:
i see this classic fallacy ALL THE TIME, that politicians from either party supposedly are supposed to represent the party values.
republican politicians and democrat politicians
are...
POLITICIANS
neither "represent" republican or democratic values, nearly as much as they represent the fact that they are POLTICIANS
duh...
it's that simple.
one could argue that one parties PLATFORM is or isn't more moral, on any given issue, or on the whole.
i highly doubt there is much difference in personal morality between politicians of the parties. because they are politicians
also, im not aware that getting drunk or hitting on attractive women are NOT republican values fwiw. i have noticed that over the age of 23 or so, republican women do happen to be better looking than dems - and gay men are better looking than straights. why is another issue.
PJ Orourke (one of my favorite repubs ever) would certainly support both