[dfwgator]

Who do you propose to replace Bill Bennett, or shall all of us sinners simply sit down and STFU about virtue, since we all are guilty of something?

Nothing wrong with standing up for virtue, but if you are going to make millions of dollars from doing so, you'd better be impeccable.

[gdani]

Nothing wrong with standing up for virtue, but if you are going to make millions of dollars from doing so, you'd better be impeccable

Bennett already looked like a fool even before the gambling story because he constantly lectures about other peoples' vices -- yet he probably tips the scales at about 300 lbs.

If he spent a little less time preaching & a little more time pushing himself away from his feedbag he might not look like such a blowhard.

[mabelkitty]

Why? Sam Walton wasn't, and yet there is Wal-Mart. Dr. Laura isn't, and yet she makes millions.

He isn't an elected official - he is a business man selling what he knows through experience. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Or would you rather be a member of a party whose sleazy benefactor is looking for nude pictures of the President's two daughters? Which would you rather be associated with?

[borkrules]

Nothing wrong with standing up for virtue, but if you are going to make millions of dollars from doing so, you'd better be impeccable.

And you had better be prepared to lose a lot of otherwise effective warriors to your ridiculously high standards. Standards, I might add, the left does NOT adhere to.

Your thesis makes sense if your name is St. Peter and you guard the Pearly Gates. They don't make as much sense in the often times messy world of earthly politics.

Obviously there are lines beyond which we do say "enough", even to long time allies. But this gambling non-story most definetly ain't it.