Sex and the Stupid Republicans By DOUGLAS OLSON "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy." — Gov. Edwin Edwards (D-La.) For the third time in two years, a Republican candidate has dropped out of a pending election because of a "sex scandal" that involves no sex at all! Not only has Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) quit in panic and fled to the relative safety of an alcohol-rehab program, but the GOP seems determined to sacrifice Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and its own chances of retaining...