these figures caught their interest

let's hear it for family values.

you can't have reached my age without having listened to republican claims that their party is the sole source for all things clean and pure in this country.

by implication, democrats were supporters of fornication, smut, and regulary lunched with satan.

needless to say, i am a democrat.

that was before marc foley, governor sanford, a few wayward senators, and any number of sanctimonious stone casters were found with industrial size quantities of viagara. you had to give them credit for being sincere when they said that it was time to get aroused about extramarital sex.

but hiking the appalachian trail has now taken a back seat to the study of rnc expense accounts.

forget the private jets and limos. ignore the fancy hotels. but the spending of two grand for a visit to a private club just is too good to pass up.

accounts of the evenings entertainment included topless women being ridden with bits in their mouths.

not an evening where the wife and kids are going to be invited.

what jay leno described as the republican idea of a stimulus plan.

others indicated that the republicans were interested in whipping the economy into shape. or reining in spending.

i say neigh.

this horsing around should stop.

the performers on stage did have health insurance.

but let's not beat a dead horse.

after all, they fired the woman who approved the expenditure.

apparently someone at the republican national committee has an ironic sense of humor.

and michael steele is back as the butt of late night comedy.

john edwards is so relieved.

but you can't feel too sorry for the republicans.

something about glass houses and all that.

but you do have to hope somewhere that tiger woods is a democrat.