she still married or did he get smart????

So boinking members of your staff is okay with the GOP leadership???

Family values strikes again!!

I bet if she had a relationship with a woman or was a not republican she would get an ethics complaint.

Michel made inaccurate comments? Just a polite way of saying he lied!

Desperate people do desperate things.Neither of the culprits in question would be sexy for a normal person.But since the GOP wants to pretend that they are sin free.That is the reason they get such a hard take down.If they would just quit slinging lies about everyone else and calling it the gospel.Maybe people would not react the way they do!

Obviously the Republicanswant everybody to forget it happened. If a Democrat there would be screams for an inquest, a public flogging, and then force the person to resign.

Republicans use Halloran’s Law of Wishy-Washy Standards, depending who is the guilty party. Note the interview with Newt’s second wife and his definition of Family Values

Adultry is still a crime in Minnesota. Republicans commiting crimes in office is ok with the Republican leadership. That’s the long and short of it.

It’s not about what she did, both parties have people to talk about. It’s that on the Social Conservative side, they are like Pharisees, holding themselves up as an example while accusing others. God’s Own Party too.

Stop the Marriage Amendment. MN doesn’t deserve neighbor against neighbor in the name of war against immoral gays, when obviously, we are ALL immoral.

I don’t care what any of you say, she is hot, therefore she should not get into any further trouble…hot hot hot…

Clinton liked plump women, maybe she could get an internship with Slick Willy

Minnesota people are so uptight about sex it’s like the baby boomer freak parade took over from the Catholic Church. .

A public apology is warranted. Ethics charge? What’s the point? But, I do think the misleading statements by Sen Michel need to be looked at, and maybe a censure by the Senate. The personal punishment and embarassment for Sen Koch and her ‘friend should be more than enough.

Here is what DPE has to say about New Gingrich’s candidacy which reflects on Ms. Koch and the GOP as well:

“Here is a brief snippet from what is otherwise an almost unwatchable debate in South Carolina between the remaining four Presidential candidates.

John King cuts right to the chase and directs his first question to Newt Gingrich, asking the former House speaker about his former wife’sstatement to The Washington Post and in a forthcoming ABC News interview that Gingrich had wanted “an open marriage.”

“Would you like to take some time to respond to that?” King asks.

“No. But I will,” says a defiant Gingrich, to a burst of applause from the crowd.
“I think the destructive, vicious negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that,” Gingrich says, to an extended round of cheers.

Gingrich continues, taking his time as he responds: “Every person in here knows personal pain. Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything that I can imagine.”

No Mr. Gingrich, what is despicable is to cheat on your first wife, divorce her, cheat on your second wife, divorce her and then claim to be the candidate of high moral and ethical values. It is also despicable to use overt racism to win votes by pandering to the worst, rather than the best instincts of voters. Really, it is, you can look it up.

By presenting Mr. Gingrich the opportunity to blame the press for his own ugly past, the Press is the group most responsible for Mr. Gingrich’s rise in the polls in South Carolina. Conservatives hate the press, particularly the part of the press that reports facts. Facts and Conservative ideology cannot inhabit the same space.

Mr. Romney must be appalled, because for all of his other faults, he has led an exemplary personal life and does not appear to be even tempted to appeal to the racist aspects of extreme Republican politics. Yet that is what it takes to win in South Carolina.

As for the extremist Republicans in South Carolina who are giving Mr. Gingrich new life in his campaign because of and not in spite of his rhetoric, well, be careful. If Mr. Gingrich’s long shot campaign results in him so becoming the nominee, something that seems almost impossible once the campaign moves away from the remnants of political attitudes of 1955, then you and your party are only getting what you deserve. Unfortunately you are inflicting on the nation something it does not deserve. ”

Take note of the statement that facts and Conservative ideology cannot inhabit the same space.
This is behavior is brought to you by the party of family values, and the party that wants to reform the rest of us sinners.

I would have to agree with you citizen, some “conservatives” are hypocrites. Although, at least they have something to aspire to. I look at how many “liberals” behave and it scares me for my children and the future of our country. Almost every nation that has socialized medicine is broke, but apparently we can implement it better, even though they have been doing it for decades. EVERY state is hurting for money, but the ones in worst shape are locks for liberalism and the couple that are not hurting, are the most conservative. So while we will agree that all decisions SHOULD NOT be made based on money, which is what runs our society and world. So what is the answer? Do you just keep throwing out barbs at the other party so people accept a lower standard in your own party? Or do you work within your party to make it better and to better vet the candidates your party is putting forward? I left the Democrats years ago because their lack of morals scared the hell out of me. I left the Republicans because they are a bunch of self absorbed hypocrites, so now I am an independent and hoping that we can start to change a broken two party system. What are you doing besides throwing factual insults at the Republicans?

As a typical smug pseudo-intellectual liberal who has no memory of my own party’s mistakes, I believe she should be drawn and quartered, and then burned at the stake.

To address the frequent comments about a lack of morals in either party, I will say this. Historically, people have had little in the way of what most of us think of as “Christian” morality and God’s Ten Commandments. Just read history about all the wars in the name of religion and “morality.” Look at the fact that around the world historically and today of genocide and starvation or torture and human rights violations. Look at the causes–religion and politics–extreme cases of both religion and politics. And the extreme greed of power. Then look a comments by posters on this website advocating violence and harm to others because they can do so (they think) anonymously.

Ok. you two, you are obviously smarter than I am, so lets just give each other a big hug & call it a draw.

That’s a “derogatory” remark.

Re: Koch: Doesn’t it say in the Bible that thall shall not insert thy rod in thy staff to comfort thee?

I am being specific.