Stings, Entrapment, and Hypocrisy
This weekend’s NYT Week in Review seems largely devoted to the Wide Stance Scandal:
Abby Goodnough writes about open secrets and hypocrisy.
Sarah Kershaw writes about stings and entrapment.
Laura Maconald writes about how tea-room rituals are such as to not pose a menace to the public order.
My commentary: Normally, this ought to be a private scandal, just like Bill Clinton’s ought to have been. What makes Craig’s actions fair game for the media is his hypocrisy in soliciting gay sex (when he voted against gay rights) outside of marriage (when he proclaims support for “family values”). Interestingly, it seems like “family values” stands for nothing more than “anti-gay”, given that senators who commit adultery with women are not being pushed out.
On a lighter note, I think someone ought to open a gay bar in Idaho called The Wide Stance….