Strange Bedfellows

Strange BedfellowsLust and license play the starring role in american politicsAmericans love a good political sex scandal. Between accusations leveled at Thomas Jefferson for maintaining a "Congo harem" at Monticello (true, as it turns out) and the evasions of Gary "The Dodger" Condit (there aren't many sentences linking that pair), there is a long, unbroken chain of sexual couplings festooned with garlands of rumor, gossip and lawsuits. So it's no surprise that politicians b...