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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:44 PM
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Poll question: Are the female Congress as adulterous as the men?
Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 03:47 PM by Doctor_J
Call me a cynic, but I think Vitter, Edwards, Ensign, Burton, ... are just the tip of the iceberg. Or something. Do you think infidelity is as rampant among the women rep's and sen's?
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:45 PM
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1. I don't think they are, but using the term "wired" differently
is effectively excusing the men.

Men can learn to keep it in their pants as effectively as women can learn to keep their panties on. Geesch.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:46 PM
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4. Good point. Edited
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:59 PM
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20. Thank you!
:hug:

I voted now.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:00 PM
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21. Sure. I thought just posting this poll gave me feminist bona fides,
but I will watch my language as well. ;-)
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:28 PM
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38. sheeit, not even learned. character or not. affairs 50/50. if men wired, why are women equally
doing it?
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:46 PM
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2. its not a matter of wiring
its a matter of self-control

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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:54 PM
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12. It's also very much a matter of opportunity
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:05 PM
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25. It's more a matter of men are sexier longer than women are.
Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 04:06 PM by imdjh
Men can have a kind of Zeus sexy thing going on, but women turn into your grandmother.



He's buff and he's thousands of years old.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:08 PM
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27. Oh, boy
this post ought to keep this thread kicked.

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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:10 PM
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32. Ya think?
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Zywiec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:26 PM
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37. LOL +1 n/t
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:46 PM
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3. Of course not - girls are sugar and spice and everything nice. Durr.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:48 PM
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5. Maybe, maybe not.
The latest research shows nearly equal numbers of men & women in relationships cheat.

Also, what Kalkye said re: "wired". Puh-leez.
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whoneedstickets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:48 PM
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6. I hope so! Then I still have a chance with Stephanie Herseth Sandlin!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth

with deepest apologies to her husband Max who I assume is a great (and lucky) guy.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:57 PM
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17. Yes! Debbie Wasserman Schultz for me!
Excpt that I'm old and poor and look like Walter Matthau
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:49 PM
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7. Only the courgarlicious ones.

I'm not naming names but you know who I mean. ;)
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:51 PM
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9. Yeah, there's Mary Bono
She carries a lot of water for the F team in the adulterama
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:49 PM
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8. What? You can't imagine Susan Collins doing the nasty in a cloak closet?
Yeah, me neither.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:51 PM
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11. Nor could I imagine Dan Burton
but paternity tests don't lie
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:02 PM
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23. If history has taught us anything, it's there's a congressMAN will fuck a bowling ball.
Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 04:19 PM by TexasObserver
I'd love to take up for men on this, but I've been to DC too many times. Male politicians are the biggest bunch of hard dicks you'll ever find. They're all driven by insane egos, and even though many are not "ladies men," they have power and power attracts assorted groupies and hangers on. They have female lobbyists who are little more than high paid, for contract hookers running at these guys.

I think the quality of female congresspersons is simply superior to males when it comes to sexual peccadilloes.

I could be wrong, of course.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:51 PM
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10. Maybe. Perhaps just more discreet?
Or maybe not . . . when we get to a certain age, we tend to disappear as far as men are concerned. I've argued for awhile now that the best assassin's are probably middle-aged women . . .
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:54 PM
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13. I remember Helen Chenoweth (RIP)
of the class of 1994 "confessing" to adultery and thinking, :puke:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:55 PM
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15. Men get prostitutes, I hear - is there any reason women can't?
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:10 PM
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31. Rumor has it that business is picking up for male pros with female clientele.
But the majority of money is still in female on male, followed by male on male.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:11 PM
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33. I know my income has jumped in recent years.
:P
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 05:04 PM
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39. I'm sure they could and probably do -
personally, I haven't seen a male 'escort' I'd want to pay for the privilege.

Had some hopes (tongue in cheek) that Heidi Fleiss would actually open her male brothel, until I saw a picture of one of the potential employees. I'm sure he's attractive to someone . . .


:evilgrin:
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:54 PM
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14. shrug -- given enough time in 'power' -- yes. nt
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:56 PM
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16. Probably, but they're smart enough not to brag about it.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:57 PM
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18. ask jan shakowsky.
:evilgrin:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 03:58 PM
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19. OK, we didn't need that
but thanks anyway
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:01 PM
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22. There's no reason to believe they're not.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:08 PM
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28. Post #3.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:17 PM
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34. Are you all geared up?
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:04 PM
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24. I'm less inclined to think that if they are, power is as much a factor
From my experience fewer men are drawn to women in a position of power than women are to men in a similar position.

It could just be that my experiences are abnormal though.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:07 PM
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26. Interesting viewpoint
:thumbsup:
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:08 PM
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29. Among the Republicans, judge for yourself.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:09 PM
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30. Ever See "Bachman Does Dallas"
It's a real hoot.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:22 PM
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36. Well, that's going to give me nightmares
thanks!
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-02-09 04:22 PM
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35. affairs are about 50/50 gender wise. so one would assume. BUT they have not been caught
the same as guys so cant say
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