So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time

January 11, 2008 | SEND TO A FRIEND | GET EARLY NOTICE OF THE HOTW

Chuck Rosenthal

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week, as we return to one of our favorite stomping grounds: Texas.

Why? Because there are more GOP hypocrites in the Lone Star State than fat flies hovering over a pile of cow dung.

This week, we are buzzing around Republican star and Houston (Harris County) District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal, aka "Mr. Executioner."

The hypocrisy alarm all started when the righteous Christian, on his second marriage, was found to be sending romantic e-mails to his secretary, with whom he had an acknowledged affair during his first marriage. (Why do all these Republican "moral values" hypocrites have lives like tawdry soap operas?)

Other e-mails were described as "racist jokes, political strategizing and a video of men forcibly tearing women's blouses in public."

Meanwhile, moving from the purple prose to politics, it appears that Rosenthal campaigned out of his office, on taxpayer time. This is, as a prosecutor might tell you, illegal.

Here is how one local television station reports Rosenthal's "predicament" (brace yourself):

Of all the things found on Chuck Rosenthal's county e-mail account, the pornography is the most salacious and a photograph that shows an African-American man, surrounded by fried chicken and half-eaten watermelon, is perhaps the most offensive.

However, neither that racially insensitive photo nor the porn are as potentially damaging as something like barbecue campaign fundraiser e-mails, legal and political experts said.

The reason?

"Campaign laws in this state are very clear. Elected officials are not to use their office, their personnel or its equipment for purposes of promoting their candidacy," said 11 News political expert Bob Stein.

Remember our motto: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.