# Good News for the Republican Party (Rick Sheehy)! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179 "2013-02-03T02:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/21 "2013-02-04T04:30:34Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > You’re not stupid, so why act like it? > > Which of the parties tries to legislate family values? Anti abortion, anti birth control, abstinence only education, anti-gay marriage, anti-gay adoption, pro-Christian creation myths in science classes. > > Honestly, if only one party makes a show of being holier than thou, then they are the hypocrites when failing to meet that bar. > > Wouldn’t you agree? No, I wouldn’t. LIke I said, if you’ve got some evidence that the pol in question tried to legislate against having an adultery, let’s see it. Otherwise, my question stands. Does a politician’s personal life mater or not? Not seeing what SSM, gay adoption, birth control and creationism has to do with extra-marital sex. And it would appear that the OP is too busy ranting about other things to bother coming back to her own thread for a follow-up, so it’s really nothing more than a drive-by. ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/22 "2013-02-04T04:44:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Otherwise, my question stands. Does a politician’s personal life mater or not? It depends. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/23 "2013-02-04T04:47:44Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And it would appear that the OP is too busy ranting about other things to bother coming back to her own thread for a follow-up, so it’s really nothing more than a drive-by. Translation: “Look away! Everyone look away!” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/24 "2013-02-04T04:59:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And it would appear that the OP is too busy ranting about other things to bother coming back to her own thread for a follow-up, so it’s really nothing more than a drive-by. What’s to follow up? I thought it was funny, and posted it to the pit because that’s where I knew it would end up anyway. I’m not required to respond to every asinine thing you post, this isn’t GD. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/25 "2013-02-04T05:02:36Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > It doesn’t matter if its a Democrat but it matters if its a Republican Because Weiner and Spitzer were Republicans? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/26 "2013-02-04T05:09:11Z")
[shrug] Just a [Lt.Gov](http://Lt.Gov)., who cares. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/27 "2013-02-04T05:53:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **John** is our Designated Scold. He tends to agree with us on the larger issues, but his duty compels him to rag out on us every once in a while. And, of course, keep his non-partisan cred from eroding. it’s his job, and somebody has to do it! Well, nobody really has to do it, but he will anyway. > > Thanks, **John**. You can take the rest of the day off, enjoy the game, but remember we are obliged to root for the gay team. The OP and her supporters are prattling on about someone having an affair, and _I’m_ the one scolding? That’s rich! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/28 "2013-02-04T14:19:15Z")
For better or worse, the American public have apparently decided that infidelity is something they don’t want in their elected officials. Why is this so hard to understand? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/29 "2013-02-04T14:32:39Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **John** is our Designated Scold. He tends to agree with us on the larger issues, but his duty compels him to rag out on us every once in a while. And, of course, keep his non-partisan cred from eroding. it’s his job, and somebody has to do it! Well, nobody really has to do it, but he will anyway. > > Thanks, **John**. You can take the rest of the day off, enjoy the game, but remember we are obliged to root for the gay team. Well, the gay team won. And by gay, I mean murdering. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/30 "2013-02-04T18:46:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [shrug] Just a [Lt.Gov](http://Lt.Gov)., who cares. Come on man, where’s your perspective, he was just a heartbeat away from becoming Governor of _Nebraska_! ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179/31 "2013-02-05T11:19:27Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Come on man, where’s your perspective, he was just a heartbeat away from becoming Governor of _Nebraska_! Nebraska must retain its status as a state worthy of naming Kimbra’s child after. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-the-republican-party-rick-sheehy/649179.md?page=1)