Is it just me, or do we know WAY too much about our elected officials’ sex lives?

Thanks to their sexual indiscretions (and often criminal behavior), we now know the size and shape of Bill Clinton’s private anatomy; that former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey indulged in gay sex at highway rest stops; that Idaho Senator Larry Craig tried to get gay sex in an airport bathroom stall; that Louisiana Senator David Vitter likes the ladies of the night; and that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer preferred his ladies of the night to do sex acts that were “unsafe.”

Need a cold shower?

All of these men were married at the time, with wives who would have been legal (and moral) sex partners if that particular mood struck.  But these men all sought out other—ahem—outlets.  The ensuing scandals brought to light sexual preferences and fetishes that frankly, we can all live without knowing about.  The new allegation that McGreevey had threesomes with his wife and another man put me over the edge.

I want to know that my elected leaders are lowering my taxes, not lowering their drawers.  I want to know that they are working for me and for the country, not supporting an underground, illegal shadow economy.  I want to know that they are keeping this country safe from threats, not engaging in unsafe physical contact with hookers.  And I really, really do not want to know what is going on in those boxers or briefs.

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