Politiks As Usual In The News 5/13/13

Bullets Fly At Mother's Day Parade

Benghazi Whistle-blower a Democrat, Voted for Hillary and Obama Twice

How the Mormons Ensured Victory for Gay Marriage

Obama Suffering the '2nd-term Curse'?

Happy Mother's Day: Five Obamacare Taxes That Hurt Moms Most

Maureen Dowd: Obama's Benghazi Decisions 'Unworthy of Greatest Power on Earth'

George Will: If Bush Had IRS Going After Progressives 'We Would Have All Hell Breaking Loose'

Mark Sanford, Welcome Back to Washington

NBC Cancels 'The New Normal'

Melissa Harris Perry And Guests Translate Amanda Berry’s Decade Of Rape Into Agenda-Setting Narrative

Jenny Sanford: Gov. Mark Sanford Refused To Be Faithful In Wedding Vows

ABDNews.com:

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford recalls how she made the "leap of faith" to marry husband Gov. Mark Sanford even though the groom refused to promise to be faithful, insisting that the clause be removed from their wedding vows.

"It bothered me to some extent, but ... we were very young, we were in love," she said in an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters to air on "20/20" Friday. "I questioned it, but I got past it ... along with other doubts that I had."

Sanford and her marriage were thrust into the national spotlight in June 2009 when her husband admitted that he had been secretly visiting his longtime lover in Argentina instead of hiking the Appalachian Trail, as he had told his staff.

I don't care how young you are. Any woman who marries a guy who outright warns you that he's probably gonna cheat on you in his marriage vows deserves to slapped silly.

SNL Mocks Media for Ignoring Political Affairs While Reveling In Tiger Woods'

HuffPo.com:

"Saturday Night Live" opened yesterday with a skit mocking both the sexual indiscretions of politicians and how little attention is given them by the media. John Edwards, John Ensign, and Mark Sanford gathered together to protest that their affairs barely registered despite the fact that one of them engaged in bribery, one of them abandoned his state in a time of need, and one of them had a love child with a campaign worker.

These stories, while reported by major news outlets, disappeared quickly and without much follow-up. All of these men still have their jobs. Tiger Woods on the other hand, a man with no public responsibilities, has been the subject of intense media scrutiny over several weeks and has indefinitely resigned from golf.

Leave it to the comedians to put things in the proper perspective.

Politiks As Usual: In The News 8/10/09

Not All Dealers Pleased With Obama's "Cash For Clunkers" Program

Are The Elderly Being Shut Out Of Obamacare?

Sotomayor's Confirmation Isn't A Win For The White House

Joy Behar: Dolls 'Programming' Tool For Young Girls

Some Major College Majors Strengthen Or Weaken Faith

SC First Lady, Sons Move Out Of State Residence

Congressman Took Exotic 'Climate Change' Junket

Town Hall Protests: Real Or Contrived?

Obama And The Politics Of Personal Destruction

Stephen A Smith: OK To Call Bush "Racist", Not Obama

Death Toll Up To 8 In California Police Chase

The Confusing Lives Of Marion Barry

Newt Gingrich Defends Sarah Palin's Obama "Death Panel" Claim"

Bill O'Reilly Blasts Liberal Media's Coverage Of Gov. Mark Sanford's Affair