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–Barney Frank, who ran a male escort service out of his home.
It was Barney Frank’s live-in boy friend who ran the male escort service. When news of the male escort service hit the news, Barney Frank professed ignorance. The scandal had no effect on Barney Frank’s career. Imagine the furor if a Republican congressman had a pimp living with him.

Regarding Ted Kennedy’s drinking: recall that the tabloids used to run a lot of stories on Joan Kennedy’s problems with the bottle. While she probably did have a problem with alcohol, IMHO a lot of those tabloid stories on Joan were planted to try to take the heat off Ted’s womanizing and drinking.

Republican sinners, in contrast, are cast into the wilderness.
Being a Democrat means never having to say you’re sorry.