By Ray Rivers
November 14th, 2018
BURLINGTON, ON
According to a recent US study, only one in ten Democrat or Republican supporter has sexual fantasies about any of their politicians. But when they do, Sarah Palin is at the top of the guys wish list – especially for republicans.
Republican fantasies apparently run the gamut of infidelity, orgies, partner swapping, voyeurism, and cuckolding . Meanwhile the Dems seem to love the idea of sinister situations involving bondage, spanking and general masochism. In this crazy world of domination and submission, roughly divided along partisan lines, you’d think they’d all get along better than they do.
What ever happened to normal sex one might ask. Well conservatives generally do more of it and with fewer partners. And they say they enjoy it more than liberals.
Tony Clement in a self portrait
So what happened to Tony Clement? He is as stuffed-shirt a conservative as they get you’d think. How did he fall so far from grace that he’d be swapping pics and a video of his junk with some strange female on the internet? And having already been blackmailed at least once before, you’d think he would have learned his lesson.
Dear Tony wasn’t just anybody. He’d been a minister in the cabinets of Mike Harris and Stephen Harper. He’d even aspired at one point to lead his political party in the ambition of becoming PM himself one day. But there was an even sweeter ambition ahead for him apparently.
Canada’s first and biggest sex scandal also involved Conservatives, during the Diefenbaker government. It was like a wild fraternity party as a good part of Dief’s cabinet ministers took their turn frequenting the exotic East-German prostitute and spy, Gerda Munsinger, potentially putting national secrets on the line.
Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy
Of course it’s not just conservatives. There was JFK with Marilyn and Bill Clinton with Monika. Didn’t Justin Trudeau have to discipline a couple MP’s for their sexual misconduct during his first few months as leader? And even he had been accused of some kind of groping back before he got into politics.
And then we hear that the one of the most senior provincial ministers in Mr. Ford’s government, Jim Wilson, has had to resign over some kind of addiction. But addiction was just a cover-up story perpetrated by Ford. We now know that Wilson was involved in some kind of improper sexual activity.
Less the six months into its term the Ontario political party which claims the high moral ground and is supported by the most avowedly pious of us all, has shown its true colours – moral hypocrisy.
Perhaps Ford and Scheer should have sent their caucus to school back when Ontario teachers were still teaching sex-education.
Ray Rivers writes regularly on both federal and provincial politics, applying his more than 25 years as a federal bureaucrat to his thinking. Rivers was once a candidate for provincial office in Burlington. He was the founder of the Burlington citizen committee on sustainability at a time when climate warming was a hotly debated subject. Ray has a post graduate degree in economics that he earned at the University of Ottawa. Tweet @rayzrivers
Background links
Clement – More Clement – Even More Clement –
Wilson Resigns – Even More Wilson – Munsinger Affair –
How many times does one have to say it. Stop talking photo’s of your woo woo and sharing them online. It is good advice for teenagers, and adults alike. If he never took those kind of photo’s in the first place, Mr. Clement might still have a faint hope at leadership one day. However, I think the only think Mr. Clement will lead in the future is a threesome. Assuming he can actually find two other willing participants. Oh how the mighty have fallen from grace, lol.
Clement’s conduct is beyond the pale. This kind of sophomoric behaviour is not only embarrassing to his family but reflects very badly on the whole political process.
If the man had an ounce of dignity or self-respect he would do the honourable thing and resign.
Ray, I doubt sex-ed would have helped any of these people, we are living in truly strange times, I think you missed the fact that even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was not immunized against inappropriate moments, albeit those allegations are over 20 years old. Does Justin Trudeau get a pass?
Oh, so true. Never trust the overly pious!