The Party of "Family Values"

My first reaction to both the Ensign and Sanford scandals was to laugh. Watching the post-Bush Republican Party is honestly more entertaining then a Real World Episode after MTV buys the drinks. They are the petulant, rich kid, frat boys who think of only themselves regardless of the consequence to others. In both cases, they only came clean because they had to. Ensign couldn't afford the blackmail and Sanford is an idiot. After the fact though, I feel bad. I especially feel bad for the wives and kids. Sanford has 4 boys who didn't see or hear from him on Father's day. I've been there and it sucks. But, what made me laugh still remains. These guys are all arrogance and no game. Mucho espuma, poco chocolate. Tu sabes? TNC gets it perfectly here:

The religious right isn't what's wrong with the GOP. It's the pervasive, unthinking, unreflective nationalism. It's the arrogance of thrice-divorced adulterers reaching for the banner of traditional families, and it's the arrogance of men who prosecuted a poorly planned war, on weak intelligence, presuming to lecture us on national security.

What concerns me most about the obvious lack of moral turpitude and more obvious hypocrisy in the Republican Party is that our children are learning these values from them. These are the "successful people". And so, our children see clearly that it is OK unless they get caught. My kids are smart enough to do the math. The game is called, don't get caught! Right?