2.07.2010

The politics of personal destruction

When are we going to move beyond obsessing over candidates' personal lives?
The Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor has dropped out of the race less than a week after winning the nomination amid a political uproar about his past.

Scott Lee Cohen announced his decision Sunday night at a Chicago bar.

The pawn broker and owner of a cleaning supplies company won the nomination Tuesday. Since then, it has become widely know that he was accused of abusing his ex-wife and holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend.

The girlfriend herself had been charged with prostitution. He also admits using steroids in the past.

Where's moveon.org when you need them?

1 comment:

B-Daddy said...

What Chicago style crap. He won the stinking nomination in a free election and he is forced out? Typical Dem BS.

Happy Super Tuesday!