"If this had been his ex-wife and he was Republican, I would bet every penny I have - or at least what’s not in the stock market - that this would be considered germane," added Gainor, a T. Boone Pickens Fellow. "But everybody wants to avoid it because he’s gay. It’s the quintessential double standard."
Sure, I can only imagine the outrage had this been a Republican. Like, say just as an example, if a Republican Senator's wife was working for Enron at the same time that Senator was voting for, and urging his colleagues in Congress to vote for, a loophole for Enron that would make them millions and screw millions of consumers out of billions of dollars. Why, there'd be a huge scandal and I bet that once the extent of the scandal became clear that Senator wouldn't be able to get a job anywhere near Washington.
Oh, but wait, that did happen. The Senator was Phil Gramm and his wife, Wendy Lee Gramm, did indeed work for Enron and Phil Gramm did push through legislation that essentially exempted them from even the most basic oversight. Then, when they used that freedom from oversight to screw consumers out of a lot of money by manipulating the energy market Enron ended up making millions, if not billions, in profits. But quite to the contrary of what the author suggested, Gramm wasn't drummed out of Washington. In fact, he's a leading member of John McCain's campaign and is set to have a very high position in any McCain Administration where he can proceed to create more loopholes which will cost consumers even more money.
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