Bill Clinton vs Don Brash

When the lid blew off the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky affair, I supported Clinton. I believe that where he sticks his dick is between him, Hillary and other willing partners. Sure, cheating on a spouse is never a good thing, but it doesn't invalidate his presidential skills. Curiously, I'm not so forgiving towards Don Brash.

Of course, I freely confess that I am probably biased because I've just never liked him. He always struck me as a bit creepy, and now he strikes me as a creepy lecherous hypocrite (as a random aside, hypocrite is one of the words I can never remember how to spell properly).

There's the fact that this isn't Brash's first time being caught with his fingers (or other body part) in the wrong pie. He cheated on his first wife with his current wife. That was a long time ago, and he can be forgiven. He married his mistress, so clearly it was true love blah blah blah. But to do it again? And to get caught again? That shows he's both sleazy and stupid.

The bigger issue to me is that it exposes his hypocrisy. Despite banging the Business Roundtable babe, he and his party voted against the Civil Union bill, with that National party rhetoric glorifying family values, and prattling on about preserving the sanctity of marriage. He accused Helen Clark of being "indifferent to the institution of marriage". And he tried to portray himself as an honest man and a devoted husband.

Well, now we see the truth. I seriously doubt Don Brash will ever be a Prime Minister of New Zealand. And to me, that's a good thing.