Maggie Gallagher longs for the good old days of discretion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucmg/20070710/cm_ucmg/madammorality


In a pre-emptive strike against the inevitable, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., just volunteered that his old phone number appears in the voluminous records that the now-famous D.C. Madam, Jeane Palfrey, has thoughtfully posted on the Internet -- all with the highest motives, mind you:

"The overall validity of the records' contents will be diminished when one false accusation after another begins to manifest," she announced. "Therefore, to thwart any possible distorted version and to ensure the integrity of the information, the records -- in their entirety -- are available for downloading."

In other words: Let the netroots at 'em!

O tempore! O mores! (Latin for "Ah, back in the good ol' days"). No, I'm not talking about the morals of Cajun politicians (isn't their traditional standard "live boy or dead girl"?) but the shocking decline in the professional standards of the average working girl.

Once upon a time, a gentleman could count on the discretion of the professional -- bolstered by the credible threat of public shaming. But now? O tempore! O mores!

Is nothing sacred?

Larry "Hustler" Flynt called him and said "Hey, pal, we found your number!!!!"

That's what I heard, at any rate--but heck, I could be mistaken, too.

These paragraphs amused, as well:

Apparently she's migrated into the body of Mike Jones, the call boy from Denver who brought down Ted Haggard. He's out promoting his new book, "I Had Something to Say: The Art of Ted Haggard's Fall." But Mike, by his own account, is a spiritual guy with a big heart, hugs and healing hands for weeping clergy with secrets to hide from their wife, kids and congregation.

So how did he feel about outing Haggard? "I've been with some pretty famous people, and I would never out them," Jones insisted to The New York Times Sunday Magazine, which profiled him. "This was a unique situation. Here is Ted preaching about being shameful -- you won't see the kingdom of God if you're gay, and blah, blah, blah -- and then he sneaks around with me."

Adultery, prostitution, crystal meth? The Mike Joneses and Jeane Palfreys of the world draw the line at hypocrisy .

his pay-off to Gallagher is still working!!!

Oh it is baseless and deranged but she is still cranking them out!!