A marvelous tidbit from Joe Conason, spotted by
Atrios . Here's how the 'party of responsibility explains divorced senator Tim Hutchinson: `A county GOP leader in Arkansas explained that "we all have things that occur in our lives that are unfortunate."`
Heck, anybody can appreciate that. Sometimes, you just wake up and discover that you've dumped your wife after 29 years of marriage to have an affair with a younger woman. These things happen; there really wasn't a thing you could have done to prevent it.
  posted by Alex at 8:50 PM