These guys just make it too damn easy

Who needs comedy anymore, when you have Republican hypocrites like this?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A state senator sponsoring a constitutional amendment aimed at "solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman" is accused in a divorce case of cheating on his wife.


State Sen. Jeff Miller, a Republican from Cleveland, is accused of "inappropriate marital conduct" in a divorce complaint filed Feb. 25 in Bradley County.

The senator's March 2 answer to the complaint "vehemently denies" any inappropriate marital conduct.

"He is very hypocritical, fighting for the sanctity of marriage and not keeping his own," the senator's wife of 15 years, Bridgitte Suzanne Miller, said in a report in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Jeff Miller, chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus, acknowledged the divorce in a statement Thursday.

"Divorce is a very difficult time for everyone," he said. "It is a very private matter which is played out in public proceedings. My chief concern right now is the best interest of our children."

The senator's wife said Wednesday her husband was involved with a woman in Nashville. She said family members saw him with the woman at a Martina McBride concert.

"He told them that she was just a friend," Ms. Miller said. "That really bothered me."

The state Senate approved Miller's marriage protection amendment Feb. 22. In addition to defining marriage as "the historical institutional and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman," it would also forbid state recognition of same-sex marriages.

Miller stopped an attempt to include a constitutional ban on adultery in the amendment.

(Hat tip: Atrios)

The only thing that still surprises me is that anyone still believes these guys are somehow better for "moral values" than Democrats. I guess all you have to do is to rant like this whenever you can manage to tie ANYTHING to Bill Clinton's sex life, then say Jesus has forgiven you, and it makes you a moral man.

It seems to be that easy, folks. But only if you're a Republican. For some reason, they're not obliged to keep it in their pants.

UPDATE: James Wolcott has some interesting theories about Rush's on-air meltdown... So does Tbogg.