Why are sexting, cheating, hooker-buying government officials run out of DC faster than politicians allegedly mixed up in drug cartel murders, perjury, illegal gun trafficking, and widespread cover-ups? In bringing down corrupt attorneys general, presidents, candidates, and politicians, sex scandals trump congressional investigations. The mainstream media's near-blackout of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Fast and Furious hearings led by Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) in May 2011 occurred shortly before big media's obsessive minute-to-minute coverage of former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's sleazy sexting scandal. Weiner's indiscretion led to his resignation within a month of the hoopla. Politicians on both sides of the aisle weighed in on "Weinergate." The White House called the sordid mess a "distraction." Issa was not so lucky. Even with dead bodies piling up next to guns bought under Project Gunrunner's Fast and Furious program, he couldn't get the average American to pay attention. To date no one has been held criminally responsible for the deaths associated with the doomed operation. In fact, three of the....
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