Last week on the Sexist:

1. Meghan McCain Schooled, Spanked, Murdered: Political Debate or Snuff Porn?, because Paul Begala BDSM is not what I’d prefer to conjure up with my morning news.

2. 5C Commissioner Gigi Ransom Censured Over “Potential Hate Crime”, because local politics can get a little too personal.

3. The Ten Creepiest Paul Rudd Stalking Tweets! because swoon.

4. Bacardi’s Massive Internet Fail, because “Get An Ugly Girlfriend” was such a compelling Israeli ad campaign, it made waves over here in the states!

5. Big Penis Dating Site Reveals Inches Before First Date, because you don’t want to walk into that shit without knowing the relevant details, amirightladies.

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In today’s Washington Post, Monica Hesse dismissed the news of Nevada Senator John Ensign’s affair with a staffer as . . . not scandalous enough. A crisis management rep provided the money quote, characterizing Ensign as “really vanilla.”

But despite the decidedly consensual, un-kinky, over-18, non-prostitutional nature of Ensign’s affair, the scandal satisfies the one usual requirement for criticism: it’s hypocritical. Ensign is a member of the Promise Keepers, a Christian organization devoted to cultivating “men of integrity”—or dudes who wouldn’t cheat. He cheated. Perfect!

So, when is hypocrisy not enough?

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