The U.S. capital for marital cheaters? Washington D.C.
Possibly, this isn’t a surprise to you, but Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich may have been more normal than we thought – by Washington, D.C. standards, anyway. From the Post:
[A]ccording to adultery Web site Ashleymadison.com… the District is home to nearly 38,000 registered users. The site also named Washington the place with the highest per capita membership in its 13-million-strong user base.
“Simply put, the more successful you are, the more prone to cheating you are, and Washington is full of successful people looking for something outside their marriage,” said Noel Biderman, CEO of Avid Life Media, which owns Ashley Madison, in a statement.
We have heard talk that a certain Georgia congressman, in lectures to new freshmen, warns them that “nothing good happens here after 10 p.m.” He might want to expand his audience.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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28 comments Add your comment
Jeff
February 24th, 2012
3:34 pm
If a certain Ga Freshman GOP Congressman falls for that, he is absofrakkinlutely INSANE.
u no who
February 24th, 2012
3:36 pm
at least someone is getting some!
Mudfoot
February 24th, 2012
3:38 pm
I’m movin’ to DC. There has to be a lot of “unsatisfied” wives there needin’ some TLC. I’m not exactly experienced in dating married women but it has to be a lot cheaper than dating these single Georgia women… especially since their hubbies are so “successful”… “Want to get back at your husband? Wow, he’d be really pissed if you bought me a Porsche!”
Bernie
February 24th, 2012
3:39 pm
Simply put it is not about having success…it is MORE about those who have more Power and Influence on those around them, that are more prone to this type of behavior.
PR
February 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
Newt wrtoe the book on cheating
Jerome Horwitz
February 24th, 2012
3:54 pm
Mudfoot you are a genius – I’ll settle for ‘Vette.
Standford
February 24th, 2012
3:58 pm
Yeah, but it’s only bad if a Democrat does it. The majority of republicans, evangelicals in particular, have apparently forgiven Newt for his lifetime of serial adultery.
Now maybe they can forgive JFK, after all, the man’s been dead for 50 years! But, republicans still pull Kennedy out of their uh, uh, hats every time some GOP fornicator is in the news like Newt or Herman Cain.
Gennifer Flowers
February 24th, 2012
3:58 pm
I hear Little Rock isn’t so bad either. Great place to get some after a nice jog.
SugarHillDawg
February 24th, 2012
3:59 pm
Imagine that. Lets go up to that cesspool with knives and chopping blocks. They screw the tax payers too!!
GaBlue
February 24th, 2012
4:05 pm
Heh… It’s like that children’s book, Everybody you-know-whats. I don’t make it my business what other people do behind closed doors.
However, I will state once again for the record:
NO. If you’re married, I am NOT interested in your needs, wants, feelings, or fet-ishes. There is another human being legally obligated to care, and therefore I DO NOT. Good grief!
Roekest
February 24th, 2012
4:17 pm
File this story under “Obvious”.
Mudfoot…..simply awesome.
Libertarian
February 24th, 2012
4:24 pm
I thought the ATL was party town U.S.A.?
Marlboro Man
February 24th, 2012
4:28 pm
One country might not be enough for Newt.
stranger in a strange land
February 24th, 2012
4:36 pm
Why select marital – wouldn’t be just as appropriate to say US Capital for (fill in any blank)______________ cheaters?
Attack Dog
February 24th, 2012
4:48 pm
When you have a 10 to 1 ratio, GOP to Dem, allows Dixiecrats to say Liberals do it too.
roughrider
February 24th, 2012
5:21 pm
Newt had to spend money to get his women.
honested
February 24th, 2012
5:29 pm
roughrider,
Maybe that was why ole’ noots was always so hostile to President Clinton.
Noots had to come off the hip, but all the President had to do was smile.
Old Dawg
February 24th, 2012
5:31 pm
It goes with the territory. After all, George Washington IS the father of our country.
Middle Class American Latino
February 24th, 2012
5:47 pm
Newt and the rest of the republican canditates except for Ron Paul seem to not find enough women here. They want to go to war and topple more governements, I believe to go after their women. hahaha
Martin Williams
February 24th, 2012
6:00 pm
Not surprise as the place is full of 90% of the MEN thinking that America belongs to them and they have the b….s to talk about womens issues. Now I see why some good successful medical doctors turn politicians love Washington DC so much.
Hillbilly D
February 24th, 2012
6:07 pm
This ranks right up there with “dog bites man”.
Shuth 'yo mouf
February 24th, 2012
6:40 pm
I wonder if infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery ?
OldTimer
February 24th, 2012
6:57 pm
You don’t get it. You just don’t
It’s not cheating, it’s spreading the love.
That’s what we do and wlll always do.
ED
February 24th, 2012
7:27 pm
Washington DC!!!! Big government doing a number on the US taxpayer. What justifies the salaries that they vote to themselves? Or, worse yet, the salaries private corps pay them because of what they did while they were in office. Why is criminal behavior legal in DC? Get elected and make Millions $$$! We need to have more accountability by elected individuals.
Just Wait
February 24th, 2012
7:33 pm
Can you imagine what would happen if Santorum is able to ban birth control?
William Smith
February 24th, 2012
7:57 pm
They have been unfaithful to the voters why not there spouses. I bet call girls in DC know more about Iran than our Congressman. Why do you think our Congressmen can’t stop super pacs. It’s to get re-elected so they won’t have to leave there mistresses and boy toys.
Archie & Jughead
February 24th, 2012
11:27 pm
Shut up
Ole Guy
February 25th, 2012
5:07 pm
Libertarian, comparing the ATL to DC in terms of a “party central” is tantamount to journeying to the land of the Big Chicken in search of the Marietta Ballet.
Washington, DC! Now I can get me a pair of them fancy overalls.