It sounds like some of that irresponsible blogger speculations we keep hearing about, except
it's coming from the National Journal's blog. And the National Journal is the most respected political publication in DC.
DC Sex Scandal About To Break?
Sometimes we read too many political clips and overlook some amazing things staring us in the face. Among those in Monday's edition, this little factoid, culled from Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune blockbuster digging deeper into the Duke Cunningham's relationship with "co-conspirator No. 1," a.k.a. lobbyist Brent Wilkes.
According to the U-T, Wilkes also "ran a hospitality suite, with several bedrooms, in" DC -- "first in the Watergate Hotel and then" in a Capitol Hill hotel.
Come again? A "hospitality suite with several bedrooms"?
Talk about raising more questions, including:
-- Why does a lobbyist need a "hospitality suite with several bedrooms"?
-- Who uses those bedrooms and for what?
Can things be so bad in DC that lobbysts are running a prostitution ring, providing service for votes?
While I don't doubt some sleazy lobbysts would consider such a thing, I can't imagine any elected officials so stupid as to avail themselves of such services. This seems insanely improbable. Tinfoil hat territory.
But first, it does demand an answer -- what exactly were those hospitality suites for?