By now you've heard the story of Jessica Cutler, the twentysomething Hill staffer who blogged about her purported sexual exploits with the rich and powerful. At work on the government's dime, Cutler posted the seedy aspects of her life for all the world to see. And predictably, all the world saw and her boss--Senator Mike DeWine--fired her.

On her site called Washingtonienne, Cutler claims to be sleeping with six different men. She says she often got paid for it. Her beaus, she insists, include a Bush-appointed government official, among other movers and shakers.

A few things amaze me about this story. First is Cutler's blase attitude about being a leech. "If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?" Cutler told the Washington Post. The big deal is that you wasted the taxpayers' money and disgraced the seat of American democracy. Second, by any definition Cutler is a prostitute. Yet, she seems to run from this label and rationalizes her behavior by claiming that it is somehow common. She states: "A lot of my friends are way worse than me." Third, how did it get to where a woman brags about being a whore and then wins celebrity rather than shame? Finally, who would pay this woman $400 to have sex? Did her suitors get a free haircut too? She's not ugly, but $400? C'mon.

I have to say i've always been a big fan of prostitution but for four hundo she better look like Dee "Boombox" Kelly!!!
Steve Hopkins