Here are three stories that are united in their theme of a right-wing politician getting caught with something where it probably doesn’t belong:
1. John Schindler is a professor at the Naval War College who’s known for his conservative views, notably his defense of government secrecy and his disdain for whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. Upstanding to a fault, the professor was caught sending photos of his semi-erect penis, along with some lurid prose, to a female fan. And while sending a penis shot is quickly losing its scandal power, there was also this oddly confessional bit: “My views are much more right wing and I am much more religious than I ever let on.” So what is it about sending someone a dick pic that makes men want to to confess everything about themselves?
2. Jordan D. Haskins wants to serve in the Michigan legislature, and he’s running as a far right candidate from Saginaw who proudly declares: “The three values that make up my stool of conservatism are faith, family and freedom.” And while this might be a fine stool to 
run on under normal circumstances, the word is out that Haskins has a long criminal record involving an unusual sex crime for which he’s been repeatedly arrested and incarcerated. It’s called “cranking,” and it involves masturbating in a stolen car while the engine is running. Has-kins’ MO was to break into a car lot, find a vehicle to hot wire, and—get crankin’! Getting caught in the act almost seems to have been part of the thrill: he was once nabbed while masturbating in an idling police cruiser. Haskins regrets his youthful felonies and asks for voters’ understanding: “I was bored. It was the rush.” Anyway, that’s all in the past, and, hey, his last arrest was way back in 2011.
3. This one is BTW-worthy mainly for the visuals. Again it concerns a conservative politician, in this case one Mark Parkinson, a state rep in Missouri. Well, on a beautiful day in June, Parkinson posted to his Twitter feed what appeared to be a man in a giant penis costume, 
with the caption, “Always that problem in the morning.” Claiming that his Twitter account must have been hacked, he quickly deleted the image, but not before someone had screen-grabbed it and posted it for everyone to enjoy.
