Article: Virginia: sex, cries, and audiotape. (Charles Robb-L. Douglas Wilder feud)

Forget the minor stuff like wild parties and threatened tax audits. Let's just run through the most flagrant absurdities in the growing feud between Virginia's Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Sen. Charles Robb to see what they say about the state of scandal and scandal management in national politics these days:

* There's no content. It's hard to remember through the titters, but these are pretty substantial men. Both won Bronze Stars, Wilder in Korea and Robb in Vietnam. Each is an articulate voice of moderation in the Democratic Party. Like much of what passes for political debate at the national level, though, the Robb-Wilder fight is without a speck of substance. ...

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