Let’s hear it for Republican values!

Back in October, in an AP article, our boy Mikey Hintz felt like this when President Bush introduced him:

“... The American people are starting to see what kind of leader President Bush is. People know where he stands," he said.”

“Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, said the tax cuts also gave him additional money to use for health care.””He said he supports Bush's values.”

Of course on December 7th, his values presumably hadn’t changed, despite this from KCCI-TV:

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines youth pastor is charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor.

KCCI learned that the married father of four recently turned himself in to Johnston police.

Rev. Mike Hintz was fired from the First Assembly of God Church, located at 2725 Merle Hay Road, on Oct. 30. Hintz was the youth pastor there for three years.

Police said he started an affair with a 17-year-old woman in the church youth group this spring.

Goodness, I am a mean spirited doo-doo head, taking pleasure at other peoples’ misfortune. It’s called schadenfreude in the literary world. Shame on me! Blogger extraordinaire Atrios steered me to this. Click the link to read it all.