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Notice that shiny wedding ring? Despite its shine and heft, this prominent Republican apparently managed to ignore it long enough to get his rocks off and it’s costing him his cushy job at the Red Cross.

Mark Everson used to run the IRS, which is kind of a shit political job if you’re a Republican since they all hate taxes. But he did it for four years and then landed at the Red Cross at the end of May to try to reorganize the organization after its well-publicized Katrina fuck-ups. You would think he would be kinda too busy with all of that, plus his wife and their two children, to, you know, get busy, but you’d be wrong!

Naturally, he was boning an as-of-yet-unidentified subordinate at the Red Cross and that shit never stays quiet. Another senior executive found out and told the Board of the Red Cross ten days ago about the affair, which is (one assumes) in violation of the organization’s policies, and the Board told him to resign. Their reasoning was “that the situation reflected poor judgment on Mr. Everson’s part and diminished his ability to lead the organization in the future.” Yay for someone saying that a man who has extramarital affairs with women who report to a him (and does so openly enough for a fellow executive to notice) has poor judgment! Because usually, men who do this kind of thing are quietly congratulated or admired.

Red Cross CEO Everson Ousted [Washington Post]
Counterparts Excoriate Red Cross Katrina Effort [Washington Post]