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" Before we get all hissy about how rampant, hedonistic American politicians&amp;#039; sexting scandals have become, let&amp;#039;s remember that men with huge ids, huge egos and massive amounts of power are essentially the same the world over: Case in point, Australian politician Peter Dowling, whose own slightly more creative sexting has been exposed by the Courier-Mail (viaThe Cut. After an angry mistress turned on the married Dowling for misallocating funds, a series of dirty pictures were found on the Parliament member&amp;#039;s phone \u2014 some of which may actually have been taken in his office. It&amp;#039;s called class, y&amp;#039;all. The most notable photo of the bunch was, and I quote, one of &amp;quot;[Dowling&amp;#039;s] penis plonked in a glass of red wine,&amp;quot; with the caption &amp;quot;He wanted red wine...&amp;quot; Another shot featured Dowling raising the glass in a cheers to his mistress. Whether it was even hard, we don&amp;#039;t know. Whether he drank the wine afterwards, same. See, this is why women who want dick pics always have to art direct them a little before they get a good one \u2014 although I always thought &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t put it in a glass of wine&amp;quot; was implied. Okay, here are MY questions. Outside of, say, a Monty Python sketch, why would any human man ever think this was appealing to a woman? It makes me want to dip my left tit in my iced coffee, Snapchat it to a dude and see what happens. He would probably have me committed. Secondly, would you have a preference for the kind of red wine? Merlot? Sauv blanc? Maybe a nice dessert wine? If the dude is forced to resign from his MP position, do you think he&amp;#039;s got a second career waiting as a vineyard owner? (The Vintage Dowling: &amp;quot;A full-bodied, robust, oaky blend with just a hint of glans.&amp;quot;) Dowling has apologized to his wife, kids and colleagues for the embarrassment, and I guess tainting a perfectly good glass of red. Follow Anna on Twitter.   Image via peterdowling.com.au "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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