If he were a Dem, he'd never have been outted in the first place.
if he were a dem he wouldn't have resigned, look at Dollar bill(the guy that stole all that money) he didn't resign.
We would not a single thing about this.
Am I the only one that doesn't want to hear the details of these perverts?
my question is: are the IM transcripts reliable? geniune?
I hate to nitpick, but Foley is not a pedophilia, which by definition, is someone who gets off on prepubescent children. Foley is into "chickhawks" and "twinks."
I was just listening to Rush and turned if off in disgust. Yes, Foley is getting the treatment that he deserves only because he is a Republican. Yes, Hastert is getting more pressure than a Demagogue Speaker would get. Yes, there is a double standard in the media. Old news, everybody on the right understands this, nobody on the left believes it, and nobody in between cares. Why can't we ever look at anything in terms of right or wrong? Foley is a fricken weirdo, regardless of his party affiliation. Kick him to the curb. Next issue.
Until I see something definitive that places information other than the "overly friendly" emails in the Republican leadership's hands prior to last Friday, I will contend that this author is dead wrong regarding pubbie shame. Based alone on the emails, the best the leadership could do is to admonish Foley. They did that.
This anemic polemic comes to shoddy conclusions, IMO.
If Foley were a Dem there would be no story.
I pointed out elsewhere that the "Critically Acclaimed" movie "American Beauty"'s main story line was an older man spending 6 months preparing to seduce and have sex with a 17-year-old girl.
I don't remember ANY democrat acting "offended" by that idea at all. I don't remember a single writer on the left saying how "disgusting" it was.
But we also know the democrats aren't saying this was disgusting because it's a gay relationship (although that in fact is what has made this particulary upsetting to most people).
They pretty much are ignoring Foley, and going after republicans for "not doing something", as if there was ANYTHING they could do.
What if they had launched an "investigation"? Would they have found anything that 2 newspapers, a major network, and the FBI failed to find?
I do wonder how the gay lobby feels about the democrat attack on Foley. It appears to me the Dems are saying Gay men's action around children must always be suspect.
I would expect this comment from groups on the right but not the Dem leadership.
We don't hold our politicians to the same standards as the democrats. What they would have done is irrelevant.
If Foley were a Democrat, you'd never hear these calls FROM CONSERVATIVES for Hastert to resign over his so-called "failure" to deal with him.
One of the reasons Democrats can get away with holding their own members to such low standards is that Republicans hold those Democrats to low standards, too.
Sure, if Foley was a Democrat the whole scandal would have been shrugged off. No kidding. Disgusting sex scandals involving sodomy, perversion, and pedophilia - - none of that is surprising when a Democrat politician is accused. Heck, Democrat voters re-elect them in droves.
But Republicans have always been held to a higher standard, and what may be perfectly normal for a Democrat is unacceptable for a Republican. It is the higher standard that makes Republicans better than Democrats and it is why normal, traditional American families have always looked to the GOP for leadership.
If he was a Democrat, he'd be getting his rocks off every night with 16 year old boys rather than just IM-ing them lurid text.
Sad
I hope the author, and other like-minded Republicans, are prepared to deal with the fallout if the course of action they think Hastert should have taken is actually adopted. They are basically saying that every contact a homosexual has with a young male, whether sexual or not,should be investigated and punished. Do they really believe the public will back this? Are they prepared for the onslaught of homophobia allegations? Do they think this will help with independents? Like it or not (and I don't) homosexuality is accepted in our society and in our government. Association among homosexuals and males, even young males, is not illegal. When the first emails were uncovered Foley was spoken to and told to stop the legal but suspicious activity. He said he would. To have done anymore would be to treat Foley as a pervert because he was homosexual. If the Republicans want to accept this as the correct stance fine, than they ought to purge the party of all homosexuals.
Foley is an assumed name for Bill Clinton. He groped girls half his age back then, and the Democrats didn't blink an eye, defended him to the wall, and claimed it really didn't matter because it was "just all about sex."