Oh, he "pioneered" alright. LOL
Was Mark Foley related to Gary Studds?
Foley rejected what he did, later claiming it was because he was messed with as a kid or an alkie.
Studds--who didn't TALK about sex with a 16-year-old, he DID it--embraced what he did. It was a brilliant tactic; he said "Yeah, I did it--go on, you homophobes, attack me in this time of AIDS and the Religious Right in control of everything, I dare ya!"
If Foley held a press conference in which he apologized for the IM's but claimed it was because he was a repressed gay man, kept down by the religious forces that have taken control of the GOP, he would be guaranteed re-election, especially if he switched parties in protest to the anti-gay bigots in the Republican party, or whatever.
It's all about standing up and saying "I'm proud of what I did" instead of "I have sinned." Studds simply shocked people, who assumed that's what gay guys do, anyway, so let's be liberal and open-minded and accept what looks to US like perversion, but we are just closed minded about alternative lifestyles.
He was a pioneer, all right, but the figure who followed in his footsteps wasn't Foley, but Bill Clinton.
I've heard of this guy. He's the one who pioneered homosexual acts with minors entrusted to the care of congressmen such as himself.
Of course, we all know what this means, right? Since the Stud is dead, and it is unChristian to speak ill of the dead, we can no longer raise his name in rebuttal to the criticism of Foley.
The rats even know when to die at the most politically advantageous moment. They run circles around the GOP, even in death.
Republicans are utter morons for not defunding the NPR propaganda machine. "CONGRESSIONAL PIONEER?????!!!!!"
Well, he did do a lot of exploring through the back country.
Another Wellstone moment?
He went where no Congressman had gone before. Ahem
Congress should not send one more dime to NPR.
More like a colon spelunker...
I was driving and listening to NPR (gotta keep abreast of what the enemy is doing) when the Studds news broke.
At first I was aghast that nothing about the sex with the page or his censure was mentioned.
But then I realized "this is NPR." We have to defund it!
Nothing became him in life like his leaving it...
npr can pioneer themselves...some pioneer....a congressional bone smugling rump wrangler...that had sex with a 17 year old boy...no one called for tip o'neil to resign...instead after his censure in the house...the lib/dems gave him 3 standing ovations...now they chastise foley and call for hstert's head....all lib/dems are hypocrites...and it stinks that the amercian taxpayer has to fund npr and the lib/dem views!!!!
I heard he was born in MA but reared in DC.
Born on a pinkish yacht in Cape Cod Bay
Gayest part of the State Of the Gay.
Raised in a dress like all men ought to be
Raped him a page who was only seventeen!
Chorus: Jerry, Jerry Studds: an NPR 'Pioneer'!