Republican hypocrisy spotlighted in latest scandal involving religious leader

CANADIAN PRESS ^ | 03 NOVEMBER 2006 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

NEW YORK (AP) - With the congressional sex scandal still troubling Republicans, one of the United States' top evangelical leaders is now accused of paying for gay sex.

Heading into Tuesday's elections, liberals and some conservatives are saying the Republican party that prides itself on family values has a hypocrisy problem.

Ted Haggard, a staunch foe of same-sex marriage and occasional participant in White House conference calls, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and head of his Colorado church following allegations he met monthly with a homosexual prostitute for three years. Haggard denies having sex with the man but admits receiving a massage and buying methamphetamine.

Five weeks ago, Republican Congressman Mark Foley - a vocal advocate for exploited children - resigned from Congress because of sexually tinged messages to teenaged male assistants.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Is Haggard Republican? How does the writer know? Last I checked, Haggard wasn't running for office.

[AmericanMade1776]

Since when are Republicans responsible for straying Evangelicals?

[Darkwolf377]

Republican hypocrisy spotlighted in latest scandal involving religious leader

But of course, because we all know the democrats have neither sex scandals nor religious leaders. Well, at least the second (except those that wear turbans).

[goldstategop]

The Drive By Media wants us to believe that occasional human lapses amount to an advocacy of hypocrisy on the part of conservatives? Yeah, right. The fact of matter is the Democrats see nothing wrong with alternative lifestyle behavior. Neither Gerry Studds nor Barney Frank ever resigned their posts and Frank in particular remains a member in good standing with his own party - an elder statesman, in fact. Since conservatives do believe in traditional values and decent conduct, whenever one of them goes astray, its the values that are called into question, never the person offending them.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[CWOJackson]

Hmmmmmmmm...the Canadian Press.

What was it I just read about Canada?

Oh, that's right...most Canadians think President Bush is more of a threat to the world then Kim Jong-il.

Their beer is overrated as well.

[msnimje]

Quite a S-T-R-E-T-C-H.

[slaymakerpowertape]

It's a pretty safe assumption...

[Doohickey]

So by extension, when Democrats take bribes and kickbacks that's not hypocrasy. Fascinating.

[MikeA]

LMAO, Republican hypocrisy?? This guy isn't a GOP official or a GOP politician. I've never even heard of him before today. This is what this non-story was intended to be, an opportunity for the Clown Car Media to call Republicans "hypocrites" just ahead of the election. This guy is relevent to nothing and has zilch to do with the Republican party.

And even if somehow you want to connect this man to national Republicans, how does one man's hypocrisy make an entire political party hypocritical? The hypocrisy frankly is that of liberals who champion homosexuality in every other instance, but then use it as a weapon when it can be wielded against a political opponent.

[gidget7]

LOL exactly, how do they know that.

Hypocrisy??? How so? Foley..........resigned. Haggard..........resigned.
ALL Republicans at the hint of a scandal of ANY kind......................RESIGN.

No hypocrisy here, the hypocrisy is on the side of those who arrogantly refuse to be responsible for their own action, refuse to be accountable!

[technomage]

Is Haggard Republican? How does the writer know? Last I checked, Haggard wasn't running for office.

I do not know. But, what this article implies is:

All religious leaders MUST be Republican. This means they are admitting that:

1. Only Republicans are religious.

2. Democrats (liberals) are not religious.

Quite an eye opening headline.

[The_Reader_David]

I think it was La Rochefoucauld who observed that 'hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.'

At least Republicans and Christians who fall into vice are still hypocites. Democrats and secularists have decided that they can call vice 'virtue' and make it so.

[ChiMark]

Now I see why the MSM is fronting this story.
This is supposed to discourage the simple
minded christians from voting Republican.

[Siena Dreaming]

Haggard is a global warming advocate I believe. He could very well be a Democrat.

[rottndog]

I think this was more about getting the John Kerry story out of the news. So far, it's working pretty well.

[Mrs.Z]

I love this. ANY EVANGELICAL = REPUBLICAN.

Jesse Jackson is an "evangelical" Christian (HaHa).

[I still care]

What a biased headline.

There are scandals in both parties, but at least we take our trash out.

That is why Democrats always make a big deal out of stuff like this just before election day. They know we care.

On the other hand, they just keep electing their trash back into office, like Marion Barry, Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank and Alcee Hastings.

By the way, the scuttlebutt is Pelosi is going to put Hastings in as head of the Intelligence committee. An impeached judge in charge of the intelligence committee.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

And media bias spotlighted in this article.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Ted Haggard, a staunch foe of same-sex marriage and occasional participant in White House conference calls

Since when are all gays REQUIRED to be proponents of gay marriage?

Does that mean all subscribers to Penthouse have to be in favor of marrying their own hand?