The difference is that Democrats never claimed to be 'moral' or 'upstanding' or supporters of 'family values'.
The republicans live and die by this stuff.
Can't impeach Clinton for a BJ, then turn around and ignore GOP congressmen diddling little boys, now can we?
Clinton wasn't impeached for a BJ.
HE IS GONE!!! End of story.
Foley voted with the Donkeys on abortion and gay issues.
He was not, and never claimed to be, a "family values" candidate.
The Republicans have a "big tent" policy that permits people of diverse opinions on these matters to enjoy the support of the party in contests against the Donkeys.
You need look no further than Connecticut to see that the Donkeys have no such "big tent" policy, but are rather dominated by doctrinaire ideologues who purify the party by eating their own. True Stalinists are they.
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"The difference is that Democrats never claimed to be 'moral' or 'upstanding' or supporters of 'family values'."
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Sure they do. The media was more than willing to present Clinton as a loving family man...as he carried his Bible with him, in and out of Church every Sunday. Even when Clinton was caught, he and the media made a big deal about how he was getting spiritual counseling from none other than Jesse Jackson.
Heck, the Democrats have hired religious advisors so they can specifically appeal to the moral majority...which is one of the reasons Lieberman was even considered a VP candidate in 2000. Their hypocrisy is even more outrageous since many of them pretend to be moral when they aren't.
"The republicans live and die by this stuff. Can't impeach Clinton for a BJ, then turn around and ignore GOP congressmen diddling little boys, now can we?"
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No one is ignoring Foley. On the contrary, unlike CLinton who denied any wrong doing, Foley has already stepped down and been thoroughly flogged by most Republicans. Unlike Democrats who circle the wagons to defend the indefensible, Republicans do just the opposite...often to their own detriment, before all the facts are even known. Your logic doesn't hold up.