[valkyrieanne]

As I said, I have 17 year old son and have raised two more beyond that age. When they were 16, they were no longer kids. They were tough, strapping young men. By the time they were 17 they were adults in every physical sense of the word.

The Dems have pitched this as an assault against prepubescent boys. I'm getting sick of reading the posts of FReepers who have bought into that lie. Thank you. My sentiments exactly. There are unfortunately a lot of people in the Republican/conservative camp who are totally buying into this "pedophilia" / "child molester" Democratic propaganda (like Mona Charen's recent column. She sounds just like Nancy Pelosi - very odd.)

I smell Kool-Aid...

[madison10]

What you two said: I'm getting tired of having to correct the "pedophile" issue. It really hasn't been such as issue since the beginning.

[rightinthemiddle]

The Dems have pitched this as an assault against prepubescent boys. I'm getting sick of reading the posts of FReepers who have bought into that lie. Thank you. My sentiments exactly. There are unfortunately a lot of people in the Republican/conservative camp who are totally buying into this "pedophilia" / "child molester" Democratic propaganda (like Mona Charen's recent column. She sounds just like Nancy Pelosi - very odd.)

I smell Kool-Aid...

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The Dems are using our personal and collective feelings about gays to divide us. Whether it's disgust, or just the disdain for the "gay agenda," the Left will use those opinions against us.

However, if I were gay, I don't think I'd be voting for a Democrat now. This has turned out to be a middle-aged gay man flirting with a young man. If Drudge is right, they played Foley for a fool.

If they Dems pursue this, it can be nothing more than harassment of a gay man and intrusion into his privacy.