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Vote Democrat in '08 and get at least a president and administration that is into "straight" sex with adults. Can we have Clinton back now, please? 
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You *might* want to google the names Gerry Studds and Mel Reynolds. 
Studds actually buggered his 17 year old Page...and Reynolds was convicted on about 12 counts stemming from his sexual relationship with a 15 year old girl. At this point, all we know about Foley is that he sent some very innappropriate emails and text messages.
Oh yeah, let's not forget about old William "No, I DON'T know how $90,000 in marked bills got in my freezer!" Jefferson, and Alan Mollihan, both currently under FBI investigation for various acts of alleged skullduggery.
Before you get all up in arms, let me assure you I'm a "pox on BOTH their houses" kinda person...I don't drink either side's Kool Aid. I've worked in a business that involves the Congress for 20 years...and I can tell you without any reservation whatsoever that members of BOTH sides of the aisle have/still do engage in the same kinds of questionable behavior. That doesn't, by any stretch, make it right...but the premise that one side is better/worse than the other is laughable, given the history of the institution. |
Exactly! It makes me sick to see both parties do a tit-for-tat comparison of who's scandle is worse and to hide their own immoral behavior.
I couldn't believe though to see my former congressman from Illinois, Ray LaHood, turn the scandle into a blaming game on the page program instead of blaming the man who engaged in inappropriate IM's and emails.
For those of you who say he didn't really do anything...shame on you! I am a father of 4 girls and one step-son who don't have access to the internet because of people like Foley. |
And now you understand my revulsion with the American political universe. The day that the Foley scandal aired, the pundits of the Right were out in force, and Studs and Reynolds were touted as an example of "See, they did bad stuff too!". So what? Does the guilt of the opposing party absolve your own? The two-party system in American politics must change, or we will stagnate, and stagnation is death. Rome was not destroyed from the outside. It was torn asunder from within.
A wonderful piece of news from this: The Evangelical base of the Republican party has, reportedly, felt quite betrayed as of late, by the very people who they voted into office. Properly stoked, this has the potential to become a split within the party. It might even become two parties. If this were to happen, it would encourage other elements within both parties to follow suit. We may be witnessing the death knell of the paleolithic two-party system. I welcome it.