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- unicornbeauty67, on 10/12/2007, -3/+80It's always refreshing when members of the Republican party remind us that adults having sex is bad but adult Republicans molesting children is "Simply Naughty Emails."
- hawkeye17, on 10/12/2007, -3/+54If Foley was a Democrat, he would have crucified him. Since he's a Republican, Snow feels it's ok to poo-poo the actions of a Child Predator. That show's you all you need to know about the current Republicans...they only care about benefiting themselves. They allowed a known predator of children in their midst to keep on committing crimes against minors because Foley's congressional seat was more important to them than protecting these kids. The Republicans that knew about this are now revealed as immoral hypocrites.
- Alphabet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30@apple
no one ***** cares about something that happened 23 years ago, and even if a democrat had an underage sex scandal today, I would want him out of office too. AND HEY, guess what, 23 years ago, a republican was also charged with it too.
I hate how conservatives think they can get a "get out of jail free" card because some predecessor did the same thing. HEY GUYS, george washington had slaves, so if I have a slave, it's ok too. GET OVER IT. If something is wrong, then it's wrong. The fact that you're trying to defend a child predator just goes to show how "moral" you really are. - growler1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27Honestly folks, are we really going to play 'blame the Democrats' for the GOP suppressing evidence about one of their own's pedophilia in order to keep his seat?
Truly, I don't think all Democrats are exemplary in their moral upright-ness, nor do I think all Republicans are bad. I do believe that partisan warfare is hurting America, but you need to stop and think about this Foley issue.
Stop saying "But if this were Democrats!" or "But Bill Clinton!" or "But the libs are morally bankrupt!" and really see this situation for what it is.
Breathe. Admit you support people of dubious character. Be honest with yourself about what you value, and REMEMBER what you stand for when next you caste your vote.
How many of you would answer to the affirmative that you support keeping a pedophile in power long enough to win an election, or that you think the president has the right to ignore the judicial system and disregard key portions of the constitution in pursuit of his own ends?
This is me, humbly begging you to stop and think for a moment. - xlocust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Clinton had sex with a consenting ADULT...
- bluedigg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+30"other scandals"? Can these guys not get through lunchtime without finding some way to refer back to the 'bad old days' of the Clinton administration, particularly when in need of excusing their own incompetent and/or amoral act du jour?
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22You can molest someone mentally.
- spurtle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Isn't solicitating a minor a crime?
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21Amen to that.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17They're news to me, but now they're the new altar boys.
- b0wl0fud0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15It's a little different in the Studds case because it was a consensual relationship rather than harrassment.
- flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17is it just me or had no one heard of "congressional pages" before this ***** went down.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11and to the age of consenters, the child predator law that foley helped get passed makes it a federal crime to solicit children under 18..
you know other wise the dateline thing wouldnt be a crime. - willcode4beer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12if it was only naughty emails, then why did he (Foley) quit his job?
- StackOberon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13You mean like they didn't report on Clinton (a Democrat) & Monica Lewinksi?
- pksynths, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Didnt the Republicans do everything in their power to impeach Clinton??? Clinton gets some head he is put though hell. Bush starts a ***** war, spies on his own people and ***** all over our contsitution and nothing. Where's the justice in that?
- charged2885, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10according to the dateline series to catch a predator, it is.
- diggnate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Coming from a republican, yes it is, and for the sake of all underage potential victims, the Congressman should be punished.
- NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Hey CARPEDATAM, maybe you should sieze some information yourself...
Monica was a consenting adult. The crime in Clinton's case was perjury. - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9but but... he's a nice pedophile. when will he get his medal from bush?
- kipperBugg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9What a bunch of freaks and losers running this county into the ground
- avidlinuxuser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Soliciting a minor(under 18) is illegal by federal law.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8do i make you horny
what are you wearing
etc
are solicitation.
they dont have to say, can i shove my tallywacker up your cornhole. - roaddc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10
So since the Dems are morally bankrupt too, nobody should pursue an investigation on Foley? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9you need to quit with the liberal bias of the media crap...
first we dont want ever news station to tout the admin lines like fox.
second nobody is buying that crap anymore
IT is and always have been the CORPORATE MEDIA with corporate interests and not political ones.
If they were the liberal media, newsweek wouldnt have change the cover of newsweek only for americna.
the nyt wouldnt have sat on the nsa spying scandel until after the election
the media would actually show up to war protests
we would have never heard about william jeffereson
and with the shear power of the media, Bush's numbers would be far far far lower. - keitho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7he asked for a picture of the kid. they had previously met so its not like he was trying to put a face with the name. its the same steps the perverts in the aol chatrooms do and its disgusting.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8see comment above your lame comment.
- DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I never cease to be amazed by the apologists for anything Republican. Mr. Foley sends lurid IMs and emails to minor boys and now the Republican Apologists are worried about gay bashing? WTF! The Republican leadership knows about Mr. Foley's activities and does nothing... for three years. The RAs say, "Well they had no evidence." The leadership has already said they had the IMs. WTF! Tony Snowjob says they were just naughty emails [and couldn't possibly be predatory]. Tony better read the federal law on this one (presuming he can read and understand big words). Then of course there is always the "Clinton did it too" argument, ignoring the fact that Monica was a consenting (and ladder climbing) adult. WTF! Last but not least there is the "Well this kind of thing has gone on before and they were Dems" argument. WTF!
Seems to me the RA know they are in some deep doo doo on this one and are desperately grasping for some strawmen. - willcode4beer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"What's really amazing is the willingness of the left to gay-bash in the name of scoring political points"
Damn, I never knew Karl Rove and George Bush were leftists. Thanks for pointing that out. - monkeywizard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"What's really amazing is the willingness of the left to gay-bash in the name of scoring political points."
What's really amazing is how ignorant the "right" is by calling everyone who is against their arrogant and radical behavior "the left".
Just goes to show their narrow minded way of thinking.
If he wants to be gay, fine. If he wants a hot young man, fine, but make sure he's 18. You're tellin me he couldn't have processed that logic? "Hey, I'm one that people look up to, I should probably at least attempt to not make myself look bad by talking to a 16 yeas old male."
He's a prime example of the hypocrisy that's running this country. Allll for laws to protect minors from "sexual predators" online when he's throwing himself at a 16 year old boy. Techinicalities aside of whether 16 is the age consent, it's more than whether what he did was legally okay, but moreso pointing out that he doesn't even believe in legislation he's supporting, and therefore does not represent the people who voted for him. - keitho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@purplegrog,
used to be you built a "ranch" in california... - UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Case in point Rep Gerry Studds D, MA."
You're quick to mention Studds but there was another congressman involved in the "Page Sex Scandal" that unfolded in 1983. I'm sure you would say his name if he was a Democrat... but he wasn't. - urbandistrict, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Very well said Mr. Alphabet (tip of the hat)
I have to agree, rather than pledging allegiance to a particular side of the proverbial fence and making really outrageous counter-arguments to defend his actions we really should look at the actual situation without bias. Wrong is wrong no matter who or what you are. This really should be a bi-partisan crucifixion if we only practiced what we preached. But why would lawmakers and lobbyists live within the confines of their own words? That's crazy-talk. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5OK seriously folks this really wouldnt be a partisan issue if the GOP would quit trying to defend this guy. You pedo appologists make me ill.
They shouldnt fight the investigations, they should demand them even louder than the dems. They should reaffirm they are the party of ethics and what ever punishment the dems want for theis guy they should demand a harsher one, Rove must be sick, because these people are really screwing up by either lessoning his crimes, or saying the dems have done it.. IF you are the party of ethics, you dont come out with a whimper on this crap, you come down on foley like the hand of god. You meantion casteration. YOU DONT SAY, it was just naughty emails.
You know there are many parrents watching this crap with complete and utter discuss... ANd as for when they asked him to stop a year ago.... WTF can you tell me WTF was allowed to stay on the comititee for missing and exploited children. It may have seemed like ti was no big deal, but you dont take chances with a commitee like that. You know if a baby sitter asked for picks of my kid, i wouldnt blow it off and give them a second cahnce even if it was innocent. When it comes to my kids, there is no 3 strikes you are out - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Good ol' Tony Snow. He could spin the Republicans and Bush out of the Holocaust.
"At least it wasn't 7 million Jews!" - monkeywizard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Exactly.
It's not about "the left" or the "radical right" - it's about those who have been bought out and who haven't.
People who support Bush (and all members of the GOP regardless of what they do) will lash out and call anyone who disagrees with them "liberal" or "the left", but in reality it's people who can THINK.
Not all republicans are bad, and not all democrats are angels. Keep in mind all the ***** democrats have done (Tipper Gore is responsible for the 'Parental Advisory' stickers that you see), but also keep in mind it's not about party affiliation, but CORRUPT policitians who are running the show. Corrupt being, those politicians who honestly don't care about the citizens, but easily bow to the mighty dollar given to them by those lobbying to get certain laws/bills passed (which is a good majority of politicians - most just happen to be GOP at the moment since they pretty much run congress).
This Foley character is a prime example amongst many - Bush being another, and his being President doesn't make it any more acceptable. - durazine, on 10/12/2007, -9/+13Digg has been mentally molesting me for awhile now.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"The Republicans that knew about this are now revealed as immoral hypocrites."
They were revealed as immoral hypocrites way before Foley started dreaming of groping little boys. This is just the latest and most ghastly example.
Yet they seem almost zen like in their calm. As if they already knew the election results were going to be in their favor. Apparently Diebold has some last minute updates ready to go out again this year. - monkeywizard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@troll
I find it interesting that despite this man being in the wrong not only morally, but in terms of being an obvious hypocrite, people are brainwashed enough to keep supporting this man simply because they're GOP.
Way to go, braindead voter citizens of the USA.
(Of course, I know your posts are just meant as 100% trolling for fun, but there are idiots out there who would actually believe and agree with what you're saying ;) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I took your suggestion
ped·o·phil·i·a: (n)
The act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children.
tellme how asking if a kid has masterbated yet and if he is horney and what he is wearing isnt "sexual fantacy" and it isnt anonymous, plus we have the pms and emails, plus the guy immediately quit rathr than trying to defend himself, plus other people saying this has been going on for a long time.
16 is still a kid and there are laws against soliciting under 18 on the net. SO explain how i dont understand the meaning? The guy is a sick pedo bastard, it doesnt matter if he had sex with the kid.
I hope you amount the same stringent defence when it is a dem. Hell Clinton was guilty of wag the dog with zero evidence.
The shear fact, wheather innocent or guilty he should have been removed from the comitee for exploited children, at the second there was any suspcions somethign weird was going on. You just dont take chances like that.. and if he gets clears just explain we are doing our job protecting our kids - thelonegunman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4in honour of the neocon trolls who flag as "possibly inaccurate" anything even remotely critical or negative of the rovians, i think we should say that anything that comes out of tony snow's mouth is "possibly inaccurate".
- vinny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He resigned! You can't blame Democrats or Clinton (again) for what this guy did! Get a ***** clue you idiot. I'm getting sick of this *****.
- steinbeckgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4kingygk-Tell your Republican congress that they should have came out with it in April since they were aware of the situation. Pathetic attempt by Democrats? No Democrat made him become a pervert for young underage boys! Also, nobody is saying that Patrick Kennedy didn't have a problem, drunk driving is bad. Trying to beat off to underage pages is just ***** disgusting, especially someone who was involved with The Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges.
- vinny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"I love how I have a negative number and what I stated is the absolute truth.
Gotta love Digg, if it isn't far left anti-bush daily show praise, you get negative numbers."
Um, that's not why you are being dugg down idiot. You are being dugg down because you are trying to downplay the situation. - gcnaddict, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Yes, the guy should resign, but get the facts right, no one was molested."
But the likelyhood exists. I don't need to read a guy discussing his sexual fantasies AS THEY OCCUR. Holy ***** dude, you really got brainwashed by the GOP big time. - vinny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I love how you try to spin this to fault the Democrats. Have you forgotten that Republicans control Congress? Are you not aware that there are allegations that many republicans knew about this for a long time? But, somehow, this is the Democrats being slimey for not outing this guy. Amazing how your mind works, truely.
- DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Get the facts straight. The Democratic members of the ethics committee were kept in the dark on this one. So it sure looks like the Republicans who have been in the majority the entire time that this ***** was brewing have no one but themselves to blame this one on. I'm sure they will do their best to do it... must have been a terrorist plot... ya! that's the ticket... those terrorists will be useful again.
- keitho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@Obvioustroll
quitting right after the revelation instead of going out and saying "its not true" makes him guilty in the court of public opinion. - DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"...i think we should say that anything that comes out of tony snow's mouth is "possibly inaccurate"."
Isn't that a given? - monkeywizard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What's funny is how Tony Snow is a ***** robot. Months ago he was bashing Bush, now he's kissing Republican ass.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/25/snow-on-bush/
Goes to show that politicians will say or do just about anything and later change their mind... and their peers will too.
Anyone else find this odd? Things aren't as they seem... -
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