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Pedophile GOP Rep. to face no charges

rawstory.com — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley isn't expected to face charges after a lengthy investigation into his lurid messages to underage congressional pages, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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  • tza999, on 09/19/2008, -7/+48Hmmmmm young boys say you?!
    • Joomal, on 09/19/2008, -5/+42America is almost 100% facist. Read the definition and you decide:

      Facist - A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion. — Robert O. Paxton, The Anatomy of Fascism .[1]
      • lornefs, on 09/19/2008, -2/+7Yes but it may only be a fascist dictatorship for 8 years at a time.
      • Naieve, on 09/19/2008, -6/+14Webster definition.

        Stop cherry picking...

        "fascism
        One entry found.


        Main Entry:
        fas·cism Listen to the pronunciation of fascism
        Pronunciation:
        ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm also ˈfa-ˌsi-
        Function:
        noun
        Etymology:
        Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces
        Date:
        1921

        1often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control "
      • executorzz, on 09/19/2008, -6/+2 if you can pin that definition on the united states then you really need to get off the self-hate.
      • xtraa, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2@Naieve:

        Foremost fascism is per definition more than a copypaste from a second grade webpage. There is syndicalism, futurism, anarchism, anarchosyndicalism and even socialism that is deeply related to fascism.

        The USA is of course not fascistic. But as much as any other country on the planet there is a bias and there is a threat, especially if we face the big picture of the neocons.
      • rpgmaker, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2That's an stupid definition that someone just made up to further his agenda on his book. Get a dictionary or at least wiki it.
      • Naieve, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1@xtraa

        I wasn't going to waste time discussing the makeup of the fascist movements to date, and simply pulled up a nice easy definition to show in nice easy language how much of a cherry picked misleading statement that was.

        I have read some of how Hitlers breed of Fascism came into being and what it grew out of, but I was trying to simplify things, not complicate.

        The USA is nowhere near a true fascist regime is all I was saying.

        If you wish to discuss the subject in a greater depth then the second grade level, I would recommend a site other then digg. Digg is where you find funny news, not scholarly discussion.
    • camg188, on 09/19/2008, -6/+30That guy is a dirtbag sex offender, but 17 doesn't qualify for pedophilia.
      • artfiend77, on 09/19/2008, -2/+24*cough http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page= ... cough*
      • treehugger87, on 09/19/2008, -10/+4Then why don't you have him over for dinner and let him ***** your 17-year old son afterwards?
      • somedirtbag, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5He gives us real dirtbags a bad name.
      • 47f0, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3treehugger, you're part of the damn problem. It's way harder to focus policy and law enforcement on true pedophiles, which is a much more compulsive behavior, and which has a much higher recidivism rate, when idiots like you want to paint everything with the same brush. Foley is a disgusting, hypocritical sleazebag, but that's not the same as being a pedophile.
      • PopcornDave, on 09/19/2008, -1/+1No, not in Washington DC is doesn't because the age of consent is 16. There is no national standard for the age of consent.
      • br0ck, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3How did you guys already forget that the kid was legally a minor in Louisiana (17) and in Florida (18) when Foley was sending explicit messages from Florida to Louisiana? The whole story and the emails are here.
        http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Mark_Foley_Scandal
        Age of consent chart: http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm

        He also violated the very act that he introduced, the 'Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act' and would be charged with a felony if he didn't register and keep his whereabouts updated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Walsh_Child_Prot ...
    • Naieve, on 09/19/2008, -7/+20The guy is a sick ***** who i'd love to beat some sense into, but....

      The age of consent in DC is 16.....

      He didn't break any laws, which is why he won't face charges.....
    • Elranzer, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3The saddest part is that there will be neocon Digger shills coming in to Foley's DEFENSE in here, just because he's "one of their guys!" and "Republican are virtuous and do no wrong!"

      Even that makes Pedobear cry.
    • Berkana, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Mark Foley is a Scientologist, BTW.
      http://disembedded.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/04/3 ...
    • NikoKun, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2wtf... Just because Barney Frank is gay, doesn't give you the right to compare him to a pedophile... -_-
  • brainscab, on 09/19/2008, -16/+155absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    • Scrappy1850, on 09/19/2008, -4/+25he never had absolute power and he would have diddled little boys even if he never got to congress. being elected doesnt turn you perverted!
    • DiggzDE, on 09/19/2008, -8/+1Tech N9ne: Absolute Powers, in stores now.
    • perfectsilence, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3so if they can't prove he ever had inappropriate contact with these minors, what would the charges be? sending inappropriate emails?
    • Cid420, on 09/19/2008, -2/+4Wow, imagine how corrupt God would be...
    • JCPahl, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2The sane are usually attracted to other things than power.
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    • cherwilco, on 09/20/2008, -0/+5Looks like a good a place as any to post this: (sorry for the scroller)
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      Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

      Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

      Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.

      Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.

      Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

      Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.

      Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

      Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

      Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

      Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

      Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

      Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

      Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

      Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

      Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.

      Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

      Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

      Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

      Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

      Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

      Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

      Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

      Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

      Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.

      Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

      Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

      Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

      Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

      Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

      Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

      Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

      Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

      Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

      Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

      Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

      Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

      Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.

      Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

      Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

      Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

      Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

      Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

      Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

      Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

      Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

      Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

      Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

      Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.

      Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
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      WOW ya notice how the majority of those REPUBLICAN sex scandals involve KIDS??

      GOP = God's Own Pedophiles
      • brainscab, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2wow, Self hating perverts have two options: catholic church or the republican party.
  • SuperWinner, on 09/19/2008, -5/+119That is a great picture.
    • merreborn, on 09/19/2008, -1/+33That's what we call the "pedosmile".
    • TubeDigger, on 09/19/2008, -5/+4Looks like a Bizaro Ron Paul
    • RandomGorilla, on 09/19/2008, -1/+1A quintessential rape-face.
    • theloglady, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2Yeah, imagine that scary mug coming at you. Welp, glad he's been punished appropriately!!
      • superfuxxorr, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1sparrows sing our love
        this day was created for
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  • tykwondingo, on 09/19/2008, -11/+42wow, he doesn't look guilty at all...

    "By BRIAN SKOLOFF

    Associated Press Writer

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley isn't expected to face charges after a lengthy investigation into his lurid messages to underage congressional pages, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

    The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said the results of a state investigation would be announced Friday.

    They said neither state nor federal charges were expected, although an FBI investigation has not been closed yet.

    Foley resigned in 2006 after being confronted with the e-mails and instant messages he sent to male pages. He has since been under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI.

    Foley's attorney, David Roth, has acknowledged that Foley sent the messages to the teenagers, but has maintained that the Florida Republican never had inappropriate contact with minors. Roth had no immediate comment on the pending announcement.

    Shortly after Foley's resignation, Roth announced Foley was gay and had been molested by a priest as a teenage altar boy. Foley also checked himself into an Arizona treatment facility for what his attorneys said was ``alcoholism and other behavioral problems.''

    ``Mark does not blame the trauma he sustained as a young adolescent for his totally inappropriate e-mails and (instant messages). He continues to offer no excuse whatsoever for his conduct,'' Roth said at the time.

    Foley represented parts of Palm Beach County for 12 years. He has kept a low profile since coming out of rehabilitation late last year but has been seen occasionally in the West Palm Beach area.

    Foley was seen as a shoe-in for re-election in 2006. His resignation received national attention as Democrats were trying to win 15 Republican seats to regain power in the House. Democrat Tim Mahoney won the election after Republicans had just weeks to select a new candidate to replace Foley, whose name remained on the ballot.

    Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and other Republican leaders came under fire for their handling of the Foley matter. Hastert had claimed he did not learn of Foley's messages to the teens until the scandal broke. A House ethics committee concluded in December 2006 that Hastert actually had heard about the e-mails months earlier, as had other Republicans, but the panel did not find that anyone broke rules.

    Florida authorities had said their investigation was hampered because neither Foley nor the House would let its investigators examine his congressional computers.

    In a letter to the FDLE obtained by The Associated Press, House Deputy General Counsel Kerry Kircher wrote that because the data ``may contain legislative information that is constitutionally privileged ... and because Mr. Foley has not waived that privilege ... we cannot simply give you access.''

    The Florida agency had been working with the FBI and Foley's attorneys to gain access to information on the computers. Foley's attorneys have declined to comment throughout the investigation.

    Foley himself was the only person who could release the computers for review, but he had refused. It was not immediately clear what information from the computers investigators had been able to review - if any - before concluding their investigation.

    House officials said they did not find any sexually explicit photos in a review of some e-mails Foley sent and received through his congressional account, but the e-mails did not include all of Foley's communications.

    Some may have been deleted from the main congressional computer server but would likely still have been accessible from an examination of the actual computer hard drives.

    ---

    Associated Press Writer Lara Jakes Jordan contributed to this report from Washington."
    • tykwondingo, on 09/19/2008, -1/+8forgot my /s at the end...
    • kingUssop, on 09/19/2008, -1/+11What ever happened to the words "obstruction of justice" that's what I want to know.
  • ScienceDoc, on 09/19/2008, -11/+75and Larry Craig is still in Congress....
    • pintomp3, on 09/19/2008, -1/+15same with david vitters.
    • Scrappy1850, on 09/19/2008, -1/+12i dont think larry messed with kids, right?
    • LumberingOaf, on 09/19/2008, -3/+30Larry Craig didn't really do anything illegal. He's just a hypocrite, which is douchey, but not against the law.
      • Scrappy1850, on 09/19/2008, -0/+11did he ever perjure himself over it?
      • locke2002, on 09/19/2008, -6/+0@Scrappy1850: Didn't Bill Clinton perjure himself over his own scandal?

        Scandals like Larry Craig and Bill Clinton's should only be pursued when there is reason to believe there was wrong doing and illegal activity. Bill Clinton's could have been. Wasn't the idea that he used his position to pressure her into sexual relations?

        On the other hand, Larry Craig had sex with anonymous men, and met these men in public restrooms using a coded signal that normal people wouldn't notice or be bothered by.

        I agree with LumberingOaf that Larry Craig did nothing wrong to begin with. If he perjured himself, that's a problem, and I suppose he would if he wanted to ever get re-elected by the same people who voted for him in the first place.

        The problem is that Larry Craig shouldn't have been investigated in the first place because he did nothing illegal.
    • inigomntoya, on 09/19/2008, -1/+10But not for long... he claims that staying in the Senate will help him clear his name with the ethics committee.
      Larry Craig is an idiot. He plead guilty and then tried to withdraw his plea. And then he used campaign money to pay his legal fees (over $200K!).
    • lajaw, on 09/19/2008, -6/+6Same with Barney Frank
      • nikehat, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Except he's not a hypocrite.
      • lajaw, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3He was involved in a deviant prostitution ring in his basement. That's the epitome of hypocrite.
      • OstrakonX, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2Well, it's official: Iajaw doesn't understand the meaning of the word "hypocrite."
      • nikehat, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1@lajaw

        Ummm... WHAT? First of all, here, this might help you in the future: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hypocrite Maybe next time you won't sound like a complete ***** idiot. "Epitome of hypocrite" my ass. Like OstrakonX said you have no idea what the word hypocrite means, you tool.

        Second, when you claim someone was involved in something they were not involved in you should at least try to prove your accusation. Your ***** isn't gonna fly outside of your NRA meetings and lunch lady work duties. Since this is the first time I've ever even heard of such ***** I had to go look it up and here is what I've found:

        "In fact, the House ethics committee found that the man's initial public assertions that he had run a prostitution ring out of Frank's residence were contradicted by evidence and the sworn testimony of third parties... the committee further concluded that 'the weight of the evidence does not indicate that Representative Frank had either prior or concomitant knowledge of prostitution activities alleged to have taken place in his apartment.'

        "Moreover, contrary to Buchanan's assertion, the ethics committee's report repeatedly noted that Gobie's purported evidence that he had been conducting a prostitution ring out of Frank's residence collapsed under scrutiny."

        http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300008

        I guess fruitless accusations as a tactic are so inbred into neo-con shills that even the general population uses them now.
    • darkciti2, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Like the rest of the corrupt Republicans, he won't be in office after November.
  • tmonsta1, on 09/19/2008, -12/+201Don't worry guys... Sarah Palin will help Foley and Craig Pray the Gay AWAY

    YAY!
    • Scrappy1850, on 09/19/2008, -16/+27pedo != gay
      • Dalhectar, on 09/19/2008, -6/+52But Foley wasn't interested in female pages.
      • sugarazor, on 09/19/2008, -15/+4Still doesn't mean he was gay. Pedophiles are about power and domination.
      • Scrappy1850, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5and little kids... i think they are more about little kids though.
      • funkyloki, on 09/19/2008, -2/+16I would say he is both gay and a pedophile. They don't go hand in hand, but in this case, it does apply. Dalhectar had it right, he was all about male pages, and since he is male as well, that would be a homosexual attraction, which means gay.
      • nickcommie, on 09/19/2008, -1/+12Pedophilia means attraction to prepubescent children. A 17 year old isn't prepubescent. Not to defend the guy, he's a douche either way, but he wasn't going after "little kids".
      • 47f0, on 09/19/2008, -2/+5nickcommie - bullseye. When we start throwing the pedophile label around carelessly, the real pedophiles get lost in the ground clutter - which is a bad thing.
      • funkyloki, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Thank you for the clarification. I will not make that mistake again. However, he is still gay, or maybe bi since he was married.
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -37/+4Liberals fully support porn on the Internet, etc. No limits. Libs took aways morals from all schools. Libs promote free sex and promiscuity. No rules. Are you REALLY surprised child molestation, etc, is rampant in America? No wait, it's all BUSH's fault! Libs speak ZERO facts, create the very problem they blame on conservatives and Christians.
      • Brian48216, on 09/19/2008, -2/+40But...the worst liberals have done is get a bj from a fat chick.

        If you're so on the high ground why are so many of the republican reps humping little boys or having gay sex in public bathrooms?

        This is fact. You can't even make this stuff up.
      • jehan60188, on 09/19/2008, -0/+35Mark Foley is a republican...
      • Murdats, on 09/19/2008, -0/+24right because paedophiles has only been around for the 10 years the internet has been mainstream.
        its not like morally righteous priests where molesting little boys before those dirty liberals invented the internet.
      • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -18/+0I didn't point out a particular party did I? Why so easily offended? Tell then, who IS responsible?
      • mrraven200, on 09/19/2008, -0/+18So one of YOUR own "family values" guys proposition an underage boy and then you have the gall to blame it someone else, wow, just wow. You guys are all about "personal responsibility" except when it comes to blaming the crimes you guys commit on someone else. You know if this were a liberal (ALSO corporate sock puppet Dimocrap) did the EXACT same thing you'd be crying like a stuck pig. And no please don't lie I am sure you are one the ones cheering for impeachment of Bill Clinton for having legal sex with an an adult women, yet you want to blame someone else for the sex CRIME commited by one of yours, again wow, just wow. And no I DON'T like Bill Clinton I think he should be on a war crimes docket with Bush for the Iraq sanctions and war crimes against Serbia.

        You are the perfect example of the sort of person turning the U.S. into a corrupt fascist ***** hole.

        I dub neo-con supporters the cruel, arrogant, lying, sociopathic, short bus party. Ride the short bus express!
      • SpinningHead, on 09/19/2008, -0/+10Actually Denmark did a big study on sexual vice and decided to remove all obscenity laws. Since then, sex crimes have dropped precipitously and now the common response from Danes regarding porn is "boring". All those "evil" Euro countries also have much lower teen pregnancy rates. The highest level in the US was from the moralistic 1950s.
      • mrraven200, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4@LyingLiberals

        "I didn't point out a particular party did I? Why so easily offended? Tell then, who IS responsible?"

        a. But your login "lyingliberals" strongly points to you being a Rush Limbaugh listening koolaid swallower, i.e. a (neo) "conservative"* i.e. a supporter the modern corrupt Republican party *. Well are you? Answer the question straight up without any b.s. or p.s.

        b. The person who actually committed the crime i.e. MF54 is responsible for his own actions, duh.

        Really arguing with you is like shooting fish in a barrel I ALMOST would feel sorry for you if you weren't such an obnoxious dumbass or perhaps snickering troll.

        *BTW no offense to real consistent conservatives like Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan who while I may not agree with all their policy positions i at least see as being honorable and decent people. unlike MF54 or lyingliberal.
      • avrygoodfrnd, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4LyingLiberals: "I didn't point out a particular party did I? Why so easily offended? Tell then, who IS responsible?"


        Stop being an *****, your name is Lying Liberals you moron.

    • bluedottx, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1now that's funny.
    • darkciti2, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Vote all the Republicans out in November. They've failed us across the board.

      Don't let them renew their job on November 4th.

      (register to vote ASAP if you haven't already, deadline is October 1st)
  • 5celery, on 09/19/2008, -4/+40it's folksy, and something all American families can relate to
    • Syujinkou, on 09/20/2008, -2/+1i sure can relate to that
      with my *****
  • DestroyFascism, on 09/19/2008, -1/+15Foley himself was the only person who could release the computers for review, but he had refused. It was not immediately clear what information from the computers investigators had been able to review - if any - before concluding their investigation.

    And if it was Joe Nobody the images, the juicy bits and his entire hard drive would have been on the second page and giving permission?
    • iseerightards, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2How very GOP.
      They seem pretty talented at derailing investigations.
      In this case the GOP, had they ANY honor, would have allowed the investigation over Foley's objections.

      This just makes the GOP appear even slimier, if that is possible.
  • Bilabrin, on 09/19/2008, -8/+84He'd get a pardon on Bush's last day anyway.
    • Naieve, on 09/19/2008, -1/+16Who needs a pardon when the age of consent in DC is 16?

      The sick ***** knew the laws and worked within them.
    • mbraynard, on 09/19/2008, -8/+8He doesn't need a pardon. He didn't break any laws. He wasn't even accused of breaking any laws. Granted, he liked them young, but he kept it above the age of consent (which the homosexual lobby keeps trying to push lower).

      He was really targeted because he was gay.
      • lostarchitect, on 09/19/2008, -1/+13He did commit a violation of the congressional code of ethics, however.
      • snoogit, on 09/19/2008, -3/+9mbraynard :"... but he kept it above the age of consent (which the homosexual lobby keeps trying to push lower)"

        [Citation needed] kthnx


        dumbass.
      • an0nymous, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3Well there's the balance of power issue as well.
        He (and Congress) act as steward for the pages and are responsible for their well being.
        It's equivalent to being the pervy professor at a boarding school.
      • 47f0, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5mbraynard :"... but he kept it above the age of consent (which the homosexual lobby keeps trying to push lower)"

        mbarnyard, you smell like the north end of a south-facing bull to me. So I'm calling you.

        Which "homosexual lobby"? Which organization, where and when? NAMBLA? Every gay I know finds NAMBLA disgusting, and would like a few minutes to educate them with a baseball bat. Cough up, or admit you just were doing acid while listening to Mark Savage.
      • Suricou, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3I can clarify regarding the homosexual lobby statement, I believe.

        The age of consent varies by state. In some states, there are different ages for different acts - and in a few, the age is *higher* for homosexual than heterosexual actions. There is a gay rights lobby (Though it's not the shadowy monster some claim), and this lobby often campaigns for the laws to be made *equal*. They arn't calling for the age of consent to be lowered, just for it to be the same for heterosexual and homosexual acts. As long as the ages are equal, they will be satisfied.
  • TomPettyFan, on 09/19/2008, -8/+22What? Why isn't this a bigger story?
    • cadmiumpaint, on 09/19/2008, -2/+13because its old news, and as a nation we have a very very short memory
    • mrraven200, on 09/19/2008, -2/+1The biased "liberal" media don't ya know. Also known as the neo-con suck offs...
    • oldhick, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5Why would it be a bigger story? He didn't break any laws... He just be censured or kicked out of office, but what charges would you bring?
      • RandomGorilla, on 09/19/2008, -5/+1Practicing douchbaggery while in public office. At least in MY world it would be a crime. The minimum penalty being at least 5 swift kicks to the crotch per every count.
      • oldhick, on 09/19/2008, -2/+5So being gay is now "douchbaggery"?
      • RandomGorilla, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1No, oldhick; Hitting on your subordinates when you can use your authority against them coupled with engaging in the very acts you claim to crusade against would fit a good definition of douchbaggery.
  • cterryr2, on 09/19/2008, -10/+14So much for accountability. If this were China or Saudi Arabia he would not be alive at this point. This is an outrage!
    • Gutterpunk, on 09/19/2008, -5/+5China or Saudi Arabia?

      Look, I despise pedophiles as much as the next guy, but to selectively wish that America was more like China or Saudi Arabia seems like a very dangerous argument to make...

      (and I don't mean dangerous for your you, but for the core value system of the Western world)
    • santaliqueur, on 09/19/2008, -3/+9You seriously WANT America to be more like China and Saudi Arabia?
    • oldhick, on 09/19/2008, -3/+3What are you outraged at? He should be killed for being gay?
    • MunkeyPirate, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1I don't think cterryr2 was wishing for us to be more like those countries. I got the message that even backwards countries would have actually done something. Granted in some "extreme" sections of the Muslim culture he would have been killed, I don't think that the message was to kill him because he is gay. Folley was trying to lure young boys to his side. That's enough reason for me to lock him away for the rest of his life.
  • Snoosy, on 09/19/2008, -10/+76Republicans - Above the law since 2000.

    Oh, and in before Pedobear.
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      • amoirae, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Pedobear is Mark Foley in his singing telegram costume.
    • chase001, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Wasn't 92 they really took power and started the Clinton Witch Hunts?
  • peaceninja, on 09/19/2008, -4/+14Where's Chris Hansen, he'll take care of this guy if the American Government and Courts of Law can't
  • jasoninoakland, on 09/19/2008, -9/+40Republicans to gays: you can't marry, have a civil union or have any sort of normal, monogamous relationship, but you can enjoy our support, even if you're a pedophile or bathroom-cruising letch, if you're one of us.
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -21/+2Demos to gays: share AIDS regularly, visit park bathrooms for a quickie. Shout down anyone who opposes your beliefs/religion (i.e. sex is your god). We just want your vote and could care less what else you do. Just keep us in power so we can live off of the high taxes we force upon all Americans.
      • oldhick, on 09/19/2008, -3/+11Seriously? I'm on Digg all the time trying to keep the name calling and rhetoric fair. I get ticked at the Dems (I'm a 3rd party guy) on Digg acting like their party has never screwed and Obama is the master of the universe.

        But that is one of the stupidest, most ignorant comments I've seen in a long time. Grow up. Seriously. Get an education and grow up.
      • treehugger87, on 09/19/2008, -0/+7Anyone who identifies themselves as gay doesn't need to do what Foley or Craig did. The same percentage of gay men go HOME to get a blow job as straight men. It's only the sick ***** who get their rod cleaned in the airport bathroom and then go home to their wives who do this stuff.
    • BECoole, on 09/19/2008, -4/+1What? Like Barney Frank?
      • jasoninoakland, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3Democrats are not trying to deny gays/lesbians any sort of marriage-like arrangement.
      • jasoninoakland, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3...and he didn't prey on teenagers. And the guy he did have a relationship was of majority age, gay, and not in his employ.
      • SanFran1, on 09/20/2008, -2/+0You mean like Gary Studds?
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    • LorakJad, on 09/19/2008, -16/+5You're getting slow, runningbear. I was expecting this to be the first comment on the page.
    • ASfinkterSezWut, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6ROFL.... somebody'd gotta photoshop a "Foley as Pedobear"
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    • TonyTheTerrible, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1its actually shotacat
  • soot, on 09/19/2008, -11/+2bo dude
  • FulcrumVitesse, on 09/19/2008, -6/+34We all know that the law isn't valid for Republican politicians. They can do whatever the hell they want.
    • senlei23, on 09/19/2008, -8/+8oh and don't forget the Kennedys, they can do whatever they want too...
      • Elranzer, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6I didn't know the Kennedys were pedophiles.
    • d03boy, on 09/19/2008, -7/+3sounds like you're implying dems aren't the same evil twins as the reps.
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -12/+4OMG; another stupid generalization. Demos can't do ANYTHING they want? Abortion, queer rights above others, illegals breaking the law and getting rewarded for it, CA illegals getting $100 million yearly in college money (and Americans don't), Demos control the not-free press... What else do you lack except a dictatorship?
      • funkyloki, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3You should offer some kind of proof to these claims, because I lived in California and I have no idea WTF you are talking about. I'm not an immigrant, I was born here, and I got grants for school. And what do you mean, Dems control the press? Are you insane
        Talk about generalizations dude.
      • kayala, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5I wonder if you really believe the lies you tell. How sad it is, that you've become so deluded that lies now compose your truth.
        Guys, report the troll and get him banned. I'm tired of this baseless *****.
      • andrewrama, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4This a classic republican response to their party's F&*K-UPS: Make sh*t up about the other guy or try to find an instance when a democrat did something not remotely similar to this instance no matter how far back in time you must go.

        I spent a good portion of 2000 and 2004 election trying to educate people on Bush's failed policies and competence, but the only response I got was. "Oh and Clinton is innocent too?" WTF?!

        I've seen one genius try to pull the Kennedy family in this too. It's the year 2008 and one has to travel all the way back to the Kennedys for justification, just die already!

        If you don't have one shed of proof or intelligent opinion then shut the fu*k up McFailinites. The topic is sexual predators and perverts in Washington.
    • oldhick, on 09/19/2008, -1/+3What law?
  • nova912, on 09/19/2008, -7/+14I AM ABOVE THE LAW!
  • MaTT2011, on 09/19/2008, -3/+7Well of course not!

    Where you under the impression that there would be justice in this case? Oh how naive....
  • dexter411, on 09/19/2008, -33/+9Buried for idiotic title. I don't recall "Whore-Buying Democratic Gov. to resign" hitting the front page when the Spitzer story broke.
    • AchaIemoipas, on 09/19/2008, -4/+21I have no problems with whores.

      Pedophiles should die.
    • Dalhectar, on 09/19/2008, -4/+21http://digg.com/politics/New_York_Governor_Eliot_S ... - 2773 diggs

      http://digg.com/politics/Photos_Of_Eliot_Spitzer_s ... - 4554 diggs

      Any more false statements?
      • BlueScreenOD, on 09/19/2008, -2/+6Those titles don't say anything about him being a Democrat. That's the point he's making...
      • dexter411, on 09/19/2008, -2/+3Wow, way to let that way fly right over your head. BlueScreen is right; I have no problem with the content of this submission as much as the implication that his GOP affiliation has anything to do with it.
    • alexjsolis, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4His statement still stands. There is nothing about political association in either of those titles about Spitzer.. neither mention liberal or democratic. The title to this story should be Rep. Mark Foley to face no Pedophile Charges or something along those lines. but because this is digg and republicans are all evil
      • lostarchitect, on 09/19/2008, -5/+1oh please. is it not a fact that he is a GOP rep?
      • stevetrojanman, on 09/19/2008, -2/+3@lostarchitect....

        Or just a rep. Just like Spitzer was just a Governor.
      • Elranzer, on 09/19/2008, -2/+3The point is that the Republicans preach family value, abstinence-only, anti-gay agenda then do something as perverse as pedophilia. It's hypocrisy.

        At least the Democrats are open about their love of (heterosexual) whores.
      • dexter411, on 09/19/2008, -3/+2(Heterosexual) whores? Do you not remember Barney Frank's whore troubles?
  • twiztidsinz, on 09/19/2008, -3/+28Apparently he's not having a seat right over there -> ╞╕
  • Shaman760, on 09/19/2008, -5/+31Of course not! Republicans are seemingly exempt from any sort of repercussion. Just ask Karl Rove and that Lipstick Pigbull's husband.
    • uppitydiggers, on 09/19/2008, -10/+2Clinton?
      • Elranzer, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6Two consenting adults. Heterosexual. Clinton never preached about sex being a sin, or pretended to be virtuous.

        I fail to see how that is relevant.
      • uppitydiggers, on 09/19/2008, -4/+1I saw Lipstick Pigbull and just assumed we were talking about Hillary.
    • Dalhectar, on 09/19/2008, -2/+5DON'T DISS THE DUDE!
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -13/+2Weak, just ranting as libs do. No facts, no discussion, no accountability.
      • funkyloki, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4We could say the same exact thing about EVERY SINGLE COMMENT you made today. Every one of them is a rant, everyone of them is insulting, and everyone of them is full of lies and stereotypical generalizations. In each of your comments, you make outlandish claims backed with no proof whatsoever.
        And absolutely no discussion. You are a disgusting, cruel, sick individual.
        You seem to live the "hate in others what you most dislike about yourself" mantra.
      • uppitydiggers, on 09/19/2008, -3/+0^^^

        He should thank you for proving his point.
      • Shaman760, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1So ***** little boys is OK with you...THanks for clarifying that.
  • orlyfactor, on 09/19/2008, -4/+31Well, if they subpoenaed him he wouldn't show up anyway, so they figured why bother...?
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -7/+0Um, you must be speaking of Clinton(s)...
      • orlyfactor, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6Um, no, I'm referring to something(s) that happened within the past 8 years.
      • Cybermaul, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1Several times, in fact.
  • wedges, on 09/19/2008, -11/+69McCain doesn't want kids educated about sex predators... Foley gets off... hmmmmmm.... if you are a pedophile, vote Republican!

    Republiphiles? Pedoblicans?
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -27/+0Poor lib, Demos never go out, get drunk, find a few young'ins?
      • Elranzer, on 09/19/2008, -1/+19OMG are you justifying pedophilia?
      • FamousAnus, on 09/19/2008, -8/+2@Elranzer

        I don't think he is. (Although he's likely a troll...seriously...look at the name and think about it.) I think he's trying to say that there are Democrat pedo's too. The headline that his was submitted with made it a point to indicate that Foley was a Republican, probably to pander and appeal to the left leaning mob on digg.

        Why would you interpret that as justifying pedophilia?
      • sevvo, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3Sick.
      • 1timeuser, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4Uh... no? What the hell is wrong with you? Someone should report your ass to the FBI or something.
  • uppitydiggers, on 09/19/2008, -9/+2/slow clap
  • shutaro, on 09/19/2008, -4/+12Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!?
    • TheBigSquid, on 09/19/2008, -0/+8In before 'Foley already did'
    • santaliqueur, on 09/19/2008, -1/+10That's Foley's problem here.

      LEAVE THE CHILDREN ALONE!
  • rmmcclay, on 09/19/2008, -3/+8Did this make Fox news yet?
  • RikF, on 09/19/2008, -5/+54For goodness sakes people. Under the legal age of consent does not equal pedophilia. That means *PRE-PUBERTY*. Is he a bad man? Yes. Does this make him a pedophile. No. Not at all. Not in the slightest.
    • nathanbrisk, on 09/19/2008, -2/+8Righto--this is called hebephilia.
      • fishpicker, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6a.k.a. ephebophilia, you are correct.
    • Hetman, on 09/19/2008, -3/+29You are right techincally it is not pedophile. But it is still against the law and he should be charged for it.
      • Naieve, on 09/19/2008, -7/+1I think the sick ***** should be strung up.

        Truth is though that the age of consent is 16 there, he didn't break the law.
      • Hetman, on 09/19/2008, -3/+1I thought the age of consent law was only in effect if you were only 4 years older than the alleged victim. Like say a 16 and 20 year old is fine. But a 17 and 25 year old is against the law. I could be mistaken though.
      • mbraynard, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4What was against the law? Coming on to a guy beyond the age of consent?
    • SeeingtheLight, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2018 year old high school senior has consensual sex with his 16 year old high school 11th grade girlfriend. Young man goes to prison serves time. Upon release, he still must live with his name in the National Sex Offender Registry for the REST OF HIS LIFE.
    • J4k3, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4I agree. Unlike the situation I was in, this isn't even close to pedophilia. When a much older man forcefully penetrates you from behind when you're only eleven, that's real pedophilia.
    • mikey2dope, on 09/19/2008, -7/+1Wrong. According to the law, under the legal age of consent is considered pedophilia when it comes to the internet. In florida the age of consent is 18, with close in age exceptions - which do not apply to Mr. Foley, unless he's under 24 years old and we don't know it. So it does make him a pedophile, technically.
    • AlKo, on 09/19/2008, -2/+1Is that you RKelly??
  • gtluke, on 09/19/2008, -8/+7well he didn't actually do anything illegal.
    what about spitzer the (unknown political party) governor of new york?

    • petebot, on 09/19/2008, -2/+3
      I am shocked that the Digg community was not outraged at Spitzer having sex with a hot prostitute.
      • Thuktun, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Probably because many people, perhaps tacitly, believe activities between consenting adults should not be illegal.
    • alittleroy101, on 09/19/2008, -0/+8Actually, he did do something illegal.

      Also, spitzer was banging hookers.
    • RowdyJo, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3A political figure hiring a hooker has lost its shock value, it happens far too often. They've got to up the bar by lowering the age range. I'm still waiting for a beastality story.
  • nathanbrisk, on 09/19/2008, -20/+4The outrage! The ignorance.

    REP. JOHN YOUNG (D-Tex.), REP. ALLAN HOWE (D-Utah), REP. FRED RICHMOND (D-N.Y.), REP. JOHN HINSON (D-Miss.), REP. ROBERT BAUMAN (D-Md.), REP. DAN CRANE (R-Ill.) and REP. GERRY STUDDS (D-Mass.), REP. ERNIE KONNYU (D-Calif.), SEN. BROCK ADAMS (D-Wash.), REP. JIM BATES (D-Calif.), REP. GUS SAVAGE (D-Ill.), REP. BARNEY FRANK (D-Mass.), SEN. DANIEL INOUYE (D-Hawaii), REP MEL REYNOLDS (D-Ill.)

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=997_1193944079
    • lostarchitect, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6i'm sorry, i don't know anything about the others, but just what the ***** are you implying about Barney Frank? The man is openly gay. He's not a pedophile.
      • nathanbrisk, on 09/19/2008, -5/+2"In response to a story in the Aug. 25, 1989, Washington Times, Frank confirmed that he hired Steve Gobie, a male prostitute, in 1985 to live with and work for him in his D.C. apartment. But Frank, who is gay, said he fired Gobie in 1987 when he learned he was using the apartment to run a prostitution service. The Boston Globe, among others, called on Frank to resign, but he refused. On July 19, 1990, the ethics committee recommended Frank be reprimanded because he "reflected discredit upon the House" by using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets. Attempts to expel or censure Frank failed; instead the House voted 408-18 to reprimand him. The fury in Washington was not shared in Frank's district, where he won reelection in 1990 with 66 percent of the vote, and has won by larger margins ever since."
      • funkyloki, on 09/19/2008, -0/+8You do realize that the most recent event on that list happened 14 years ago, and only two of the people on there were re-elected?
      • lostarchitect, on 09/19/2008, -0/+2Parking tickets? That's all you've got? The other thing is *****. Frank didn't know about it and you know it.
  • Hetman, on 09/19/2008, -2/+18Do you know how you can tell if Mark Foley has been to the U.S constitutional library in D.C.?

    The pages will always be bent over.
  • lilhelper, on 09/19/2008, -2/+22Q: What's the worst thing about being a paedophile?
    A: Having to go to bed so early!
  • fragglesrock, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4Republicans have it made.
  • dizilbdog, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5I had no idea we built Rome so well, ahh my bread and games are ready.
  • kalvinb, on 09/19/2008, -11/+3Guilty until proven innocent.
    • stankyfish, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3He admitted to the email and IM exchanges and blamed it on being gay and molested as a kid. The question here is why does he get off (so to speak) while a regular citizen would face charges for the same conduct. Or did you not read the article or the comments?
      • perfectsilence, on 09/19/2008, -3/+1face charges for what? sending inappropriate messages to minors?
      • kalvinb, on 09/19/2008, -1/+4I guess we should throw any gay man who text messages a teenager a lude message in prison.

        After all, it's only okay for over 18 boys to send messages like that to under 18 girls.

        What hypocricy are we pointing out again?
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  • GreatSunJester, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3When do they come up for reelection? It might be interesting to see if they are defeated by a Dem/Ind type or even replaced by someone in their own party.
    • Suricou, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1He already did. Very shortly after the scandal, actually... so soon, the ballots still had his name on.

      Republican candidate lost, of course.
  • sunsetprojects, on 09/19/2008, -5/+15Republicans where a pedophile can be himself
    • 1timeuser, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3I see them a lot at Chuck E Cheese's, where a kid can be a kid. They hide in the ball pit.
  • bigtoes, on 10/16/2008, -6/+2That picture above makes it look like he's staring at a big plate of delicious ribs . You digg people are bad .
  • scimpi, on 09/19/2008, -3/+6I'm not surprised that they can't get this Senator. All you have to do if you're caught doing something wrong is enter into a Rehab. Center, say you were molested or beaten as a child, and lose the hard drive and your FREE AT LAST! I know in my heart of hearts that he will get caught again! WHY you ask do I know? Because a pedophile never rehabilitates. There is no "cure." So, talk to your kids and find out what's going on at school with the teachers, at church/synagogue and never be shy to talk about this.
  • dstz, on 09/19/2008, -12/+6Hey, I'm a pedophile too! i dated a 16 yo once when i was already legally adult (yeah, not proud of that, but years have passed and we're very good friends to that day.)
    • Solkre, on 09/19/2008, -0/+7Damn 18yr old pedos with 17yr old girl/boyfriends!
    • wishninja, on 09/19/2008, -0/+3You shouldn't be ashamed of that!

      I'm with you "pedophile" means you are going after like undeveloped kids not fully mature developed young adults.
    • SpeedSteamBoat, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Here in Michigan that would be perfectly legal assuming she wasn't a virgin (***** up, I know).
  • Sarcasmooo, on 09/19/2008, -4/+4I hope when the debates come that either Obama or Biden will have the balls, when either McCain or Palin starts their inevitable family-values sloganeering, to throw out what (I think) is such an obvious line it should've been repeated a million times by now: "Why do we need lectures on family values from the party of Mark Foley and Larry Craig?"
  • RogueGenius, on 09/19/2008, -3/+7Republicans are like the Corleone, they take care of their own. The sooner we vote all these criminals out of office, the better.
    • Hetman, on 09/19/2008, -4/+1Correction. Republicans and Democrats are lie the Corlene's they take care of their own. If you think anything is going to happen to Bush after Obama wins the election you are in for a dissapointment.
      • FredFredrickson, on 09/19/2008, -1/+1Once Obama is in office, I don't give a flying ***** what Bush does.
    • stevetrojanman, on 09/19/2008, -1/+2Well...Pelosi and Reid are sure doing a lot to take care of the lawbreaking that Charlie Rangel, Chris Dodd, and William Jefferson have taken part in...

      And when I say "take care of" I mean "ignore it"
    • RogueGenius, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1No, I don't think anything will happen to Bush. Like I said before, he's the new OJ - a murder who got away with it. But, as Ralph Nader once said, if there is anything in the world that makes the democrats look good, it's the republicans.

      The important thing is that they go out of office where their despicable corruption can only hurt their shareholders.
  • Jexie, on 09/19/2008, -3/+16The GOP needs to change it's official theme song to "It's raining men"
  • seventhc, on 09/19/2008, -1/+5The Law makers are the Law breakers...yet we are supposed to blindly follow them into oblivion.
    IMHO politicians and police officers should face much harsher punishments than the general public. If they can't follow the very laws they are trying to uphold then zero tolerance for them.
    If I get caught with marijuana on my property I lose my property
    when marijuana is found on Federal land, it's the Columbians or Mexicans or some cartel somewhere and no punishment against the feds.
    They don't need to prove anything at all but when it's on my property It's my fault and I lose everything.
    Politicians walk free.
    hmm...screw it, I'm going into politics. I think that's the only way to be free in this country.
    If anyone is above the law then the laws themselves are pointless.
  • govsucks, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6Yeah, it doesn't matter if you are hiding 10K in your freezer or your salami in a little boy, if you are part of the collectivist ruling class you get off scott free, cause hey, they're just trying to help the little guy. Just you wait til you meet your government issued gynecologist. If you thought you felt molested after doing business with the government in the past, oh boy are you in for a surprise.
    • SanFran1, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1It was more like 100K in his freezer. Hell I'm suprised he wasn't promised a cabinet post if Obama was elected.
  • bigteebo, on 09/19/2008, -1/+15Haven't people been arrested & charged on Dateline's "To Catch a Predator"?

    Oh that's right, elected Repubs have immunity.
    • RIB08, on 09/20/2008, -1/+0I don't even know why they looked into this. He should have just ignored the subpoenas and saved us all some time.
  • bunkster, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1Hey he's a Republican. He's above the law. End of story.
    Unless he were a Democrat. The you'd be hearing all about it. Palin would be shouting about it from the rooftops!
  • alragusa, on 09/19/2008, -2/+14I'm not shocked anymore. The president started 2 un-wanted, unconstitutional wars for ***** sake. I wouldn't be shocked if this guy got a Congressional medal of honor!
    • tehsilentcircus, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1I'm sure he got plenty of purple ... uh, hearts. Yep, purple hearts, over this whole thing.
  • mikesoba, on 09/19/2008, -5/+21Beating the system on pedophilia - now that's a real Republican Family Value!
    • LyingLiberals, on 09/19/2008, -10/+0Typical lib; here's the same logic... one Demo takes bribes so ALL Demos take bribes, right? Think man!
      • AzBats, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4You don't have the time after time after time after time problem like the Repubs have. Even McCain is against anti-pedo legislation going by his recent attack ads. The more informed kids are about what adults can and cannot do the easier it will be to stop people like Foley. Half the problem is people repressing their own sexuality and then acting anti-socially to those they feel they have power over.
        BTW - VoteNoOn2.com
      • falafelkiosken, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5well, isn't that what right-wing media and GOP always claims?
    • jalama, on 09/20/2008, -2/+1 Do you really think NAMBLA votes Rebublican?
    • SanFran1, on 09/20/2008, -0/+0Maybe John Edwards he can give a little talk about Democrat family values, then we can bring in Corizine and maybe Elliot Spitzer. Possibly the mayor of Detroit can talk about family values.
      • mikesoba, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Here's the difference, Democrats didn't create the mantle of Family Values, divide the country with a "cultural war" founded on phony "Family Values" to gain political clout, attempt to impose a form of morality on the rest of the country by spewing hatred of others, and then secretly violate their own stated principles. Let me point out what we're saying here: Conservatives are not compassionate, they are hypocrites.
      • tehsilentcircus, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1I am guessing you're on the right, talking ***** about "family values"? I have nothing to say about the OP of the comment, but if you are what you appear to be, all I have to say is Sarah Palin, there are no values in that family. Now ***** make a god damn point *****. Something your are all incapable of doing.
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