Foley is certainly a bottom feeder, but his actions pale in comparison to Gerry Studds (D, MA). Gerry Studds actually had sex with an underage male page. Got a kid drunk and...well, you can figure it out. Foley at least had the grace to go away - Studds got re-elected! And, after he died, the MSM pretty much hailed him for being the "first openly gay Congressman". Well, true - but he only "came out" because he got busted for having sex with an underage page.
http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2006/10/gerry-studds.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15260256/
2006-12-21 04:59:18 · 8 answers · asked by Jadis 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There's more, why stop there??
Don't forget William Jefferson. Foley resigns and fades away, Jefferson still thinks he has a committee chair coming his way!! This is better than a movie!
And hate speech? Lott toasts an old man on his 100th birthday and is run out of town. Meanwhile, Durban, Schumer, Dean, and Kerry and their ilk call our troops Nazis and his whole party wins the house and senate.
The left gets hostile when we want to see the media sources on new stories vilifying Bush and our troops. In response to such seemingly reasonable requests (considering their record with sources), democrat congressmen chide us their first ammendment rights. Then they turn around and openly threaten oil companies who fund research that might differ from the global warming hysteria pushers calling themselves scientists.
2006-12-21 08:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by Curt 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good, you're helping the majority of us moderate Americans who aren't going to choose an extreme side in this pissing contest prove what sick bastards both the Right and Left can be. Every day, the politicians just prove they're just a bunch of greedy child rapists, no matter what side they say they're on.
2006-12-21 13:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm not one of those who keep "dragging Foley up," but I did know about Studds, and yeah, the hypocrisy is staggering.
2006-12-21 13:01:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anji 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I found it entertaining that the Dems jumped on this one with so much gusto. I thought they would defend those types of actions. They do so in real life- None of these young men were under age.
2006-12-21 13:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well a diet coke doesn't cancel out a candy bar. And Studds doesn't cancel out Foley. Only difference? Republicans claim to own 'morality'. So the hypocrisy is still there. And the reps lost due in part to that. And they will continue to, as long as they preach hypocrisy
2006-12-21 13:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 3⤊ 6⤋
They know. It's just that they are not particularly opposed to the concept.
But they know we are, so they enjoy slapping us around with it.
2006-12-21 13:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
About time someone asked that question
2006-12-21 13:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by cuban friend 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Us democrats hate facts.
2006-12-21 13:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋