SDWC weighs in on Foley e-mails and messages to page: Ick, and you bet he ought to be investigated.
The Democratic blogs are doing a lot of finger-pointing at my side of the aisle over the Congressman Mark Foley thing. And as a parent of six kids, I'm going to weigh in on this myself.
Ick.
If it's true, Foley has breached the decorum of his high office, as well as abused the trust of those young people serving our government to further their education. If the investigation shows the accusations are warranted, he should be fully prosecuted under federal law.
I don't care if it's a Republican Congressman from Florida or a Democratic State Legislator from South Dakota, or a non-partisan Judge from Iowa. Party doesn't matter in these types of situations. What's wrong is wrong. People in positions of authority not only have the requirement of following law, they have the added responsibility of being in a position of leadership.
An elected official allegedly asking a 17-year-old male page if "he's horny," among other things deserves a swift and severe response.
Ick.
If it's true, Foley has breached the decorum of his high office, as well as abused the trust of those young people serving our government to further their education. If the investigation shows the accusations are warranted, he should be fully prosecuted under federal law.
I don't care if it's a Republican Congressman from Florida or a Democratic State Legislator from South Dakota, or a non-partisan Judge from Iowa. Party doesn't matter in these types of situations. What's wrong is wrong. People in positions of authority not only have the requirement of following law, they have the added responsibility of being in a position of leadership.
An elected official allegedly asking a 17-year-old male page if "he's horny," among other things deserves a swift and severe response.
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That is a damn cheap throw away line Pat. I think I understand your sentence but you are getting a little close to starting rumors. The real story here is how the Republican leadership of the US House knew about, and covered up for, a Republican congressman from Florida who is a pervert stalking young people over the internet.
The Republican party and US House leadership are guilty of ignoring this situation when they had the opportunity to do something about it. It blew up in their faces when they chose to put political gain above child safety.
To refresh, the GOP candidate for Governor, one Jon Grunseth, was accused of diddling with a pre-teen girl. The incumbent DFL Governor, one Rudy Perpich, pushed the issue to the point where Jon Grunseth ended up dropping out.
The man who replaced Grunseth eventually beat Perpich, with only a week of campaigning. That was the same election that got Paul Wellstone elected. I'm not here to discuss whether the Foley thing is covered up or not. I'm just saying you may be creating a backlash that will be far-reaching.
This happened with the Democratic congress after 40 years of control. It happened with the Republican congress after only 12 years of control. Foley is just the latest example of many: Bob Ney, Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay.
It happens in South Dakota too, with the governor's secret slush fund - the Governor's Club, using the plane for personal trips and reimbursing the taxpayers only after getting caught, exclusive no-bid license for Tom Rounds to sell merchandise at Vietnam Veteran's memorial dedication.
Two party government is good government. Government needs accountability.
Care to produce some evidence?
Or are you just generating something out of your rear besides the noise of flatulence.
I have a relation on the committee, and they say that charge is crap.
It was your party who gave three standing ovations to Congressman Gerry Studs after he was censured by the House of Representatives in 1983 for having sex with an underage male page. See: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2004_Sept_28/ai_n7577029
Congressman Studs was hailed by his Democratic colleagues during the censuring proceedings. Hailed I say!
Here's the difference between the Democrat Party and Republicans on this issue. Republicans don't give standing O's to these jerkwads, we kick the bums out.
Now when a Republican is caught doing this crap he's treated by D's the way that R's have always treated this stuff. It's refreshing but hypocrtical.
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Your partisianship is disappointing.
It's not two party government that keeps us clean. Two party government creates divsions and acrimony. It's individuals who are willing to do the right thing regardless of party that keeps us clean. I wonder if you would have said the same thing while the D's were in control of Congress for over 40 years? We're going to hold you to it.
I couldn't get the link to work but there's plenty more out there.
Turns out this guy was worse than Foley he actually went out there and pursued young males and had sex with one of them. Internet sex with kids makes you a super creep and Studs went and acted on it, even super creepier.
The reaction from his D colleagues is worse. A standing ovation? We should get a list of all the members of Congress at that time and cross it with who is currently serving. Those people should be asked if that is how they would treat Mark Foley today or why they are treating him differently when it's a member of the other party.
Some of the websites I read were quite conservative, but there was nothing about the Democrats giving him a standing ovation.
Where did you get your information?
And I'm certainly not going to allow you to plug your website here.
Hence, find yourself removed.
Gerry Studs had sex with a male underage page and the D's gave him a standing ovation in 1983.
That's the diff between Ds and Rs. We kick our riffraff out. D's keep it and clap at it.
Unless you can supply the source of that story so that we can check it out, we are left with no choice but to believe that you are repeating an unfounded rumor or created it yourself.
I have no idea if Democrats did or did not cheer Gary Studs, but suspect that if they were so scared of their shadows they were afraid to vote against a detainee torture pushed by conscienceless Bush and amoral Dick Cheney, I would guess the idea of cheering for Gary Studs would leave them with filled pants.
Interesting too that the GOP leadership monitored Democratic e-mail, but none of the window-peakers claim to have had even clue one of their own perverts was sending odd e-mail.