Foley, and the democrats past sex scandals

[james1200]

LOL...do brits even know about this scandal?

 

[NameTaken]

LOL...do brits even know about this scandal?

Yes, I am in government and politics for A Level so I keep up with these things.

 

[james1200]

good...i minored in poltical science...it's what i shoulda gone into. i'm sure in europe, you guys wouldn't even blink about a sex scandal.

 

[slobone]

Oh, they blink, they blink! Sex scandals been all over the front pages of the British tabloids in the past. Maybe by now nobody gives a rat's ass. But then I don't think they've ever had one quite like this one either.

 

[RyzeAbove]

All politicians lie and are huge scumbags by nature, regardless of left right affiliation.

 

[glo-unit]

All politicians lie and are huge scumbags by nature, regardless of left right affiliation.

Damn right, few if any of them actually give a fuck about anything besides getting more power.

 

[slobone]

I'm really more pissed at the man for being a gay who votes for anti-gay legislation, regardless of his party.

Actually, this sex scandal just made me aware of it.

Which anti-gay legislation was that?

 

[Kulindahr]

Whatever right wing site you cut and pasted for, I always expect better from our community to parrot right wing bullshit, distortions, and lies. You should not be feeling any pride tonight.

I think he posted that because posting from left wing sites is very common here, and so many of our (very loud and numerous) left wing cheerleaders act as though they're perfect, the Democrats are infallible and immaculate, and the like.
And if you approve of all those, but pounce on one because it's right wing, then YOU are the one who shouldn't be feeling any pride tonight.

 

[Baddog]

Which anti-gay legislation was that?

Oh please Mary..............like you have to ask (as long as we're including past sex scandals. Whats that river in Egypt called...? Oh yeah de-nile)

Ed Schrock has been one of the most conservative Republicans in Washington D.C. - so staunch in his cultural conservatism that his voting record earned a 92 percent approval rating from the Christian Coalition. Mr. Schrock not only voted for outlawing same-sex marriage, he actually co-sponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment, a piece of legislation that would have made same sex marriage automatically illegal nationwide.

In his time in Congress, Schrock has sought every possible opportunity to persecute gays and lesbians. For example, Congressman Schrock made a big deal about publicizing his opposition to Bill Clinton's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, which attempted to prevent discrimination against gays and lesbians in the United States military. In his speeches against toleration of gays and lesbians in the military, Ed Schrock raised his voice to a shrill pitch in order to emphasize how icky he believed homosexuals to be. "You're in the showers with them!" he screeched. "You're in the bunk room with them, you're in staterooms with them!"

 

[Baddog]

Robert Bauman - Republican is perhaps most famous for his well-publicized fall from political grace. Bauman had established a reputation as a strong conservative, often bemoaning the perceived moral decay in the United States. He was a founding member of several conservative activist groups, including Young Americans for Freedom and the American Conservative Union. He frequently placed blame on homosexuals, so it was doubly surprising when Bauman was arrested in October of 1980 for attempting to solicit sex from a 16-year old male prostitute, contributing to his electoral defeat one month later. Bauman was renominated in 1982, but withdrew from the race, and a year later came out as openly gay.

Bauman is a frequent target of ridicule among liberal groups, who often point to his hypocrisy in blaming gays for moral decay while simultaneously being gay himself.

 

[Baddog]

Robin Vanderwall
According to the Virginian-Pilot, Robin Vanderwall, "a third-year law student at Regent University, who helped run several successful campaigns for local Republicans, was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with two counts of soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet." Yup, another fine, upstanding member of the party of family values has been caught with his pants down. But stand by for the shocking twist! Among others, Robin Vanderwall ran the campaign of none other than... Del. Robert F. McDonnell, this week's Idiot Number 6. That's right, the man who wants to enforce a no-oral-and-anal-sex law employed an alleged pedophile for a campaign manager. "He did a very good job in my campaign,'' McDonnell said last week. "He was diligent and a hard worker. I am shocked by the accusations.''

 

[crlcxll]

The kind of "yapping" that goes on in this forum is why Americans can't get anything accomplised politically. This is not about Republicans nor what Democrats may or may not have done in the past. Of course, the Republican Party is about family values and morals; however, this is strictly about Foley and what he did not about the party per se.

I certainly do not support the Republican party; however, to try to lay blame on the party itself makes no sense whatsoever politically. Remember that you heard it here: this will not affect the election in Novembre except for possibly gaining a seat in Florida. The Dems will not win the numbre of seats in Congress to be in majority rule as a result of this scandal. They will have to do other things to achieve that goal; and as much as I support the Dems in the United States, they have yet to bring anything forward that they can do to change the adminstration, ergo, most of the electorate follows Bush and Company down the road to destruction.

 

[Kulindahr]

Robert Bauman - Republican is perhaps most famous for his well-publicized fall from political grace. Bauman had established a reputation as a strong conservative, often bemoaning the perceived moral decay in the United States. He was a founding member of several conservative activist groups, including Young Americans for Freedom and the American Conservative Union. He frequently placed blame on homosexuals, so it was doubly surprising when Bauman was arrested in October of 1980 for attempting to solicit sex from a 16-year old male prostitute, contributing to his electoral defeat one month later. Bauman was renominated in 1982, but withdrew from the race, and a year later came out as openly gay.

Bauman is a frequent target of ridicule among liberal groups, who often point to his hypocrisy in blaming gays for moral decay while simultaneously being gay himself.

If he were honest, he'd confess, "Yes, I am a contributor to the moral decay of America." If he was really honest, he'd add, "You should have known that all along; after all, I'm a politician."

 

[Kulindahr]

If you're part of the problem, and you are, then you're not part of the solution. Perhaps rather than beating your lips you should beat al-Queda, huh? Oh, wouldn't THAT be fun, eh?

Leaving the Yapper-in-Chief to go on sending OTHER people out, so he can not have to.
Alfie, you look more and more like you have the character of Bush.

 

[turtle]

The kind of "yapping" that goes on in this forum is why Americans can't get anything accomplised politically. This is not about Republicans nor what Democrats may or may not have done in the past. Of course, the Republican Party is about family values and morals; however, this is strictly about Foley and what he did not about the party per se.

I certainly do not support the Republican party; however, to try to lay blame on the party itself makes no sense whatsoever politically. Remember that you heard it here: this will not affect the election in Novembre except for possibly gaining a seat in Florida. The Dems will not win the numbre of seats in Congress to be in majority rule as a result of this scandal. They will have to do other things to achieve that goal; and as much as I support the Dems in the United States, they have yet to bring anything forward that they can do to change the adminstration, ergo, most of the electorate follows Bush and Company down the road to destruction.

Oh, that's a nice safe prediction. To be accurate, even if wrong, one need only say that it was not "as a result of this scandal".

Go back and read my predictions from 2004. I did not play it safe, and I turned out to be right in almost every particular.

One of the more controversial things which I said was that America needed a full two terms of this Administration to see what they really are, where their policies in fact lead, and to see almost their entire platform widely discredited.

Well, I was wrong. It only took a term and a half.

-D

 

[Homoaffectional]

And don't think for one minute that the Republicans are "pure as the driven snow" God-fearing, law-abiding family men who's farts don't stink.

Mud flies both ways!

 

[Kulindahr]

I've been staring at the screen too long --

I just decided that what the Democrats need is more sex, and less scandals.
Wouldn't hurt the Republicans, either.