http://tinyurl.com/ehoae
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If anything, the episode reveals the Democrats' hypocrisy about their
own behavior. The fact that Foley resigned virtually within minutes
of being told that ABC News had copies of his salacious e-mails and
text messages indicates he at least felt shame for his actions. Can
the same be said for Democrats?
Sadly, it doesn't seem so. How else can you explain the following?
In 1983, then-Democratic Rep. Gerry Studds of Massachusetts was
caught in a similar situation. In his case, Studds had sex with a
male teenage page -- something Foley hasn't been charged with.
Did Studds express contrition? Resign? Quite the contrary. He
rejected Congress' censure of him and continued to represent his
district until his retirement in 1996.
In 1989, Rep. Barney Frank (news, bio, voting record), also of
Massachusetts, admitted he'd lived with Steve Gobie, a male
prostitute who ran a gay sex-for-hire ring out of Frank's apartment.
Frank, it was later discovered, used his position to fix 33 parking
tickets for Gobie.
What happened to Frank? The House voted 408-18 to reprimand him -- a
slap on the wrist. Today he's an honored Democratic member of
Congress, much in demand as a speaker and "conscience of the party."
In 2001,
President Clinton, who had his own intern problem, commuted the
prison sentence of Illinois Rep. Mel Reynolds, who had sex with a 16-
year-old campaign volunteer and pressured her to lie about it.
(Reynolds also was convicted of campaign spending violations.)
You get the idea. Democrats not only seem OK with the kind of
behavior for which Foley is charged, but also they protect and excuse
it. Only when it's a Republican do they proclaim themselves shocked
-- shocked! -- when it comes to light.
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- Bob
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