=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Calco => Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 13:06 => To: ProFox Email List => Subject: [OT] Did Democrats Page Mark Foley? => => http://tinyurl.com/ehoae => => - - - => 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. => => - - - => => - Bob => =>
Un-f***ing-believable! Who'd have thought it? Geez! HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
