This is pathetic. US society openly promotes and protects same-sex relationships these days, then turns around and castigates participants. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, should pull her head in, stop making political capital out of it and ensure there are no witch hunts or show trials from her side of politics. The man himself had to be either a fool, brazen or both so everyone just let the investigation quietly run its course. This is a personal matter, not political, that’s all.Monday, October 02, 2006
[double standards] over congressman mark foley
This is pathetic. US society openly promotes and protects same-sex relationships these days, then turns around and castigates participants. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, should pull her head in, stop making political capital out of it and ensure there are no witch hunts or show trials from her side of politics. The man himself had to be either a fool, brazen or both so everyone just let the investigation quietly run its course. This is a personal matter, not political, that’s all.
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I agree with you up to a point, James: but having read about this case, it seems to me that the same-sex angle isn't actually the main thing at issue. This Congressman sent obscene texts to 16-year-old "pages" - kids on work experience who seem to be one rung below interns on the ladder.
ReplyDeleteI'd suspect that if the teenagers concerned had been female, the Democrats would be making just as much hay out of this.
I agree on the wider point that there is a great deal of hypocrisy at work.