GOP Condones Pedophiles Actions

[Shelby07]

Past transgressions of members of either political party have absolutely nothing to do with this. To try to write this off as simply not being as bad as past transgressions or "the Democrats did this or that" is nothing more than continued evidence of the lowering of the bar when it comes to social misconduct. If this guy is guilty he needs to be punished. If high ranking members of the republican party knew about this and chose to do nothing to stop it they need to answer for it. Period. In this instance I agree with Nancy Pelosi, regardless of whether or not her motivation is political. The incident needs to be fully investigated and those who knew about it need to answer as to why they chose to do nothing about it.

[cigarsarge]

Gotta disagree with Shelby about past transgressions not playing a part in this mess. Covering up past transgressions makes people not think as hard about doing something wrong. The "My guys will cover up for me" attitude is all over government. Covering up has become a tradition on both sides. Once somethng is covered up it makes the next cover up that much easier.

Granted Foley needs to be inprisioned if he is guilty. The folks that covered up for him need to be investigated. It is a crime not to report any known or suspected child sexual abuse. The person that was victimized by him needs to be offered any assistance he needs to get his life on line for as long as he needs it.

People that commit sex crimes are cut out of the same mold. Having sex with minors, buying prostitues, or allowing a bordello to be run from your home is out of the norm. That behavior should not be condoned the voters of America or in the courtrooms.

People that cover up for them should be held accountable.

[Shelby07]

Gotta disagree with Shelby about past transgressions not playing a part in this mess. Covering up past transgressions makes people not think as hard about doing something wrong. The "My guys will cover up for me" attitude is all over government. Covering up has become a tradition on both sides. Once somethng is covered up it makes the next cover up that much easier.

Granted Foley needs to be inprisioned if he is guilty. The folks that covered up for him need to be investigated. It is a crime not to report any known or suspected child sexual abuse. The person that was victimized by him needs to be offered any assistance he needs to get his life on line for as long as he needs it.

People that commit sex crimes are cut out of the same mold. Having sex with minors, buying prostitues, or allowing a bordello to be run from your home is out of the norm. That behavior should not be condoned the voters of America or in the courtrooms.

People that cover up for them should be held accountable.

Sarge, We are in complete agreement here. My comment about past transgressions was meant to mean that they should in no way be used as a defense of this particular action. You said it better than I did.

Mark

[kevin7]

I can only see this from a fathers view. I have a 21 yr old girl, 13 yr old Boy and a 10 yr old girl. I hope I never find out anybody has taken advantage of them sexually or otherwise. hetro or homo makes no matter to me. My only goal in life would be to deprive you of your life and make your body mysteriously dissappear.

[cigarsarge]

I can only see this from a fathers view. I have a 21 yr old girl, 13 yr old Boy and a 10 yr old girl. I hope I never find out anybody has taken advantage of them sexually or otherwise. hetro or homo makes no matter to me. My only goal in life would be to deprive you of your life and make your body mysteriously dissappear.

Can't find any fault with that...I feel pretty much the same way.

[SmokinDVM]

All of you are trying to make this an "it's everybody in Congress" thing, like the Democrats have EVER been involved in anything even remotely approximating the corruption the pubes have been involved in.
The repugs have taken corruption to a new level, and their control of all three branches of government have shielded them from investigations.
If they do any formal investigations on this peice of shit Foley, it will only be because it's close to elections, and the rest of the pukes don't want to be associated with him.

So, stop using that typical right-wing ploy of always screaming, "but the Democrats do it too", it's bullshit, and you know it.