Dear bornacatholic,
I agree that in his efforts to properly paint Democrat hypocrisy, Mr. Stein goes too far in white-washing the actions of Mr. Foley.
However, one merely needs to remember the name "Garry Studds" (if his story had been a work of fiction, it would have been dismissed as poorly-written with ridiculously overwrought character names) to put this all into the proper perspective.
Republican pervert: resigns from Congress, faces criminal investigation, even calls for a special prosecutor [* chuckle *].
Democrat pervert: re-elected to Congress, gives flaming self-apologia from the floor of the House of Representatives, no mention of potentially illegal actions requiring criminal investigation.
But that's why we say that the while the Democrat Party is the Party of Satan, we do not say that the GOP is the Party of God, but rather, the Stupid Party.
sitetest
*Sam Francis lives :)
I agree with your point - up to a point. T'Hell was Hastert thinking when he heard about Foley's earlier emails? I would not have bought Foley's lame excuse. You wouldn't have either.
In Foley's case, where there was questionable email smoke, there was a sulphurous lust generating it.
Hastert and the republicans missed a golden opportunity to re-establish moral credibility, imo.