Top 10 Things Dems Should Do to Show They Actually Condemn Sexual Predation

Democratic Glass Houses: Top Ten Things NY Dems Should Do to Show They Actually Condemn Sexual Predation

10. Demand explanation from Chuck Schumer as to why he did not support expulsion of his then House Caucus-mate Gerry Studds after the Democrat proudly admitted to having sex with a 17-year old male page.

9. Demand explanation from Shelly Silver as to why he didn't fire his Counsel Michael Boxley after the first charge surfaced of Boxley sexually violating a much younger woman, and demand that the Assembly Ethics Committee release a full report on the repeated sexual scandals involving Shelly Silver's Counsel Michael Boxley.

8. Demand that Democratic House leaders explain why they failed to take appropriate action against Congressman Barney Frank after it was revealed that his boyfriend was running an illegal prostitution ring out of Congressman Frank's Washington DC residence.

7. Demand answers on the cover-up of sexual harassment allegations against Erie County Legislator Thomas Mazur.

6. Demand that Democrat led Assembly immediately pass Governor's civil confinement legislation to keep sexual predators out of our neighborhoods and away from our children.

5. Demand that Democrat led Assembly immediately pass Jessica's Law, ending their resistance to the Governor's legislation that would toughen penalties for people who sexually assault or rape children.

4. Demand an explanation from Senator Hillary Clinton as to why then-President Bill Clinton granted a midnight pardon to convicted child molester and former Democratic Congressman Mel Reynolds, immediately commuting the jail sentence of the disgraced Democratic luminary for yet other felony crimes he committed.

3. Demand that Speaker Silver fully investigate and disclose the findings regarding the mysterious resignation of Assemblyman Karben after it was revealed that he allegedly watched gay pornographic movies with an intern and often made unwanted sexual advances toward male interns and staffers.

2. Demand that democrat led Assembly immediately pass Governor's legislation that would toughen penalties on the sick individuals who produce, promote and distribute child pornography.

1. Demand that former Democratic Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson immediately rescind and explain his hiring of convicted child molester -- and former Democratic Congressman -- Mel Reynolds as a "youth counselor."

SEE HERE FOR INSTANCE :

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52291

A final word on Foley's folly

Posted: October 5, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

In the immediate wake of the Mark Foley affair, I wrote a piece in which I highlighted the hypocrisy of the Democrats in calling not only for his resignation, but for every other member of the GOP to vacate the nation's capital by nightfall.

I pointed out that in 1983, two congressmen – one a Democrat, the other a Republican – were caught having sex with House pages. Neither of the louts was booted out of Congress, as Newt Gingrich urged. Instead, they were censured – which is the congressional equivalent of a doting father saying about his mischievous son, "Well, boys will be boys."

The following year, the Republican, Dan Crane, who'd been involved with a 17-year-old female, lost his bid for re-election. The Democrat, Gerry Studds, who'd been involved with a 17-year-old male, was not only re-elected, but continued to hold his seat and wield power until 1996, when he finally decided to resign.

Some readers wrote to suggest I should also have mentioned Bill Clinton's dalliance with Monica Lewinsky as further proof of the double standards the Democrats employ when it's one of their oxen that's being gored. Obviously, it had occurred to me, but Lewinsky was no longer a teenager when she took up cigars, and she certainly was no innocent babe in the woods … or in the cloakroom, for that matter.

There is, however, a much better example of Democratic duplicity, and he's right there in the House of Representatives. I refer to Barney Frank, who, like Studds, is a congressman from Massachusetts. Also, like Studds and Foley, he is a high-profile homosexual who's been involved in a sex scandal.

In 1990, Steve Gobie placed an ad seeking employment. Apparently, the congressman was impressed with Mr. Gobie's references because he quickly moved him into his Georgetown apartment. Soon, Gobie was running a male prostitution ring out of Frank's place. In the meantime, in appreciation of Gobie's excellent service, the people's servant tried to use his influence to fix 33 parking tickets for his roommate.

When the facts hit the fan, even the liberal Boston Globe called on Frank to resign. But, like Studds and unlike Foley, he decided to tough it out. Once again, Congress circled the wagons, letting their colleague off with a censure vote of 408-18. If you have any curiosity at all, you have to wonder about those 18 naysayers. Were they sensible people who had simply decided that censure votes were a waste of everybody's time? Were they, perhaps, clients of Mr. Gobie, fearful that a vindictive Barney Frank might out them? Or were they the only 18 people on the face of the earth who actually believed Barney when he claimed he had no idea what was going on under his own roof?

Naturally, Frank won re-election in 1990 by a 2-1 margin. Over the ensuing years, the margin increased to such an extent that these days, he pretty much runs unopposed. In Massachusetts, they don't send their troublemakers to jail or rehab, they send them to Washington.

Today, with nearly a quarter of a century in Congress, Barney Frank is one of most powerful members of that august body. What's more, in 2004, in a survey of Capitol Hill staffers, Frank was deemed to be the most intelligent Democrat in the House. (Talk about damning with faint praise!)

The same survey concluded that Barney was the funniest guy in the House. I, myself, have no way of knowing, however, if the respondents were referring to his wit or his lisp.

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