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Name the papers. I'll gove you a start:
1) Christian Science Monitor

(just a guess)

Seriously, which papers? Post article.



My memory is not what it used to be, but I remember one as the Miami Herald, can't remember the other two, they were similar "some city - tribune whatever", but not the Christian Science Monitor.



Research it, your assertion, love to read it. Furthermore, this issue is new, so even if they wrote that, new info may have surfaced since.

I just watched Tim Russert explain the entire deal and according to him, a parent came forward to the Hassert staff and complained about an email. Hassert denied knwoing of it. Then a year later someone came forward to some Republican Congressional committee (can't thinkof what he called it), and it was ignored.

Enough people knew of it, but as Russert said, this was 4 years ago during the last midterm elections and they didn't want to expose it for obvious reasons.

Truth likely is, many Repubs and Dems knew of this, the Repubs kept putting it off due to never wanting to deal with it, the Dems waited to drop it.

Either way, I think it stings much more harshly since the party of moral reform is the culprit here. This is one reason I switched parties.

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No smokescreen. None needed. The repub leadership could not have been more harsh with him.



The smokescreen is more like with Hassert and the rest of the Repubs. There IS a major smokescreen going on here, or you (repubs) wouldn't object to taking about it.

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If the dems had not assumed that the repubs knew of the later IMs previously, if they had not rushed to call for resignations before they knew what was going on, if they had not gleefully tried to score political points where none should be scored, then we wouldn't be having this cyber argument.



If the Dems.... well, you know, If the Dems.... Hey, If the Dems....

Don't worry about us, worry about your own party. Oh, I see you are, you're fighting this issue from teh stance that you don;t defend yourself, but try to defry the other side.

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....
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Looks more likely that you still have issue grasping the fact that no one is dilluting anything about Foley. Everyone is agreeing with him resigning, and being under ivestigation. Now is this loud and clear enough for u?:S

And about the teenager, I would think he is more likely to hate the republican party. Or grow up to be a ted kennedy.



How about we discover who knew about this and who didn't? Oh, that's where you don't want to go, I see. You want to move on, but I gess you savored teh Clinton Impeachment.

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And about the teenager, I would think he is more likely to hate the republican party. Or grow up to be a ted kennedy.



A drunk? Maybe he grows up gay, maybe a predator, maybe he willbe unaffected. Either way, this is not a good thing and might have a human cost later on.

But more smokescreen and deference of blame to teh Dems withthe Kennedy remark. Truth is, I doubt you give a rat's as about the kid, just the Rep Party and their stronghold on teh country. Sorry, there's been an awakening of the country and you will lose seats if not control of Congress.

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.

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Foley is a scumbag. Everyone agrees. End of thread, then. No need to discuss any further.



Yes, these are teh hopes of the right and if it was a lefty issue, the same kind of thing applies, but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



I was responding to you saying th issue was Foley and what the Dems have done in the past was nothing but a smokescreen. OTOH, you seem perfectly willing to try and make this an issue of the Rep. Party in general, while wanting to ignore the failings of individuals within your party. Can't have it both ways.

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You seem to forget that usually a sex predator under the same shoes of Foley, would act alone.
Do you think he will go to his buddies and ask them for advice?

You fail to set the same standards to the dems you adore, and make no comment about howStudds was allowed to stay in seat. None, just trying to find more guilty parties on something that Foley did on his own...:|
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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.



Bwahahaha..dude, you're hysterical!!!! Neither party wants to talk about anything that could keep them out of power.

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>Selective moral outrage.

>Studds . . .

You are outraged - outraged! - by how selective democrats are in not criticizing their own. Yet in the VERY SAME POST you complain about what Stubbs did and ignore what Crane did, even though the censures happened at the same time and the scandal involved both men.

How can this be? Perhaps Crane didn't commit the same crime Stubbs did? Hmm, nope, both victims were underage. Perhaps Crane wasn't an elected leader . . . nope, he was a representative as well.

Ah, I know. Crane was a republican, and therefore you will be selective in your outrage.

Both sides commit these sort of crimes. They have in the past, they will again. It's sad and should never be tolerated, but it happens. Foley recently committed such crimes; he's the one we're talking about now.

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>You are outraged - outraged! - by how selective democrats are in not criticizing their own.



Makes sense, if you only listen to the talking points of your own party, you don't hear about "their own". It only takes a biased press or a self biased list of information sources. So no surprise that hard core dems don't even realize their own party's perverts (take Lucky's posts are proof).

Ditto for the Republicans.

I suspect your average "joe" from either party would have a consistent position about any pervert in congress. But, the more 'politically active' "joe" will never get or allowed himself to get the full picture. The favoritism most of us are talking about are the 535+ good ol boys in their big club.

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.



Righttttttttttttttttt..... which is why Foley resigned, and Studds got an ovation from his Dem buddies for NOT resigning... and went on to be re-elected 6 more times before retiring...
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Foley is a scumbag. Everyone agrees. End of thread, then. No need to discuss any further.



Yes, these are teh hopes of the right and if it was a lefty issue, the same kind of thing applies, but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



I was responding to you saying th issue was Foley and what the Dems have done in the past was nothing but a smokescreen. OTOH, you seem perfectly willing to try and make this an issue of the Rep. Party in general, while wanting to ignore the failings of individuals within your party. Can't have it both ways.



If it indicts the Rep Party, that's due to them

A) Having knowledge

B) Doing nothing

C) Being the moderators of morality

So if I've brought the Rep Party in, these are the reasons. The left is comprised of people saying, "live and let live" while the right is rigid and confining, so when they do shit like this they will be indicted.

If the left or a member of it did something very constraing, they would be indicted as a whole. I guess Leiberman is a sort of example of that, but outed frok the party. Prolly not a good example.

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You seem to forget that usually a sex predator under the same shoes of Foley, would act alone.
Do you think he will go to his buddies and ask them for advice?

You fail to set the same standards to the dems you adore, and make no comment about howStudds was allowed to stay in seat. None, just trying to find more guilty parties on something that Foley did on his own...:|



He did act alone and a parent came forward. So this has zero to do with acting alone or with company.

And did you hear what FDR did? You bring up history to set the standards for your own party. Again, just a deference of guilt. Sorry, you guys get to eat this shit sandwich all alone :o

BTW, the Reps have chosen another guy to stand in, yet Foley'sname will be on the ballot late in the game as we are. That sucks for him. :S

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.



Bwahahaha..dude, you're hysterical!!!! Neither party wants to talk about anything that could keep them out of power.



Sure, difference is that I am willing to talk, meaning my party has nothng to be embarrased about and my party is on the way up. Buh-bye, enjoy it down there :|

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>You are outraged - outraged! - by how selective democrats are in not criticizing their own.



Makes sense, if you only listen to the talking points of your own party, you don't hear about "their own". It only takes a biased press or a self biased list of information sources. So no surprise that hard core dems don't even realize their own party's perverts (take Lucky's posts are proof).

Ditto for the Republicans.

I suspect your average "joe" from either party would have a consistent position about any pervert in congress. But, the more 'politically active' "joe" will never get or allowed himself to get the full picture. The favoritism most of us are talking about are the 535+ good ol boys in their big club.



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So no surprise that hard core dems don't even realize their own party's perverts (take Lucky's posts are proof).



No, if you read back I wrote that there were likely threads about thise people. Thsi thread is entitled, "Foley."

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.



Righttttttttttttttttt..... which is why Foley resigned, and Studds got an ovation from his Dem buddies for NOT resigning... and went on to be re-elected 6 more times before retiring...



How is that in reply to this:

Exactly, the Dems get nailed, they'll talk about it. The right gets nailed, let's jail everyone who talks about it.

My statement has nothing to do with who resigned. I was talking about the protocol of each party.

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Foley is a scumbag. Everyone agrees. End of thread, then. No need to discuss any further.



Yes, these are teh hopes of the right and if it was a lefty issue, the same kind of thing applies, but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



I was responding to you saying th issue was Foley and what the Dems have done in the past was nothing but a smokescreen. OTOH, you seem perfectly willing to try and make this an issue of the Rep. Party in general, while wanting to ignore the failings of individuals within your party. Can't have it both ways.



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If it indicts the Rep Party, that's due to them

A) Having knowledge

B) Doing nothing

C) Being the moderators of morality



That's where we disagree. It doesn't indict the Party anymore than the transgressions of William Jefferson, Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd etc indict the Dems unless they hush it up which they most certainly do. Nobody in the Rep. Party is defending Foley. We all think he's a scumbag best I can tell.

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So if I've brought the Rep Party in, these are the reasons. The left is comprised of people saying, "live and let live" while the right is rigid and confining, so when they do shit like this they will be indicted.



So when it comes to child molestors, DWI's, the Ku Klux Klan etc. you think Dems have a "live and let live attitude? WOW!!!!

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If the left or a member of it did something very constraing, they would be indicted as a whole. I guess Leiberman is a sort of example of that, but outed frok the party. Prolly not a good example.



But they aren't indicted as a whole. Their transgressions are swept under the rug an usually don't get much attention in the press.

Take George Allens stupid use of the word Maccaca. The WaPo rans front page stories for almost 3 weeks about it. When was the last time you heard a story about Jefferson? I know you see the hypocracy. Question is will you admit it exists?

If Foley had been forced to resign last year, it wouldn't have surprised me to hear the Dems accuse Reps. of being anti-homosexual.

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Sure, difference is that I am willing to talk, meaning my party has nothng to be embarrased about and my party is on the way up. Buh-bye, enjoy it down there.

Exactly, people in your party have no shame. That's exactly what keeps them out of power.

Be prepared for Karl Roves October Surprise. I hear it's going to be a good one. :D:D

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but lefties are usually more willing to talk about it.



As long as it's a Dem being investigated, sure ... if it's the Repubs, everyone that heard, may have heard, or been rumored to be from the same town as someone who heard should resign....



Of course, it WAS a Republican, and one that had co-sponsored more than a dozen "child protection" measures. What a HYPOCRITE.
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Sure, difference is that I am willing to talk, meaning my party has nothng to be embarrased about and my party is on the way up. Buh-bye, enjoy it down there.

Exactly, people in your party have no shame. That's exactly what keeps them out of power.

Be prepared for Karl Roves October Surprise. I hear it's going to be a good one. :D:D



It is now being reported that Brian Ross of ABC new of this in August of this year. So, we must let the children suffer until October because of ???????

This whole thing is coming apart (Foley is scum and will get what he deserves) in front of thier eyes.

I knew this was going to be fun to watch:D
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