Foley - Wretched Pervert, But Moronic Imbecile Too

So we all know by now that Congessman Foley is a sick fuck.  What doesn't seem to be mentioned is that he is also a complete moron.  How stupid do you have to be to write your twisted pederast emails to teenagers that actually work with you?  In Congress!  At least your run-of-the-mill sicko paedophile has the sense to write anonymously in chat rooms.  But this idiot writes to boys openly, in his own workplace.  If I didn't know better I'd say he was a sleeper agent, trained since birth by the Democrats to infiltrate the Republicans and find a way to set off as big a shit-storm as possible from within.  And as for the Republicans, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert not only should resign but should also be bitch slapped by his fellow Republicans.  He knew about Foley and did nothing, for which he should be removed for neglecting a child in need.  But he has also opened the door for all the flak the Republicans are now taking.  Of being told about Foley's messages, Hastert's office put out a statement saying the "Speaker does not explicitly recall this conversation", though he does not deny it took place.  Well that's complete bullshit.  Who the hell gets told that a fellow congressman is sending obscene messages to children and not only does nothing about it, but forgets even being told?  If you ask me he's a lying cocksucker and as culpable as Foley.  As are all Republicans who knew about it and did not immediately have Foley removed.  And they are all pretty much as stupid as Foley was, for not protecting themselves from exactly the situation they find themselves in today by dealing with Foley as soon as they knew about him.  Please tell me the difference between the Foley situation and this invented scenario - you find out one of your children's teachers is writing inappropriate emails to students.  You do nothing about it.  OK, we know in this scenario the teacher is a villain, but isn't the parent who does nothing about it equally villainous?  Isn't allowing someone to remain in a position of power with many young students - in Foley's case, pages - under their wing, downright evil?  Especially since the only reason to do so here was to avoid a little political embarrassment.  Hmm, a little political embarrassment versus a child violated by a grown man using his position of power to ensnare said chid.  Tough call.  What a bunch of cocksuckers.  It's actually the only good thing, and what a good thing, to come out of all this - the increased potential for the Democrats to take back the House and Senate.  Granted the Senate is still a stretch, but this link shows it may not be as great a stretch as once it was.  Finally it looks like we can put an end to the tragic situation of having both the House and Senate controlled by the same party as the most unqualified buffoon ever to have sat in the White House.

Comments

Take it a step further for suppositions about the state of our political class. Think about it- if Hastert knew when he did, you can bet there were Democrats who did and kept it to themselves for timely political advantage. (And, don't get me wrong, at this point, I think the country needs for the Dems to take both houses.) It's about what you can expect from a body of people that has to vote against its own pay raises in order not to get them...

[Bruce Alexander]

Democrats kept it to themselves for timely political advantage? It's possible... but, any Republican who knew would do anything to keep it from the Democrats and if the Dems did somehow gain this info and kept quiet till now, then they would be risking their own futures on the hope that their silence wouldn't be exposed sometime in the future. I suspect that if they knew they would have come out immediately. This is not about corruption, greed, money, lying, this is about homosexuality and pedophilia. And yet, I am willing to wager that "somehow" the Republicans won't lose both houses.

We'll see. I've been focusing on my wider dismay with all of our elected officals recently, so as not to get too riled up by partisan politics. Though, by chance this am, I happened on what I thought was Don Imus interviewing Kermit the Frog, but turned out to be Imus interviewing Joe Lieberman, who essentially echoed what you're saying: This shouldn't be a political debate, this is a moral question. So maybe there's hope yet.

[Bruce Alexander]

It shouldn't be a political debate but the timing makes it impossible to be anything but--the Dems want power and the Reps want to keep it and both are willing to do anything to achieve their goals, but the Bush admin has more to lose if they lose both houses, including the possibility of impeachment for the Pres. And it is a moral question but its the Reps who portray themselves as the guardians of America's morality.
And I agree with your dismay--politicians, who vote on issues based on what will keep them in power and not on what they think is right or wrong for the people they are supposed to represent, are hypocrites and both parties are filled with them.
But if the Dems don't win in November then we are in deep shit and if I believed in praying I would be from now unti then.