A Rose by Any Other Name

Have you noticed the term that Republican lawmakers and Republican spokespersons alike have used to describe the current criminal behavior by Republican Mark Foley? Sex scandal. Yes, that's what they're calling it. A sex scandal.

No, you dolts. It's not a sex scandal. If the victim(s) had been 18 and older, THEN it would be a sex scandal. What it is, is a crime. It's pedophelia. Soliciting adolescents for any kind of sexual gratification is a crime. What it is not, is a sex scandal. Why are they shying away from what it is? Why are they afraid to call it by it's appropriate name? Why deflect by comparing it to real sex scandals such as extramarital affairs or homosexual liasons between conscenting ADULTS conducted by our elected officials? White House spokesperson, Tony Snow, even referred to it as "simply naughty emails". Really Tony? What if it had been your son who had received those graphic emails and IM's?

One question concerned Snow's statement on CNN this morning, referring to the graphic emails to "simply naughty emails." Snow tried to explain that a bit, admitting that he may have sounded "a little bit too glib."

Is "glib" the proper response to such a heinous action? For a Republican it seems to be.


It just goes to show how low the Republicans will sink in order to protect their own in the name of politics. It proves that they are only interested in serving their own self interests and not concerned one iota with protecting the citizens and the citizens children from preditors. Why don't they give Mark Foley's criminal actions the same consideration that is given to hot, female teachers who molest their adolescent male students?


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