A hypocritical pedophile and the covering up of such–the latter for blatant political purposes–what’s left on our I-Don’t-Believe-It scale for politicians to weigh in on?
Mark Foley’s scurrilous actions, as ugly as they are, have allowed a deeper view into the cesspool that is the current GOP leadership in Washington D.C.
Sure, it was wrong when Democrat Gerry Studds and Republican Dan Crane had relationships with underage Congressional pages back in the 1980s. Absolutely.
But to Studds credit (I can’t knowledgeably speak of Crane), he didn’t falsely base his political appeal on protecting children from sexual predators a la Mark Foley. An uber-hypocrite, Foley also was a con man member of the so-called ‘congressional SWAT team for kids’ and pushed legislation (the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) protecting young people from exploitation by adult opportunists. He inexplicably was co-Chair of the Missing and Exploited Children Caucus.
As can be typical, the coverup becomes worse than the crime–can you spell W-A-T-E-R-G-A-T-E or I-R-A-N C-O-N-T-R-A? May Dennis Hastert and his band of moral relativist goons be charged with participation as co-conspirators in the coverup of Mark Foley’s longstanding behavior.
Throwing the lives of children under the proverbial train for political profit. Does it get any lower? That’s all we need to know about the pedophile-enablers currently in charge in D.C..
But false righteousness and rectitude isn’t something new for Mark Foley. He also jumped holier-than-thou feet first into the Clinton-Lewinsky, adult-adult fray while simultaneously seeking the attention of underage and vulnerable young men.
You’ll ‘enjoy’ the following excerpts from back in 1998:
Congress sees through party-colored glasses
By BILL ADAIR
St. Petersburg Times
September 12, 1998
WASHINGTON — For more than a week, members of Congress said they would avoid partisan politics when they got Kenneth Starr’s report on President Clinton. But when they finally saw it Friday, they split along party lines.
Republicans were aghast at Clinton’s behavior, with many saying it showed he had lied and abused his power.
“It’s vile,” said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. “It’s more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction…”
…Some of the strongest reaction Friday was in response to Starr’s account of Lewinsky performing oral sex on Clinton as he chatted with members of Congress on the telephone.
That was “just sad,” Foley said. “It’s unbelievable that he could behave so carelessly in that setting…”
…Rep. Charles Rangel of New York said that in the atmosphere of “rancorous partisanship” gripping Congress, some members “are demanding a moral standard for the president that is higher than they would set for themselves.”
