Foley
gives alcoholics and gays a bad name.
Once again the news media and the uninformed are
confusing gays with child predators and one does not imply the other. There are
also heterosexual child predators, and there is no connection between
alcoholism and child sexual perversion.
Of course, Congressman Foley has done what politicians
have done for decades, retreat to a rehabilitation center to escape media
attention and responsibility for his actions. If the Democrats are getting pure
joy out of this situation, as I am, it is because the Republican Party has held
itself to be holier than thou, the party of Òfamily values,Ó ad nauseum. WeÕve
had this hypocritical garbage thrown at us enough, and thereÕs nothing more fun
than seeing the pious and imperious found to be - well- just disgusting. Kind
of brings to mind Jimmy Swaggert and Jimmy Baker, President Nixon and Spiro
Agnew. When people are so brainwashed they are surprised that a Democrat
attends church, you know the babble has gotten out of hand.
While the House Republican leadership is being blamed
for dropping the ball and not protecting the House pages, I also blame the
parents of the young man involved in this latest scandal. Apparently his
parents wished to keep the e-mails and harassment private – not rock the
political boat, so asked that the situation be handled quietly. It was handled
quietly all right, the problem was not solved and Congressman Foley continued
his activity unfettered. The parents did a disservice to the page program,
their son and his peers by asking to keep the situation under wraps.
Of course, if one wants to discuss the immorality of
the Republicans in Washington, there are so many issues itÕs hard to know where
to start. How about the administration lying to Congress, the people and the
world so they could start a war in Iraq? How about abuse of prisoners and
denying them habeas corpus? How
about continuing the war in Iraq and sacrificing the lives and limbs of our
young people just because the president, vice president and defense secretary
have testosterone poisoning? How about spying on Americans without court
orders? How about authorizing procurement of peopleÕs personal information from
libraries and video stores? How about spending hundreds of billions of dollars
on a war that canÕt be won, while the education, welfare, health and homeland
security needs in this country are ignored?
ItÕs an administration with no respect for government,
the people, or the constitution. How long can the voters support this
frightening arrogance in our national government? Not much longer, I hope.
Caroline
Porter is a freelance writer who can be reached at cporter@galesburg.net.