Foley Bruhaha
Posted By: Observer on 2006-10-03
In Reply to: This is despicable. - Lydia
Talk about hipocrisy: The case of Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., In 1989, male prostitute Stephen L. Gobie admitted that Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., knew that Gobie had operated a prostitution service out of Frank's Capitol Hill apartment. Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, confirmed that he had Gobie as a roommate in his apartment. Frank said he fired Gobie when he learned that clients were visiting his apartment.
Was Frank told by the Democratic leadership to resign his seat as Foley was forced to do?
Not at all. That was 17 years ago, and he is still a member of Congress, a respected member of the Democratic minority and is slated to assume the chairmanship of a key House committee should the Democrats recapture control of the House. Where was the outrage then? CURIOUSLY ABSENT.
When former Rep. Gerry Studds admitted having sex with a teenage page, nobody in the Democratic leadership demanded he resign, nor did he offer to resign. He had a joint press conference with the boy and bragged about their affair. He was renominated by the Democrats and re-elected six times before retiring. Where was the outrage then? CURIOUSLY ABSENT.
And let us NOT forget Mr. Clinton...had sex with an aide in the White House no less, committing adultery then lying about itunder oath (perjury, which is a felony). Where was the outrage then? Curiously ABSENT.
As Rush Limbaugh noted Monday, The truth is that the people on the left who are acting all outraged and stunned and angry, they don't see what Clinton or Barney Frank or Gerry Studds did as repugnant. In fact, they view those things as private matters that didn't affect anybody's work, and it's nobody's business what somebody does with their private life, particularly when it comes to sex.
Unless it involves a Republican. Then it's a matter of outrage and hypocrisy.
NONE OF THIS WAS RIGHT. ON EITHER SIDE. BUT SHEESH, PULL OFF THE BLINDERS. HISTORY OF TURNING BLIND EYE HERE.
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