Predatorgate: Sick, Sick, Sick
Plausible deniability on Hastert’s part? I think so, since Foley was warned to behave appropriately with pages. Of course, Ann Coulter is convinced it’s all a big political ploy timed deliberately to make the Republicans look bad just before the election.
The Republicans look bad because they consistently chose to overlook the problem that Foley posed and hoped it would just go away.
Evil Matt Drudge blames the kids, calling them 16 and 17 year old beasts. Yeah, Matt, and I suppose you also see rape victims as the cause of their rape, too. Of course, if you really wanted to dig back into Drudge’s old stuff, you could find all sorts of judgmental claptrap about how Clinton took advantage of poor Monica. The double standard has reached new heights.
Interesting to watch damage control efforts unfold, with most moderate Republicans denouncing Foley (as they should) and the shrill voices of the hard-core-do-nothing wrong sorts crying conspiracy.
Isn’t there something sick about defending a person who engaged in the very acts he was lauded for legislating against?
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