Re: rep Foley
Gerry Studds and the page he was involved with held a joint news conference at the time. The short version of the event is that they basically told everyone to mind their own business. As the age of consent is 16 in DC, there were no laws broken. The censure was a punishment for the consensual relationship. The censure happened because it was a homosexual relationship. Heterosexual relationships between male reps and female pages were documented during the whole thing. No censures happened to the male reps that sex with female pages. I remember this event very well as I lived in Massachusetts at the time. A girl I was dating at the time was very involved in Democratic politics, along with the rest of her family. I heard all about it, it very great detail.
Nice try, right wing hypocrites...
Gerry Studds ended up being a very good representative during his tenure. People in Massachusetts are among the most highly educated in the country. Smart people vote for their best interests. Ignorant morons vote their emotions. He did a good job and got re-elected on the basis of his performance.
Take a look at what Foley presented himself to be, as opposed to what he really is.
To you righties, I have one question.
Are you better off now than you were eight years ago?
I mean overall.
Are you making more money or less?
Are your health care options better and less expensive, or worse and more expensive?
Has college for your children become more affordable, or less affordable?
The billions of dollars wasted in Iraq could have provided health care for everyone for the next 30 years, twice over. Are you happy that the borrowed money is being spent on a premeditated war of aggression against a country that was no threat to the USA?
If you are in favor of the war, what are you doing to actively support the troops on the ground?
If you are young enough, have you joined the National Guard? Why not? They are hurting badly for recruits. One weekend a month, and two weeks a year. That isn't so bad, is it? I hear that they'll take recruits as old as 50.
ratracer said:
Gerry Studds and the page he was involved with held a joint news conference at the time. The short version of the event is that they basically told everyone to mind their own business. As the age of consent is 16 in DC, there were no laws broken. The censure was a punishment for the consensual relationship. The censure happened because it was a homosexual relationship. Heterosexual relationships between male reps and female pages were documented during the whole thing. No censures happened to the male reps that sex with female pages. I remember this event very well as I lived in Massachusetts at the time. A girl I was dating at the time was very involved in Democratic politics, along with the rest of her family. I heard all about it, it very great detail.
Nice try, right wing hypocrites...
Gerry Studds ended up being a very good representative during his tenure. People in Massachusetts are among the most highly educated in the country. Smart people vote for their best interests. Ignorant morons vote their emotions. He did a good job and got re-elected on the basis of his performance.
Take a look at what Foley presented himself to be, as opposed to what he really is.
To you righties, I have one question.
Are you better off now than you were eight years ago?
I mean overall.
Are you making more money or less?
Are your health care options better and less expensive, or worse and more expensive?
Has college for your children become more affordable, or less affordable?
The billions of dollars wasted in Iraq could have provided health care for everyone for the next 30 years, twice over. Are you happy that the borrowed money is being spent on a premeditated war of aggression against a country that was no threat to the USA?
If you are in favor of the war, what are you doing to actively support the troops on the ground?
If you are young enough, have you joined the National Guard? Why not? They are hurting badly for recruits. One weekend a month, and two weeks a year. That isn't so bad, is it? I hear that they'll take recruits as old as 50.
