The Real Scandal Isn't Foley

What's missing from this article is the fact that the Repubs have sold the public a bill-of-goods that somehow they are the sole party that represents; God, the flag, and morality.
I think this Foley cover-up, by the Repubs, is of such utter hypocrisy that even the corporate media cannot spin it away, although FAUX is tryiing.
A hypocrisy that stems from the years and years of being preached at by the Repubs on how much of a moral high ground they say they are on. Of course this was a con to lure the "vote values" crowd. Now, even that base is outraged.
The ship is sinking on the criminal Republican government we have.

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Outrage as Misdirection: The Real Scandal Isn't Foley
by Dave Lindorff | Oct 4 2006 - 11:43am

It's a sad commentary on the state of American democracy, on the instincts of the American citizenry, and on the standards and judgment of the American newsmedia that the unsavory advances of a pathetic Forida congressman can have the nation in high dudgeon, while the ramming through of a patently illegal piece of legislation undermining a crucial 13th century civil liberty (habeas corpus), and the Fourth and Eighth Amendments of the constitution, and the secret planning for an illegal and catastrophic attack on Iran, both merit almost no complaint or mention.

Far be it from me to complain if Rep. Mark Foley's sexual obsession with teenage boys ends up sinking Republican hopes for hanging onto the House and Senate. But how sad that it would be if it is this, and the coverup of his crimes by the Republican leadership, that undoes the Bush administration, when its real crimes are of such grandeur and seriousness?

How are we to compare seeking to screw a 16-year old with totally screwing the Constitution? How are we to compare secret email solicitations with a secret plot to attack a nation of 62 million that poses no immediate threat to the U.S.?

How are we to compare the Republican Party's cover-up of a member's efforts to corrupt young pages with the same party's conspiracy to cover up the Bush administration's ineptness and possible foreknowledge of the 9-11 attacks, and of the campaign of lies and misinformation it used to drum up hysteria for an illegal and totally unwarranted invasion of Iraq?

FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/1352

supermarket tabloid or some cable station that panders to the 'I wanna see some sleeze' crowd, it just doesn't matter.

It would require thought, which is a form of work, to wrap their minds around things like the loss of Habeus Corpus, torture, or spying on the American people. And they it just might require action if they realized how bad things are, how corrupt and greedy their little leaders are. And the majority of people are just too damn lazy and weak to stand up and do the right thing.

So if Foley rids us of the republicans, that'll be just fine and dandy with me. Then we can maybe have a chance at straightening out some of this shit.

9/11, Katrina, Iraq, wiretapping, Enron, Delay, habeas corpus, torture. . . .
Sex is the Republican obsession and Achilles heal.

Tax evasion!

The scandal exemplifies abuse of power, hypocrisy, and lawlessness
in terms that nobody can deny anymore. As Repug misdeeds go,
this is small, but it shows the American public what we've known
all along. The Repug House leadership is no damn good.

I would have loved to see this level of outrage about the Abramoff
scandal, especially when House Repugs failed to move against Bob Ney,
an admitted bribe taker. But the Foley scandal is a symptom
of the same disease.

COMPARE??? These are WHITE boys from "good" families we're talkin' about!!!! Compare, indeed! :rofl::rofl::rofl: