Age of consent laws - District of Columbia is 16, Florida is 18, Iowa 14

WTF?

I'm hearing a lot about pedophilia and Foley. However, according to the law, what Foley did is not pedophilia.

It's perverted, It's an abuse of power, it's inappropiate, it's hypocritical GOP BS, but it's not pedophilia.

I found this age of consent chart.

http://www.coolnurse.com/consent.htm

Let me say I DO NOT support adults having sex or being sexual via the internet or otherwise with minors. I DO find it amazing how many Republicans (someone posted a list once)have been convicted of pedophilia, sex with minors, exploitation, etc. Is this truly a Conservative phenomenon? Are there skeletons in any Dems closests that are going to come back and haunt us here?

Seems every time we nail one of these bastards the other foot comes down and lands on the Dems. Foley is another hypocritical GOP pervert. That being said, if we are going to use this politically we have to choose our words carefully.

but we should frame the argument correctly. There is no evidence to show Foley is a pedophile. He is, of course, a sexual predator of the most slimey kind.

A 16 year old subordinate.

It's perfectly consistent.

If you're hung up on a word, then call Foley a sexual predator.

have known about this for about a year. Now that Woodward's book has been published and excerpts aired, could the GOP be using Foley for a fall guy to take our attention away from the fact that this administration has betrayed us all? Hastert and company are just as bad as Foley. I don't approve of his actions, but it certainly points out just how corrupt this administration is. They would try to keep a bad guy in office simply because he is a Republican.

as a defense, imo.