Is this the first time someone will be prosecuted under his own law?

gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:12 PM
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Is this the first time someone will be prosecuted under his own law?

I can't think of any other time a congressman or senator was subject to prosecution under his/her own sponsored bill. The irony is so exquisite!

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ComerPerro

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:13 PM
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1. What makes you think he will be prosecuted?

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:15 PM
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4. The fact that he tried to set up a rendezvous....

...is what makes him subject to the law.

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ComerPerro

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:16 PM
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5. But you forgot rule #1 in today's legal climate and media

Its ok to do if you're Republican...

That's the rule that will protect him

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:18 PM
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6. Yes... but a GAY republican!

so he can't be a true republican... that would be.. uh.. unholy.

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ComerPerro

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:19 PM
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7. He's not gay, he is a pedophile

Pedophilia is about power, not sexual orientation.

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:20 PM
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9. True that this is about pedophilia, but I think that the general consensus

Edited on Mon Oct-02-06 04:21 PM by gilpo

is that he is also gay.

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ComerPerro

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:24 PM
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12. Not by me. I'd actually argue the opposite

I think part of the sexual appeal for Foley, much like for pedophile priests, is that by abusing thier position of power and molesting children of the same sex, they are committing as many taboos as possible.

As in,

"Its wrong to solicit children for sex, its wrong to sexually abuse anyone, and its wrong to be gay (in Republican land)"

Those three wrongs act as barriers that the abuser's position of power and authority helps them cross, which probably makes it all the more sexually arousing to them...

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:31 PM
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14. If he goes to a federal pen, the irony will only be more exquisite.

The turn around in power positions will be abrupt, to say the least.

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ComerPerro

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:34 PM
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17. You got that right.

I sentence you to five years in Federal "Pound-Me-In-The-Ass" Prison...

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MadMaddie

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:14 PM
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2. The irony is so exquisite! Yes it is!!

:popcorn:

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yellerpup

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:14 PM
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3. Tickles!

:kick:

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central scrutinizer

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:19 PM
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8. I think Godwin and Murphy both fell victim to their own laws

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:24 PM
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11. which Godwin?

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central scrutinizer

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:26 PM
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13. Mike

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html

I didn't know there was another

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:32 PM
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15. I can't find any reference to his being prosecuted

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central scrutinizer

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:41 PM
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18. no, but

he might have been compared to Hitler

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gilpo

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:45 PM
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19. Light bulb just went on...

Edited on Mon Oct-02-06 04:45 PM by gilpo

I guess Newton falls into that category, too.

LOL

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central scrutinizer

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Mon Oct-02-06 05:57 PM
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20. we should check on Ohm as well

We might be shocked by the result.

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sweetheart

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:21 PM
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10. Life seems to have vexed the fellow

Some people can't handle power, when they get it, they need to rape something innocent,
and in doing so, somehow redeem themselves in the blood of their kill. What is it that
this craven man wanted from a young child, was it innocence, having a future?

Republicanism has come to this pathologically, and its no accident.

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dsc

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Mon Oct-02-06 04:32 PM
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16. I don't know about prosecution

but Arianna's husband lost a Senate race of this kind of thing. He had authored exactly one law during his tenure in the US House. That law banned the transport of illegal aliens across state lines. Turns out they had a nanny who was an illegal alien. He wound up losing to Feinstein.

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