A Rare Moment Of Emphatic Agreement Between DU and Freeperville - Paterno Must Go

So, I took a peek at what they have to say about Paterno...

The uniformity of sentiment is overwhelming.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2804892/posts

Yes he is so concerned, he is leaving at the end of the season. The dirt bag still thinks football is more important than these children. Joe you are a POS.

4 posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:54:38 PM by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)

Coach Paterno live in a glass house of “higher ethics” which we now know was just good press. At his core, his job was to shepherd young men and protect them. He did next to nothing to do so. Read the open transcripts from the grand jury. What his coach did was child rape, and he either ignored what was going on, or turned a blind eye. He should step down today, and do so with his head held low.

5 posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:55:32 PM by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics. ProgressiveRepublicansInConservativeCostume)

Had that been one of his grandsons I bet he would have done more.

8 posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:01:22 PM by texaschick

Joe treated this as if were nothing more than a recruiting violation, instead of CHILDREN BEING ANALLY RAPED.

14 posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:06:01 PM by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)

Just kicking Sandusky out of the locker wasn’t enough, he should have strangled the sonofabitch.

20 posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:10:54 PM by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)

Just amazingly brainwashed..

It's uplifting to at least know that the simplest level of common human decency lives.

That's pretty universal, at least outside the Vatican.

... I really don't put anything past the Freepers.

as I see someone busily spreading apologia in DU for Joe Paterno's blatant disregard for children being raped by a fucking pedophile. Some people are unable to get past supporting the fucking football program and its 'living legend.' Shameful.

All the money their football program brings in, surely that mitigates it just a little bit, right? I mean come on, it's money. A lot of money.

(I hope I don't need the sarcasm tag.)

But they are a distinct minority who probably just need to sit down and think about it quietly for a minute.

Just look at R. Kelly. He was found not guilty in his trial, but there was a lesser known case in Florida that produced more evidence of his activities with underage girls, though that case was thrown out because of procedural issues.

There's also Paul Reubens. He was the butt of many jokes back in the early 90s after the incident at the porn theater, but again it's not as widely known the he was part of the Jefferey Jones thing. The authorities seized materials from his home that they claimed depicted minors in sexual situations - he claims they were part of his kitsch collection. I've heard several interviews with him over the last year or so and none of the interviewers have brought this up. Of course, it's possible that this part of his ground rules for giving an interview.

There's also Michael Jackson too. Like R. Kelly he was found not guilty, but nonetheless he retained much of his support when the allegations were out there and he had yet to stand trial.

That's the way it goes. If you support somebody, you are likely to make apologies and excuses for them that you wouldn't for somebody you don't support.

No, not really.

After all, their bilious hero commands it:


http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2011/11/09/limbaugh-links-dems-to-penn-state-scandal-but-rick-santorum-once-lauded-jerry-sandusky/

Mark my words; after they get wind of this from their favorite windbag, they'll think it's their duty to find out the identities of the victims and post them online - along with addresses, phone numbers & e-mail accounts.