Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno, registered Republicans

Source: Salon

Jerry Sandusky, the longtime Penn State defensive coordinator who is facing a 40-count indictment on felony sex abuse charges, is a registered Republican, according to records from the Pennsylvania Department of State:




Read more: http://www.salon.com/2011/11/09/jerry_sandusky_and_joe_paterno_registered_republicans/

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I'm shocked that he is a Republican. Yeah right. Hey Rush Jerry and you have something in common.

Their actions (or lack thereof) have nothing to do with political affiliations.

This crime has nothing to do with politics. What happend here is horrific. Leave it at that.

Go look up all of the sex scandals Republicans have been involved in compared to Democrats.

http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Republican_Sex_Scandals

But I think the focus should be on the victims, and the inappropriate reaction of the students at Penn State to the handling of this crime - not on politics. Believe me, I love bashing the republican hypocrisy as much as the next guy - but not in this case; at least not now.
Peace.

to a disproportionate number of conservatives being involved in sex crimes.

Their hyper regressive stance on sexuality creates monsters.

Regressive nature of sexuality does to young priests entering the priesthood before they've had a chance to have a normal sex life. Some can become developmentally delayed in their sexual maturity and misdirect it.

I think some of the same preachings of the GOP create sexual problems in people I'll-equipped to cope. Also, the mentality they have about not seeking help for personal problems bears on this.

when there obviously IS.

Re "...there is a very strong chance that the Republican stance on sexuality is EXACTLY what leads to a disproportionate number of conservatives being involved in sex crimes."

"This is what Liberal politics, philosophy, child-rearing leads to! It's all the fault of Playboy and Dr. Spock!"

By the time they're through this will be turned into an 'argument' for censorship and beating your children.:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

to try to demonstrate a link diminishes how reprehensible these crimes and subsequent actions are

http://armchairsubversive.blogspot.com/

With links to documentation - news stories and such.



While it may seem partisan, I can't say I disagree with him. There's a worldview in place that allows for damaging the defenseless in the name of money, reputation and status.

I can't say I disagree, either.

is that your implication?????

DU is jumping the shark

the organization above morality. We witness it every day in the way the repug party puts itself above the nation and repug voters go along as long as "their team" wins. It's the authority thing.
Denial of morals and ethics is what the modern republican party does every day, especially that 30% (including Joe P) that still think shrub was great.

agreed. that whole ends justify the means bullshit.

less concerned with his behavior and actions than with the impact on the party

:shrug:

"that whole ends justify the means bullshit."

("we should ignore his behavior - the party benefits")

:shrug:

that was your point

:shrug:

thanks for clearing that up.

You are apparently admitting that Weiner broke no laws.

I'm not at all sure that's true in the PSU case, indeed I think just the opposite.

acts on the premise that the "ends justify the means". I show you an example of where many D's think similarly.

You want to introduce the issue of whether laws were broken. Not sure where that has any relelvance in whether the "ends justify the means".

:shrug:

How would you have felt had the board not decided to keep Paterno in his head-coaching position? Would that decision have been justified in your mind?

He was run out not for his behavior but because he was an inconvenient thorn in the side of the Democratic establishment that gave them a convenient excuse to drum him out.

I gather that the board *did* decide not to keep Paterno in his position so I fail to see your point once again.

after all - he broke no laws

I've lost track of the argument, if it ever had one to start with..

remaining in office is an "ends justify the means" position. he broke no law. he committed lousy judgment. and was a wonderful legislator.
anyhow. you can count me as one of his supporters.

that is how the "ends justify the means".

Would you have been supportive of the board not firing Paterno? He broke no law. He was a fine football coach. His efforts in terms of players graduating was stellar.

the two instances are just not comparable for chrissake.

http://cbschicago.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sandusky-grand-jury-presentment.pdf

i believe there are statutes regarding the obligation to report.

I despise the repubs - but to demonize them to this extent is ludicrous

They value power over others (especially white men having that power) most. It shows in their actions.

I've already run up against some of them condemning Penn State for firing these people, complaining that the team will lose.

one way or another - yes or no, please.

Women and children are NOTHING to them.

Sheesh.

grown white men, mentality ... but it's there, under the Republican surface.

Having power over others is their goal too - why did Sandusky think he could get away with such a thing? Because he thought no one would question him - he could do what he wanted.

It has absolutely nothing to do with being a republican. Lets get real.

But there is a point about the having power over others thing. That's more likely to be a Republican.

Despite people hoping others won't notice. Repukes always get caught doing exactly what they rail against. Republican Family Values at work for all to see. Compassionate Conservatism for all to see.

Until the republican platform comes out in favor of pedophilia, this hardly seems like a valid argument.

what absolute scum.

If they had been Democrats we'd be first in line to condemn any people pointing that out.

For example...

Spanier was also an author of a study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior concerning the practice of mate swapping, or "swinging".<5>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Spanier

names will fly and there will be some Dems - bet on it.

Fox news crawl might say, 'Are Democrats likely to be pedophiles?'. So, in a way, it is important.

JoePa just hired Bush41's IRAN-CONTRA LAWYER.

liberals and or gays are responsible for the likes of married men raping young boys. :grr:

That is what would be happening, and the liberal "attack on family values" would naturally have led to pedophilia being more common.

not in theory, but in action. Over and over and over.

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Give that one up.

BULLSHIT...this has NOTHING TO FUCKING DO WITH PARTY AFFILIATION OR POLITICS IN GENERAL!

sP

whooopteeedooooo! you hire who you think will do the best job for you. maybe they're even friends.

BUT CHILD RAPE AND COVERUP HAS NOTHING TO FUCKING DO WITH POLITICS AND IT IS DISGUSTING OF YOU TO EVEN SUGGEST IT.

God knows no Democrat has ever done anything shitty or criminal...

sP

:shrug:

conflating the crime with the party is bullshit...

sP

It's the hypocrisy, not the crime.

call themselves democrats,so what?

anything?


John Gacy with First Lady Rosalyn Carter in May 1978.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

Your post and one in freeperville also have something in common: they both attempt to make partisan hay out of vile crimes.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980959/posts

Sandusky was a Dem (we all know that Paterno is a Repub-that's not news) would this thread be here? No, it wouldn't. We would be upset that the Repubs were making it a political issue. Child rape transcends politics. Basically it comes down to this. Sandusky raped children, and Paterno did nothing about it.

Football programs like Penn State's are closely intertwined with state politics. The big money donors to Penn State are unquestionably big money donors to state politicians and probably federal politicians.

Politics is involved in this one way or the other. No way to separate the two, because the money and power connect them.

I've heard Corbett, our dearly beloved, spending-cutting Republican governor possibly pushed the Sandusky story into the headlines because he hates Penn State for pushing back against his education cuts. All of these people suck. Just a lot of people in power eating their own--no one cares about the victims involved.

As governor, Corbett maintains that Pennsylvania should not tax the natural gas industry.<18> <19> In February 2011, Corbett repealed a four month old policy regulating natural gas drilling in park land, deeming it "unnecessary and redundant" according to a spokesperson.

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party called the repeal a "payoff" to oil and gas interests which donated a million dollars to Corbett's campaign.<20>

According to Corbett, "had they not given me a dime, I would still be in this position," saying "we need to grow jobs in Pennsylvania." <21>.

In April 2011, Corbett proposed that colleges in the state offset budget cuts to education by drilling for natural gas on campus and keeping the revenue.

My dad is a tried-and-true Republican and wants to see them all strung up. And some of my dem Penn State friends think Paterno should have been allowed to retire at the end of the season. Go figure.

Exactly right. :hi:

Every bad thing is done due to being a republican, or despite being a Democrat.

Every good thing is done by a Democrat, or despite being a republican.

Once we realize that the problems of rape and pedophilia never existed until the advent of the (post-Lincoln) GOP, our re-eduction will be quite successful, and only a mere handful of trouble-makers and wreckers will still be around maintaining the quaint, old-fashioned notion that people commit horrible and vulgar acts because of who they are, rather than placing the blame at the feet of race, religion, party-affiliation or income where it firmly belongs...


(Reliable sources tell me that Caligula voted for both Nixon and Ford. Film at eleven.)

What utter tripe.

Why bring politics into this when it has FUCK ALL to do with it?


Sometimes, on this board, the apparent need to tie all things evil to the republicans is pathological.

Very weak OP...children were raped and you want to make this an us vs. them thing???

What a disgusting OP




Oh...and I love the sarcasm from Lantern Waste above....well done, sir\madam.

Christians and/or Republicans is the height of stupidity and hypocrisy. Like you said, these people's religion and/or political affiliation have fuck all to do with this disgusting episode.

Why this is so important to some people truly explains why so many Americans want nothing to do with either party.

...I'm not really interested in celebrity figures' politics.

The goal is to protect the children out there.