1) A gay man who expresses concern and interest in the welfare of children cannot be trusted to hold a position of authority over minors, such as a congressman.
2) A gay man who expresses concern and interest in the welfare of children can be trusted to other positions of authority, such as a scout master, a teacher, a doctor, a nurse, a coach, or a member of the clergy. The should also be allowed to adopt children.
3) There is no difference between e-mail and instant messaging.
4) Congressmen should be subjected to a higher level of scrutiny before the investigators run afoul of the law than suspected terrorists.
5) A congressman who resigns in disgrace and withdraws from the re-election race the instant a scandal becomes public should be kept on the ballot anyway, even if another candidate legally takes his place in the election. In fact, the voters cannot even be told that a vote for the disgraced former condidate will be counted towards that successor.
Have I missed anything?
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Jay you're forgetting that ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Henry | October 9, 2006 5:52 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay you're forgetting that the talking points of the Democrats don't even KNOW about clergy. In the case of the Catholic priest scandals, they were the first to howl against priests. In the case of the new pope and the Episcopalian church, they were the first to howl FOR gays as priests.
Didn't quite make sense.
"They railed for gay priests before they were against them"
1. Posted by Henry | October 9, 2006 5:52 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 05:52
2. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 6:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yawn
2. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 6:32 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 06:32
3. Posted by Brian the Adequate | October 9, 2006 6:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rule #6 IF:
1) the election is for Senator
2) the candidate is indicted for corruption in office
3) The State law specifically forbids substituting the candidates name
4) Said candidate is a Democrat
Then Rule #5 is null and void and not changing the ballot would destroy democracy as we know it.
3. Posted by Brian the Adequate | October 9, 2006 6:59 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 06:59
4. Posted by pgg | October 9, 2006 7:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jay Tea,
You forgot to add the modifier "Republican" in front of every instance of congressman.
Because we all know that only Republicans are untrustworthy, and Democrats are capable of doing no wrong.
4. Posted by pgg | October 9, 2006 7:26 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 07:26
5. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 9:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think Congress ought to investigate and out all its gay members and determine for certain whether they or Barney Frank had a legal sexual relationship with any former male pages.
It's only fair.
5. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 9:41 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 09:41
6. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 9:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
drjohn
I'm sure you would have been a happy participant in the Salem witch trials and the Inquisition.
6. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 9:47 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 09:47
7. Posted by jhow66 | October 9, 2006 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"HUGHie" please repeat after me--I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN.
7. Posted by jhow66 | October 9, 2006 9:54 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 09:54
8. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 10:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've done an infromal statistical analysis of Wizbang.
It takes 1.375 posts about any issue whatsoever for one of you wingnut loons to bring Clinton into it. You guys make me laugh so hard I've given up the funny papers.
Ok....now you can retort with the old fall back: BDS.
8. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 10:20 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 10:20
9. Posted by Scrapiron | October 9, 2006 11:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hugh, There is such a display of BDS every day it's always front and center. You can't turn on the news without a display of BDS by the newscasters. Democrats will make millionaire's out of health care workers for the next 50 years with BDS as the primary cause. They're days will filled with $1,000 an hour BS sessions, paid for by the taxpayers. Actually BDS is untreatable, Insanity has no cure.
9. Posted by Scrapiron | October 9, 2006 11:05 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 11:05
10. Posted by 914 | October 9, 2006 11:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hugh
You brought Clintons name into it !! not anyone else!
10. Posted by 914 | October 9, 2006 11:12 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 11:12
11. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 11:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
914
If you can count. count 1 post above my last. You may use your toes if necessary.
11. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 11:28 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 11:28
12. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 11:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061008/pl_afp/uspoliticschildsexscandal_061008141247
Here ya go, Hugh.
Completely legal gay sexual activities are now fair game in the MSM.
Why not do the same for all members of Comgress? Hugh- that means Democrats too.
12. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 11:49 AM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 11:49
13. Posted by scsiwuzzy | October 9, 2006 12:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Huhgh, you've proven a point brought up in previous posts: Had Hassert et al investigated Foley agressively when the first whispers of improper behaivor came to light, folks like you would have cried "witch hunt".
13. Posted by scsiwuzzy | October 9, 2006 12:09 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:09
14. Posted by John F Not Kerry | October 9, 2006 12:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Any Republican who denounces the wrong behavior of a gay Republican must be denounced as a hypocrite. Actually, any Republican who gets a parking ticket must be denounced as a hypocrite.
14. Posted by John F Not Kerry | October 9, 2006 12:13 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:13
15. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
scsiwuzzy:
Thank you for knowing what's in my mind even after I've checked it and didn't find what you knew was there. You sure you don't have a tin foil hat?
15. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:15 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:15
16. Posted by Mike | October 9, 2006 12:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pardon Hugh. He's permenantly stuck on stupid. Occassionly, he'll veer away, but then goes running back.
The Republicans.. fighting the jihadist at home and abroad.
The Democrats.. fighting Republicans at home... and abroad (see Carter, Clinton, and Gore criticize a sitting U.S. President on foreign soil).
16. Posted by Mike | October 9, 2006 12:15 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:15
17. Posted by groucho | October 9, 2006 12:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Scrappy, here's some more info on "BDS". A syndrome is defined as a collection of symptoms without an underlying identifiable pathology, or disease. The symptoms of BDS, however, are caused by a malignant growth on the executive branch of our government, with some mild spreading to the legislative and judicial branches. Fortunately this tumor is scheduled for "elective" removal beginning next month and continuing over the next 2 years. Once the malignancy is removed, a complete recovery will hopefully take place.
17. Posted by groucho | October 9, 2006 12:18 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:18
18. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Only crazed olons on the right, and you all know who you are, would bring war into a post about sex and accountability.
Martin, have you been abroad figitng the jihadists? If so, god bless you and I'm glad you're home safely.
18. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:41 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:41
19. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
oops....loons. don't know what an olon is...but i'll bet a crazed loons does.
19. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 12:41 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:41
20. Posted by Mike | October 9, 2006 12:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
BDS, as describe by groucho, is actually a severe form of hypochondriasis usually accompanied with various other delusions.
20. Posted by Mike | October 9, 2006 12:43 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:43
21. Posted by TJ | October 9, 2006 2:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I find it interesting how many people equate pedophilia with homosexuality. I don't think ANY democratic talking point has ever said that a gay man can't be a congressmen, or that a pedophile could be a boy-scout leader.
21. Posted by TJ | October 9, 2006 2:17 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 14:17
22. Posted by Brian | October 9, 2006 2:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Have I missed anything?
Yes, a few:
22. Posted by Brian | October 9, 2006 2:58 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 14:58
23. Posted by Mitchell | October 9, 2006 5:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Forgot this one:
Dems only refrain from gay-bashing if the gay is a Dem. Otherwise, they believe all must be outed and apparently hounded to death like newlywed and a bunch of mothers in law.
23. Posted by Mitchell | October 9, 2006 5:29 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 17:29
24. Posted by Jason | October 9, 2006 5:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey, Hugh, I've done an "infromal[sic] statistical analysis" of my own and have found that it takes an average of 1.023 posts for a liberal to bring up events like the Salem witch trials and the inquisition and terms like "wingnut" when refering to conservatives.
24. Posted by Jason | October 9, 2006 5:49 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 17:49
25. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 5:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jason:
You're just a tad off. Wingnut/loonie is the undercurrent of the right...it just goes without saying...so it's 0.0000
Plus, like Mr B et al you're lying. Find more than 3 references to salem witch hunts and I'll but you a latte and a pair of sandals.
25. Posted by Hugh | October 9, 2006 5:58 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 17:58
26. Posted by Brian | October 9, 2006 7:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dems only refrain from gay-bashing if the gay is a Dem. Otherwise, they believe all must be outed
LOL! Yeah, that's right. The Dems are gay-bashing Foley.
I guess we can add another rule:
26. Posted by Brian | October 9, 2006 7:18 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 19:18
27. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 7:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Exactly what crime has Foley committed?
Is lascivious IM'ing a crime now?
27. Posted by drjohn | October 9, 2006 7:50 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 19:50
28. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | October 9, 2006 8:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Once again the lies flow from left in abundance. Foley, it has yet to be shown, is not a pedophile. The objects of his affection were not children. Many criminals of that age (16) are held for trial as adults. Another lie is that Hastert saw the racy e-mails. The e-mails were not very, if at all, suggestive. I still want to know who saves IM's I have seen no proof that they are accurate or genuine. Foley resigned. Jefferson still holds his seat. This is nothing but a ruse by a party that has no platform, plan or purpose. If the Democrats win, America loses.
28. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | October 9, 2006 8:19 PM |
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Posted on October 9, 2006 20:19
29. Posted by Mitchell | October 10, 2006 10:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Brian, you don't read much. Google--republican--congress--list--gay--homosexual-- etc. I've read quite a bit about the Dem Mcarthyism heading our way.
29. Posted by Mitchell | October 10, 2006 10:20 AM |
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Posted on October 10, 2006 10:20