Re: 2012 Presidential Election - The Day after the Aftermath...
Ummm...Opie, this one is a stretch even for you. I expressed my condemnation for Studds' actions in the only way that I could that would actually affect the man. I voted against him when given the chance. As a rule people usually don't vote against politicians they consider to be heros, or at least I don't. You on the other hand labeled the guy a felon, which would have necessitated his removal from Congress. That didn't happen because while I agree the guy was wrong to be banging his congressional pages, its not criminal to the best of my knowledge.
Foley's actions WERE criminal because the pages at the male dorm did not consent to him showing up wanting to play grab @ ss with them. Maybe you don't mind actions like that, but it seems they did as nobody welcomed him with open arms. The criminality here lies solely in consensual vs non consensual. If you can't differentiate between the two you're going to have big problems.
Clarence Thomas most likey made lude comments to Anita Hill IMHO. What I don't recall but I'm sure you can enlighted me about is what she did about it at the time. If she didn't complain or sue, then the guy's an oaf but it doesn't disqualify him from serving. His light legal record, lack of experience, and status as the worst judge on the court are what disqualifies him. Funny how people like you will scream minority preference when someone like Sotomayer gets nominated, but are quiet as a mouse over Thomas who wouldn't even had been considered by Bush I were it not for his race.
I'm afraid you can't have it both ways. What you said
then was something about Studds losing his effectiveness in Congress. What you're suggesting
now is that you condemned his behavior. You just failed to mention it. In one breath you suggest Studds' behavior was not illegal "to the best of my knowledge." In the next, you suggest Foley's behavior absolutely
was illegal. By what standard? IIRC he was on the committee that was responsible for managing the pages (not, I think, a coincidence). And so, showing up at their residence doesn't seem to be a prima facie crime, no matter what was on his mind.
You've got a finely tuned hypocrisyometer when it comes to conservative Republicans, but it seems to fail you when it comes to your own attitudes. Studds was rendered "ineffective" and so you voted against him. Even though he actually had sex with a 17-year old page. Foley had no sexual contact with any page, ever. He seemed to be using pages as a sort of a recuiting pool for "later." Smelly, ugly and we're well rid of him. But there's no evidence he ever touched any page, with or without consent. However,in Roverville, showing up and "wanting" to play grab a*s with pages is the same as actually cornholing pages. Is that it, Bunky? You, sir, are as much of a hypocrite as any you blather about. And dishonest about it, too.
Libstains call Clarence Thomas the worst justice on the Supreme Court. Other, more balanced legal analysts, have exposed that as a crock. And Anita Hill, who was allegedly the "victim" of Thomas' "lewd" talk, followed him around from agency to agency. It's a bit of a stretch, don't you think, to portray a lady with a JD from one of America's most prestigious law schools as some sort of helpless female flower, who "don't know nothin' 'bout filin' no sexual harrassment complaints." The two of 'em were working at the EEOC at the time.
Always attack. Always argue tu quoqe. Always change the subject.