Politics and Morals dont go together

I find it amusing when people show of their bias for one of the two political parties. Something that is really funny to me is when people get really involved in their party and they jump on anything that makes the other party look bad.

Politics is an interesitng game. When a person in a political party does something wrong the other party usually wags its finger disapprovingly. Then when something similar (or worse maybe)happens to the first party, the second party admonishes the first.

Recently the Republican party has had very little to be happy about. What is funny is how some people who identify with the democratic paty have latched onto a certain story and have tried to bash them over it.

As we all know in 2006 Mark Foley(R) resigned from Congress on September 29, 2006 as allegations surfaced that he had sent sexually explicit instant messages to Congressional pages and former pages, including some who were minors. Now this is a pretty big deal and the democrats have been blasting the republicans about it. Quite frankly sending these types of messages to youngsters is disgusting behavior and quite frankly should not be tolerated.

However, as the sayings go: The Pot should not call the Kettle Black and people that live in glass houses should not throw rocks. Why? DOnt you know about Gerry Studds?

No? Well let me help you out.
In 1983, Gerry Studds(D)became the first openly Gay member of congress. He decided to acknowledge this becuase a former male page cliamed that they had a relationship in the past. Had this page not come out with this story who know if Studds would have made his declaration in 1983. Gerry Studds is the same that also acknowledged having sex with a 17-year-old male page in 1973 and making sexual advances to two others. He even admitted an error in judgment, but did not apologize for his actions.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/14/obit.studds.ap/index.html


So what did the Democratic congress do to Studds? He was censured in 1983 and continued to serve in Congress until 1997, almost 14 years later. Where were the blasts by the media to get this sexual predator out of office? If he had commited that crime today he would have been placed on the Sexual predators list. Where were calls for him to step down? None. Where were the protests of this man's character. None.


In my mind having sex with a minor is a whole lot worse then sending sexually explicit text messages. Yet the Democrats dance with glee as Mark Foley is dragged through the strets. I am not defending Foley, he is an ass and should step down. But Studds actions are far worse. Studds defended his sexual relationship with the minor as a "consensual relationship with a young adult." Not only did he get away virtually scot free but he had no regrets about his actions. The democratic party should be ashamed of this man. From what I have read, Foley regrets his actions and appears aplogetic. Studds on ther other hand thinks what he did was Ok.


For those of you who do not know, Studds died today Oct 14, 2006 in Massachestes. If you are a strong democrat and want to admonish Foley do so, but remember the far far worse actions of Gerry Studds. Never Forget his actions, his beliefs that having sex with a minor is ok, and the fact that he got away with it.