Who's the hero?
Shame, shame, shame, shame.
The family of the page whose e-mails from Mark Foley first broke the scandal, issued a press statement today.
They called their son a hero for having the courage to report what he received. I agree.
They asked the press to respect their privacy. They deserve it.
They expressed concern that their son might be overwhelmed, eaten up and spit out, by the current storm of publicity. I think they should be.
They commend the Republican leadership of the House for doing everything possible and appropriate to investigate Mark Foley's "overly-friendly" e-mails. I. . .
They said what?
That's right, They asked everyone to believe that the response of Republican leadership was proper, and they even called the e-mails "overly-friendly".
Overly-friendly? I've heard that word before somewhere. I think I've actually heard it a lot - mostly from Republican leaders who say they saw no need to investigate further.
Hey, bozos. YOUR SON knew the e-mail was improper and should be investigated further and HE'S ONLY 16 YEARS-OLD.
How can it be possible that a 16 year old could see this problem and lawmakers who have made their careers stressing "family values" and their tough stand on pedophelia couldn't. How is it that lawmakers who are so quick to express their concern over "inappropriate" contacts with underage children that they will trample over the freedom of adults to speak with each other, can be so blind to the something that was obvious to a child.
As I wrote last night, they didn't know, because they didn't want to know.
But for the PARENTS of that 16 year old to support such obvious perfidy?
Sometimes, some people can take party unity too damn far, but when the PARENTS of the VICTIM of a PEDOPHILE, absolve the VERY PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE BOY, they take pary unity to an unbelievable, and to me, disgusting level.
If your child could see it. You should too. To call your boy a hero, and than side with the men who enabled the man who made your son a victim is a travesty.
I feel sorry for this boy. He was smart enough to understand Mark Foley's advance. I hope he's not smart enough to recognize his parents' hypocracy.
















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