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So I was reading this article here ( http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/14...s.ap/index.html ) about the first openly gay congressman to die...and check this part out:
QUOTE Studds, a liberal Democrat who spent more than 20 years in Congress, was censured by the House in the 1980s for having sex with a 17-year-old male page. He was re-elected for several more terms. WTF?! --------------------  |
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Oct 14 2006, 08:35 AM
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QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 14 2006, 09:18 AM)  So I was reading this article here ( http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/14...s.ap/index.html ) about the first openly gay congressman to die...and check this part out: WTF?! Sigh... the media memory hole again. 1) Foley was not forced to resign either. He did so voluntarily. The House leadership has said they played no role in the decision. Foley could have very easily been re-elected as well. 2) That same year, a Republican was also caught and censured for having sex with a 17 year old intern. He was not forced to resign or expelled either. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610100018 This post has been edited by pebkac: Oct 14 2006, 08:35 AM -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 14 2006, 09:03 AM
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QUOTE (pebkac @ Oct 14 2006, 08:35 AM) 1) Foley was not forced to resign either. He did so voluntarily. The House leadership has said they played no role in the decision. Foley could have very easily been re-elected as well. They played no role in the decision...but vowed to expel anyone from Congress withholding any information about the case if he didn't resign?? If he didn't resign you KNOW he'd be out. No way he would've been re-elected man. Especially as a Rep. -------------------- |
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Oct 14 2006, 11:29 AM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 14 2006, 10:03 AM) They played no role in the decision...but vowed to expel anyone from Congress withholding any information about the case if he didn't resign?? If he didn't resign you KNOW he'd be out. No way he would've been re-elected man. Especially as a Rep. Of course. Imagine what would happen if Hastert were to say "We intend to do absolutely nothing about the Foley scandal." -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 14 2006, 02:58 PM
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MALE page boy? wtf
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Oct 14 2006, 03:09 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Oct 14 2006, 03:58 PM) MALE page boy? wtf Sigh... He got caught having sex with a minor and it's the fact that it was gay sex that gets your attention... -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 14 2006, 03:12 PM
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QUOTE (pebkac @ Oct 14 2006, 03:09 PM) Sigh... He got caught having sex with a minor and it's the fact that it was gay sex that gets your attention... Depending on the state, he might have been legal at 17. -------------------- |
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Oct 14 2006, 03:15 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
You and your logic.
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 14 2006, 03:24 PM
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I know, ain't I awful?
New sig, btw. 
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Oct 14 2006, 04:39 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Dr. Gonzo @ Oct 14 2006, 03:58 PM) MALE page boy? wtf There is nothing wrong with man sex, I am not a bigot. it is just wow -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Oct 15 2006, 05:32 PM
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male or female, noone in that position should ever do it. but we are talking about congress. They are not the best bunch
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