Look In The Mirror
Alcoholic. Gay. Possible victim of molestation.
Could a lawyer and his client brainstorming for damage control only come up with only three diversions?
Alcoholism does not make you a victim.
Being gay does not make you a victim or a pedophile.
Being molested is not an excuse to engage in inappropriate behavior with teenagers.
Many Republicans have now turned the spotlight of this set of events on their own party, diverting it from Mark Foley. Ironically the party of "family values" seems to have tried to shield one of their own by not acting on tips of inappropriate behavior a few years ago and even having more specifics provided only months ago. Have they now become immune to the stench of their own hypocrisy? So out of his hole climbs New Gingrich to explain on Fox News (of course) that if they would have acted they would have been accused of homophobia. If I can paraphrase Desmond Tutu, if you know about injustice and do nothing, you are just as bad as the aggressor.
FACT: Homophobia has nothing to do with this. It is about inappropriate behavior towards minors. The GOP leadership directing the story towards gays is the height of irresponsibility and the audacity even for a group of people with a history of bigotry, is outrageous in the face of their cover-up.
FACT: According The Journal of the American Medical Association, 90 percent of pedophiles are men, and that 98 percent of those men are heterosexual.
So as much as some of the self righteous hate mongering idiots in the GOP want to blame gays, they have to go no farther than Foley himself and then a step farther into their own hearts and consciousness'. For many it will be a first time, but there are already a few stepping up. Those that continue to try to sheild the persons responsible for cover-ups should have the light of the sun shone on their behavior for the rest of their lives.