Listening to the silly Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and the leftist media who keep this non-issue in front of the public is too much to bear.

Yeah, it is too much. This is REALLY non-issue with us Repbulican. A REALLY issue is voters for Repbulican think this is an issue with our “Familly Values”. And it is their REALLY issue because they believe in wrong things. our REALLY “Familly Values” are GAY, CORRUPT, LIES and PED and ofcause DRUNK. Yeah our REALLY issue is cover our asses now.

This is a non-issue except for Foley being a stupid ass.
The age of consent in Washington, DC is 16. So, Foley isn’t any
pedophile. He’s a dope, but not a criminal in Washington.

Yeah it is all Republicans love to have sex with young boy, it is no pedophile no crime.

More likely that some clever 16 year olds were trying to have some fun with a dirty old gay man. That any 16 year old with computer access is unaware of most forms of weird sex in this day and age is ridiculous to assume.

BLAME THEM BLAME THEM STUPID BOYS trick the old poor Republican GAY.

The hypocrisy of a supposedly child-protecting Republican (Foley) is a major issue here and if the Democrats win enough seats in the next election, their October surprise will have been a success. Then we can expect higher taxes and more bad government for which the Democrats are famous.

Yeah, we should stay in our crazy stupid dirty corrupt party. What is our point? Our party is more important than our country our people.

No matter how sleazy any Republican might be, on balance the Democrats are worse. Clinton’s under desk sex was a far bigger matter at that time. Again, 16 year old pages aren’t minors in Washington, DC. So, what’s the big deal here?

Yeah what the big deal here? This 16 yo page is our Republican familly’s son not Democrate’s. Yeah some our leaders want to exploit them yeah it is not big deal for us.

More likely that some clever 16 year olds were trying to have some fun with a dirty old gay man. That any 16 year old with computer access is unaware of most forms of weird sex in this day and age is ridiculous to assume.

The hypocrisy of a supposedly child-protecting Republican (Foley) is a major issue here and if the Democrats win enough seats in the next election, their October surprise will have been a success. Then we can expect higher taxes and more bad government for which the Democrats are famous.

Listening to the silly Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and the leftist media who keep this non-issue in front of the public is too much to bear.

No matter how sleazy any Republican might be, on balance the Democrats are worse. Clinton’s under desk sex was a far bigger matter at that time. Again, 16 year old pages aren’t minors in Washington, DC. So, what’s the big deal here?

Most folks who are pedophiles are heterosexuals (as insignificant+aphrodite claims to be).

That too is (like insignificant+aphrodite) totally unimportant.

What is important is that this episode clearly shows that the party of insignificant+aphrodite’s choice is morally, spiritually, and ethically bankrupt*, not to mention criminally inclined.

Nothing that any of the GOP apologists lurking on this thread whine about can change that fact.

* Hastert’s claiming that this is merely a “political issue” show his intellectual bankruptcy as well.

Just so you (and your target audience) will know. I have been married for 26 years, have raised two very successful kids (now adults), am still married, and I am gay. My wife knows, my kids also know. My wife has become my best friend and the love you spoke so eloquently about is the love that I experience with her. Many people can’t understand why I didn’t “come out” when the kids were raised and I can only say that I have a whole lifetime invested in my relationship with my wife and I am not willing to cast that aside.

The world is made up of all kinds of different people. Would that we could accept others and not “worry” so much about “what” they are but respect them for “who” they are.

I have to say that in had I been born in a different time I might have been able to experience my relationship with a man, but for me because of all the social pressures and lies that you accurately described in your post, eithier I didn’t have the guts or felt that the options were not there for me.

I am writing this in support of your post, hoping that maybe in some small way I might have an impact on the wee minded people who have such trouble seeing past the end of their own nose.

Thanks again “Truth”. You are my hero today.

Answers for poster # 270 in reference to # 254, for mighty+aphrodite.

Yes, I do tend to be a rather verbose chap at times. However, your use of “RAmbling” discredits me without due cause. I do not move aimlessly from place to place nor do I mince or explore my words aimlessly. On the contrary. I am a very forthright person and am quite stable in all things I do. Perhaps it is because I have taken literature seriously for over 50 years I may appear wordy to those who are less read than I. You are obviously homophobic so no matter how I respond you will find fault with the answer you get. However, I will give you the benefit of a response anyway, because I am a compassionately warm and wonderful human being.

People are individuals regardless of whether they are gay or straight. There are gay people in every part of the world. There always has been and there always will be whether you like it or not. There are as many “different” kinds of gay people as there are heterosexuals. I and my partner personally have never stepped foot into a gay bath house nor any other house of ill repute for that matter. Yet the straight community has houses of prostitution throughout the world. Why do you not mention that?

Neither one of us ever smoked, drank or used drugs.

We have no need of gay bars. There are literally millions of nightclubs and bars for straights. Why do you not mention that? They are for singles whom are in need of companionship and have no other outlet at their disposal.

My partner and I are spiritual but not religious. To be “religious” is to be racist. Religion in and of itself promotes hatred, bigotry and murder because of its many contradictory messages that makes enemies of humanity in general. To be spiritual is to find genuine peace, tranquility and happiness within oneself and to try to find it in others. There is magic in spiritualism but not in religion.

As far as AIDS is concerned, this disease has no boundaries. Women, men, children, newborns, and every race and creed around the world today is faced with this horrid disease, both gays and straights needless to say. My partner and I do not suffer from this ailment and we are grateful for it. Sadly there are millions of people struggling to survive with this illness. HIV can be contracted obviously through having anal or vaginal sex but not by kissing, touching, caressing, or mutual masturbation. HIV may also be contracted through the use of unsanitary needles, blood transfusions and the like.

Mighty+Aphrodite, my partner and I have other friends who are gay couples too. Neither we nor they are “sluts” as you label some. Sadly, we have lost one of our very close friends recently whom was monogamous with one man for 35 years. Whatever your “religion” has taught you I hope that people like you can somehow find a way to embrace gay people rather than to “hate” a group of people simply because of impressions you may have or what you have been told about them by your faith or by people you are affiliated with in your life.

The people you see at a Gay Pride Parade make up a very small part of the gay community. They do their best to stand out because it is what the heterosexual community has come to expect from them. It is nothing more than a theatrical performance, props and all, and you have obviously fallen for it. It is also because gay people tend to be festive, glamorous and flirtatious. They want YOU to notice them and to REMEMBER them.

Heterosexuals have all kinds of parades and celebrations of their own too. Oftentimes your parades don’t exemplify anything traditional, conservative or bland either. Again, there are as many different kinds of gay people as there are straight people. I wish you would at least try to understand that.

I am glad to see, on another note, that you respect other peoples privacy and that they reciprocate the same to you. However, if one is gay and is in your company I see no reason why that person can’t be who they are. They should not be criticized, made to feel uncomfortable or hampered from expressing themselves, including their sexuality. You wouldn’t want to be held captive in a “closet”. So why would you expect anybody else to be held or contained in one?

The juveniles in this thread are the GOP apologists (like Roger_Roger and Iakeo) with their smug, arrogant, self-absorbed comments (sound like any juveniles you know?) taken from NeoCon talking-points. They do all this, trying to deflect our attention from the fact that the party they are sluts for IS (and has been since 1964) morally, spiritually, and ethically bankrupt, not to mention criminally inclined.

Hastert is just another NeoCon whore*. Ignore him. He’ll be gone soon.

* Hastert gets paid; Roger_Roger and Iakeo are just sluts – they do it for the sicko-fun of doing it!

Do I know gay people – of course I do. My favourite gay friends? The ones who act like everyone else and DON’T share TOO MUCH INFORMATION. They understand that my private life is private and I respect that their private life is PRIVATE, too…..

Good night….

We, the People

Way to Go Dennis….You thought you’d get away with it…didn’t ya …didn’t ya.

Pass the popcorn Please and flip the chanel to ABC Liberal Conspiracy News…I wonder if Bush is about to “Arc Light” Iran to improve his trolls polls or something.

Can we conclude that you think “staying the course” is assinine? Is there a dissonance between your thinking and your Commander and Chief’s thinking. You better sit down and pray and say your mantra tonight: “stay the course, stay the course, stay the course, stay the course.” That’s a good boy. The President would be proud of you. “Stay the course, stay the course”…..keep going….the President is watching you.