If one wants to make the analogy to Mr. Bush's "War on Terror" then you could say that anyone who knows about sexual predators preying on underage boys are just as guilty as the predator and should be shown the same punishment.
Mr. Foley's criminal conduct was known for years by the Republican leaders like Boehner, Hastert, and Blunt.
BTW: What is not being asked right now: What did Tom DeLay know?
As many other commentators have mentioned that this is the Waterloo for the Republican Party's claim to "family values" because it is criminal in what the House Republican leadership has done to coverup and condone the criminal conduct of former Rep. Foley.
The other great silence is on the Christian Right. There is no condemnation of the conduct and thinking which excused Mr. Foley for literally years. What is seen has been to condemn society in general as a press release by Focus on the Family's has released:
"Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery issued the following statement today about the scandal involving ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla:
"This is not a time to be talking about politics, but about the well-being of those boys who appear to have been victimized by Rep. Foley. If he is indeed guilty of what he is accused of, it is right that he resigned and that authorities are looking into whether criminal charges are warranted."
As Talkingpointsmemo's Election Central's Greg Sargent astutely notes that the statement does not mention the failure of leadership and family values so carefully shouted as having by the Republican Congressional leadership.
What is missing and what needs to taken up by Christians of all denominations is to take to task those politicians who cloak themselves with a "moral veil" but then when it comes to taking to task one of their own political flock is shown to be enablers of that one like Foley.
Parishners of the mega churches and of the right wing Christian leaders like Dobson, Falwell, and others have to be educated on the hard political fact that the Republican leadership is only concerned with power. The Republicans will use any means to have and to hold onto power. This is what makes the parishners and Christian right leaders dupes, lackeys and easy marks for the Republican party.
The Republican powers must be laughing their asses off at the likes of Rev. Rick Scarborough. Who would be dumb enough to support Republican leaders that condones the conduct of a man who preys on minors for years? Who would be blind to the fact that the Republican leaders wants to keep the money that this man has raised even as he wrote laws to make it a federal crime to engage in the very internet behaviour he was engaging in?
This is what Mr. Dumb Ass, who deserves no appellation of "reverend" is doing
to keep this morally corrupt and criminal Republican leadership in power:
"The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical in Texas, has recruited 5,000 "patriot pastors" nationwide to promote an agenda that aligns neatly with Republican platforms. 'We urge them to avoid legal entanglement, but there are times in a pastor's life when he needs to take a biblical stand,' Scarborough said. 'Our higher calling is to Christ.'"
Isn't it about time that you talked to your Christian family members and friends about Foley and how the Republican Party is not about "family values"?
Mr. Foley's criminal conduct was known for years by the Republican leaders like Boehner, Hastert, and Blunt.
BTW: What is not being asked right now: What did Tom DeLay know?
As many other commentators have mentioned that this is the Waterloo for the Republican Party's claim to "family values" because it is criminal in what the House Republican leadership has done to coverup and condone the criminal conduct of former Rep. Foley.
The other great silence is on the Christian Right. There is no condemnation of the conduct and thinking which excused Mr. Foley for literally years. What is seen has been to condemn society in general as a press release by Focus on the Family's has released:
"Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery issued the following statement today about the scandal involving ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla:
"This is not a time to be talking about politics, but about the well-being of those boys who appear to have been victimized by Rep. Foley. If he is indeed guilty of what he is accused of, it is right that he resigned and that authorities are looking into whether criminal charges are warranted."
As Talkingpointsmemo's Election Central's Greg Sargent astutely notes that the statement does not mention the failure of leadership and family values so carefully shouted as having by the Republican Congressional leadership.
What is missing and what needs to taken up by Christians of all denominations is to take to task those politicians who cloak themselves with a "moral veil" but then when it comes to taking to task one of their own political flock is shown to be enablers of that one like Foley.
Parishners of the mega churches and of the right wing Christian leaders like Dobson, Falwell, and others have to be educated on the hard political fact that the Republican leadership is only concerned with power. The Republicans will use any means to have and to hold onto power. This is what makes the parishners and Christian right leaders dupes, lackeys and easy marks for the Republican party.
The Republican powers must be laughing their asses off at the likes of Rev. Rick Scarborough. Who would be dumb enough to support Republican leaders that condones the conduct of a man who preys on minors for years? Who would be blind to the fact that the Republican leaders wants to keep the money that this man has raised even as he wrote laws to make it a federal crime to engage in the very internet behaviour he was engaging in?
This is what Mr. Dumb Ass, who deserves no appellation of "reverend" is doing
to keep this morally corrupt and criminal Republican leadership in power:
"The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical in Texas, has recruited 5,000 "patriot pastors" nationwide to promote an agenda that aligns neatly with Republican platforms. 'We urge them to avoid legal entanglement, but there are times in a pastor's life when he needs to take a biblical stand,' Scarborough said. 'Our higher calling is to Christ.'"
Isn't it about time that you talked to your Christian family members and friends about Foley and how the Republican Party is not about "family values"?
posted by Ken at 9:55 AM
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