Rants and Raves of a Passionate bear

Time to clean House and Senate

The Mark Foley scandal needs to be understood for all that it represents, which is more than a pedophile closet-case Gay man. There is a clear abuse of power by the leadership of the House--and likely the Senate, too--to keep the matter under wraps until after the November elections. For that reason, every House Republican leader should be driven for office--they advertise their commitment to child safety in campaign ads, but they allow children to be abused on Capitol Hill.

On the Senate side, there's the added disgrace of George Allen. As is often said, where there's smoke.... and, George, it's starting to look like a forest fire! Those of us who have studied North African cultures knew what you were saying when you used the now-infamous M-word; and the revelation of your mom's Tunisian...oh, no, wait! Jewish roots--but it's the Tunisian bit that's important--make the M-word all the more insidious. You knew damned well what Mom meant when she used it, and you knew damned well what you were trying to slip under the radar when confronting Mr. Siddharth. Shame, George! Your ads call your opponent "former fiction writer," though it seems you're weaving bigger tales in the present!

posted by RedHotMuslBear @ 8:13 PM