Perv-a-Rama

We can still refer to the act of adults coming on to kids as perversion, right?

I was thinking the Democrats would have a tough time commenting on and dealing with the whole Congressman Mark Foley exchanging suggestive e-mails and IMs with 16-year-olds. My thought was: "Democrats are pretty much for the NAMBLAzation of our culture, ergo a Republican going NAMBLA* would fit their long range plan for defining deviancy down to the point of anything goes for any individuals of any age, sexually speaking, of course.

Silly me. If there is political hay to be made, one must make political hay, consistency be damned. So even though there have been several (numerous?) instances where Democrats have not just suggested sex with minors, they engaged in it, was the offending party booted out of congress before the rest of us even knew that he had done anything?

No, they were wrist slapped, ran for reelection, collected campaign contributions from NAMBLA, and won - MULTIPLE TIMES!

But the Dems absolutely have different rules for Republicans, and the Pubbies obviously have no say in the matter. Republicans are like the real stupid enlistee in the movie, "Stripes." Remember that scene in the barracks where Ox (played by John Candy) is teaching Cruiser (played by John Diehl) how to play poker? Cruiser always has the better hand but Ox always has a special rule which he matter of factly explains thusly - "Ah, that's a good hand Cruiser, but on Tuesdays, in September, within a week of Sergeant Hulka getting a haircut, three aces are only worth a pair of dueces so my pair of threes wins."

That's the way the Dems play the Pubbies.

So we get not only, Foley = Evil Perv. But we also get Hastert = Cover Up + Entire House Leadership Should Be Relieved of Duties. In other words, investigate everybody before executing them and replacing them with clones of Pelosi, Reid and Barney Frank (with a Howard Dean thrown in for good measure).

Got that Cruiser?

* North American Man Boy Love Association - It's a real organization (that I refuse to publish the link for, Morton) that was most accurately depicted in an episode of South Park.