Shock And Confuse
Mark Foley is a name on the lips of numerous these days; mine included. It\'s incredible really. Conservative, Republicans, liberals and Democrats are all appalled. This is the sort of unity that does not take place all that typically on Capitol Hill and from sea to shining sea across the fruited plain. The difficulty is that even though all sides are outraged and united in their outrage, they are outraged for diverse causes.
conservatives are outraged since there is just specific behavior that is unbecoming of our elected officials. Making use of their position of energy as a dating service regardless of the age of their targets or the sexual orientation of the official is reprehensible. You\'re in Washington to do a job, not get some action. Targeting minors and individuals beneath their tutelage basically makes it all the worse.
Republicans are outraged mainly because Mark Foley is a black eye to their party and they nonetheless have sufficient conservative bones in their bodies (for the most part) to at least take offense as your typical conservative would. Plus they know who their "base" is.
Democrats are "outraged" over the Mark Foley affair simply because Republicans have shown that they can clean up their own home though Democrats like William Jefferson (caught red handed taking bribes), Cynthia McKinney (caught red handed battering a cop), Barney Frank (who allowed a prostitution ring to be run out of his workplace) and John Murtha (who took bribes in ABSCAM) usually appear to be allowed to continue on with their service and remain in very good standing with the party. liberals are likewise "outraged" since every single time one thing takes place that they can use to stay away from speaking around what they think (i.e. raising taxes, wage fixing, impeaching Bush, socialized medicine, and so forth) It\'s a excellent issue for them. But at least we're all "outraged". That's a commence.
