Shots Across The Bow

Crank Up the Insanity; It's Almost Election Day

Ok, let me see if I've got the message right.

I'm supposed to vote for Democrats in Tennessee because a Florida congresman apparently agrees with the ACLU that soliciting teenagers for sex is protected speech?

And I'm supposed to be aghast at the use of "secret codewords" in a Republican fundraising letter that I'm told were used to let me know that Harold Ford is black?

And Dennis Hastert should resign because Mark Foley sent salacious IM's to an 18 year old?

What is this, voodoo politics? Political "spooky action at a distance?"

I don't think so folks.

Let's take a quick step back into the land of reality.

• If Foley propositioned minors; he should resign and face prosecution.

  He has and he is.
  

• If anybody had any knowledge of illegal acts by Foley and failed to come forward in a timely manner, then they should resign and face prosecution. That includes members of the opposition party and the press as well as the Republican leadership.

  From what I'm hearing so far, it seems like covering up a crime to get away with it is bad; covering it up to spring it on the political opposition at a time when you can gain the most advantage is just good politics. Never mind that you potentially covered for a sexual predator over a three year period; it's the election that counts!

• I didn't need any "code words" to figure out that Harold Ford is black. Nor do I care. And since I forgot to send in two Krunchy Korn Klusters breakfast cereal box tops (eat with white milk only) plus $5.95 for shipping and handling, I never got my Sooper Secret Special Racist Decoder Ring, I tend to miss those secret messages anyway.

  And it seems to me that the Ford campaign is making this a much bigger deal. They wouldn't be trying to use race to their political advantage would they?

  The sick behavior on both sides of this race is all the more reason to vote NOTA in the Senate race. I'll pick one of the fringe candidates; they may not have a chance to win, but at least I'll respect myself in the morning.

Just out of curiosity, where are all those privacy hawks that were so upset about the government monitoring phone calls, and tracking money. They were ready to go to the mat to defend our right to communicate privately.

Apparently their concern doesn't extend to Republican emails and IMs.

And before I get comments about how I'm defending a child molester just because he's a Republican, let me point out once again that I said if he did what people say he did (and based on his actions since the story broke, I have no doubt that he did, and probably much worse) the he should go to jail.

I just don't agree that it has anything to do with any race outside of one Congressional district in Florida.

Posted by Rich at October 5, 2006 4:30 PM | TrackBack