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Originally Posted by Mazer
Hypocrisy is the bedrock of all politics. Everyone knows it, so I can only guess why you're all acting so surprised that these Republicans are behaving like politicans. The party doesn't claim the higher ground so much as it panders to it and Democrats aren't the only people who can tell the differnce. But do they really believe that by saying, "They're just as bad as we are," that they can attract more voters? I don't see the point in any of this. Foley resigned and admited himself to an alcohol rehab center. Voting Democrat will not prevent his kind from winning public office, not by any stretch of the imagination. This controversy isn't a censure on a particular political party, just on one particular man. But a lot of people have this 'blame everyone' attitude that's ruining the concept of personal accountability.
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the public's attitude is largely righteous: blame the GOP leaders who allowed GOP Congress
men (Foley might not be the only one - see Kolbe, R-Arizona) to go trolling for young boys, unabated, for the last 5 or 6 years. as pointed out elsewhere, the relevant analogy is simple and apt: any high school adminstration, aware of a sexually predatory teacher conducting himself as Foley did, would certainly be derelict in thier failure to remove this individual from his position. Foley's actions have crystallized the public's perception of the GOP.