"Nominee for Hypocrisy 2006"

[betsy]

Hypocrisy, Democrat Style

By Ben Stein

Published 10/2/2006 1:12:08 AM

If there were an Academy Award for Hypocrisy, the surefire favorite for 2006 would be the Democratic Party. Just two recent items make the decision a virtual certainty:

The Representative Foley "scandal" is really worthy of a whole book on hypocrisy. On the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail. I agree, that's not great. On the other hand, we have a Democratic party that worships (not likes, WORSHIPS) a man named Bill Clinton who did not send suggestive e-mails as far as we know, but who had a barely legal intern give him oral sex kneeling under his desk in the Oval Office while he talked on the phone to a Congressional Committee Chairman, took great pleasure in putting a cigar in her orifice and then smelling it and tasting it, and having her fellate him when in the sacred seat of power of the world's leading Republic. And the Democrats cheer themselves hoarse for him. His wife has a great shot at being our next President.

We have a Republican man in Congress who sent e-mails to teenage boys asking them what they were wearing, and an entire party, the Democrats, whose primary constituency, besides the teachers' unions, is homosexual men and lesbian women. I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys. (Take a look at anyone renting Endless Summer next time you are at the video store.)

Don't get me wrong. My very best friend is gay. I have many gay friends and they are great people. But how the Democrats, the party of gays, can be coming down this hard on a MC who's gay is simply beyond belief. One of my top, favorite congressmen, Barney Frank, is openly gay. Might he say a word in defense of his fellow gay MC right about now? Hmm, I thought not.

Second, let's look at George Allen. Now, he's a bad guy because he has a Confederate flag. Let's get it straight. To millions of our fellow citizens, this flag has zero to do with racism. It is entirely about respect for a time of unbelievable horror in our society, The Civil War, and respect for men who fought so brilliantly for a cause that was unquestionably -- by decent standards -- a bad cause. Moreover, the stars and bars are a beautiful design and show nothing whatsoever about a person's views about non-whites. No one has suggested that George Allen did anything racist or anti-black in his work in the Senate or as Governor. For him to be judged by what historical relics he owns is pure thought crime.

But the hypocrisy comes in because the Democrats have as their dean in the Senate an actual former Klansman, Robert Byrd of West Virginia. In my very clear memory, the whole bulk of the senior Democrats routinely called blacks "nigras" and voted against any kind of civil rights laws, right down to anti-lynching laws. And this is the party that presumes to judge a man because he owns a Civil War artifact memorializing incredible American courage? Didn't we just recently have as President a Democrat from Georgia who was inches away from being a segregationist in his early career? And what did his state flag look like when he was governor? And George Allen is being judged by these people?

Again, for sheer hypocrisy, the winner is: the Democratic Party. Again.

Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10434

[M.Dancer]

Hypocrisy, Democrat Style

By Ben Stein

Published 10/2/2006 1:12:08 AM

If there were an Academy Award for Hypocrisy, the surefire favorite for 2006 would be the Democratic Party. Just two recent items make the decision a virtual certainty:

The Representative Foley "scandal" is really worthy of a whole book on hypocrisy. On the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail. I agree, that's not great. On the other hand, we have a Democratic party that worships (not likes, WORSHIPS) a man named Bill Clinton who did not send suggestive e-mails as far as we know, but who had a barely legal intern give him oral sex kneeling under his desk in the Oval Office while he talked on the phone to a Congressional Committee Chairman, took great pleasure in putting a cigar in her orifice and then smelling it and tasting it, and having her fellate him when in the sacred seat of power of the world's leading Republic. And the Democrats cheer themselves hoarse for him. His wife has a great shot at being our next President.

Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10434

I'm left wondering when legal age happens in rarified world of Washingtonia........

Miss Monica Lewinsky was 22 1/2 when she swallowed the President's pride.

Also.....calling a predator someone who has a "romantic thing" for young boys? Sending them e-mails in hopes of buggering the boys?

Really...shame Ben, shame

[Liam]

It's really sad to witness someone as smart as Stein descend to Ann Coulter's level.

Democrats have been mostly sitting on the sidelines vis a vis Foley. There have been some calls for investigations into the House leadership, but it's mostly Republicans who are slashing at one another over the matter. Of course, Stein can't admit that the biggest hypocrite in all this is Foley himself. The man who was supposed to be protecting kids from online predators was, himself, an online predator. If Foley was a Democrat, the likes of Stein and Ann Coulter would have soiled their pants with glee. But when it's a Republican who is a hypocrite, the Republican response is how can we tar the Democrats with this(?).

As a gay man, all I can say about Barney Frank's silence on this is why does he need to come to Foley's defense? I do not personally know one single gay man who would defend Foley. Not because he's a Republican, but because he's clearly sickly obsessed with boys. That's just gross. That's not a gay thing, that's more like a near-pedophilic thing.

Sadly, Stein is demonstrably off his rocker.

[jdobbin]

The Representative Foley "scandal" is really worthy of a whole book on hypocrisy. On the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail. I agree, that's not great. On the other hand, we have a Democratic party that worships (not likes, WORSHIPS) a man named Bill Clinton who did not send suggestive e-mails as far as we know, but who had a barely legal intern give him oral sex kneeling under his desk in the Oval Office while he talked on the phone to a Congressional Committee Chairman, took great pleasure in putting a cigar in her orifice and then smelling it and tasting it, and having her fellate him when in the sacred seat of power of the world's leading Republic. And the Democrats cheer themselves hoarse for him. His wife has a great shot at being our next President.

You think Foley was misguided?

[betsy]

The Representative Foley "scandal" is really worthy of a whole book on hypocrisy. On the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail. I agree, that's not great. On the other hand, we have a Democratic party that worships (not likes, WORSHIPS) a man named Bill Clinton who did not send suggestive e-mails as far as we know, but who had a barely legal intern give him oral sex kneeling under his desk in the Oval Office while he talked on the phone to a Congressional Committee Chairman, took great pleasure in putting a cigar in her orifice and then smelling it and tasting it, and having her fellate him when in the sacred seat of power of the world's leading Republic. And the Democrats cheer themselves hoarse for him. His wife has a great shot at being our next President.

You think Foley was misguided?

Depends on what is meant by "misguided". Maybe it's the wrong word to use.

If what Foley had said is true, that he'd been molested by a homosexual priest between the age of 13 and 15...it most probably contributed to what he'd become. I would say that he's most probably one confused person struggling with his sexuality.

The gay article referred that he has a relationship when he was a young adult (heterosexual relationship?)...so I'd assume that he's been trying to find his way. Apparently he had not had any other incidents like this before (again, basing it to what I've read)...so he was "fighting" the urges I guess all this time.

Like pedophilia, fantacies (no matter how sick they are) become crimes only when they are acted upon.

Of course, this is all speculations on my part...we don't really know all the details. We'll just have to wait for the outcome of the investigation. At least he did the right thing in giving his resignation.

[jdobbin]

Depends on what is meant by "misguided". Maybe it's the wrong word to use.

If what Foley had said is true, that he'd been molested by a homosexual priest between the age of 13 and 15...it most probably contributed to what he'd become. I would say that he's most probably one confused person struggling with his sexuality.

The gay article referred that he has a relationship when he was a young adult (heterosexual relationship?)...so I'd assume that he's been trying to find his way. Apparently he had not had any other incidents like this before (again, basing it to what I've read)...so he was "fighting" the urges I guess all this time.

Like pedophilia, fantacies (no matter how sick they are) become crimes only when they are acted upon.

Of course, this is all speculations on my part...we don't really know all the details. We'll just have to wait for the outcome of the investigation. At least he did the right thing in giving his resignation.

I agree that the investigation is the way to go. I feel sorry for the families of pages though because there is so much uncertainty about their welfare now. A page should be a wonderful opportunity for community service. It really does need people who are vigilant in looking out for their interests and safety.

Stein was a bit over the top in this. There may be a lot to criticize about Democrats but how they are to blame for this, I don't know.

[betsy]

I agree that the investigation is the way to go. I feel sorry for the families of pages though because there is so much uncertainty about their welfare now.

No kidding. A decade ago parents were worried about their daughters...who wouldn't be? Now, they're worried about their sons as well!