I think you're wrong. When a republican (conservative or otherwise) does something wrong I see people here either waiting for the evidence to make itself known or if admitted then most people here think it is time for them to resign...unless of course it is something that is not illegal but something that the left has deemed to be a thought crime i.e., saying the wrong thing or the wrong way.
However, it is pretty much universal that when a democrat is caught up then the outcry against punishment is near unanimous among the lefties. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Epstein/Clinton on orgy island, Hillary on her servers and Benghazi, Obama on his constitutional violations (which the left agrees have happened), and (I could go on for a long time) Jesse Jackson Jr. recent release from prison. The left here defended JJJ against his corruption charges.
Compare that to Mark Foley of Florida (he had to resign though he had broken no laws) and Schock of Illinois (though we haven't seen any evidence of wrongdoing).
It is standard for the left to go to the template; defend our own, deny the charges, promote the charges as unimportant not affecting their work, claim that it was a conspiracy, cover the whole thing up like a cat in a litter box.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
I purposely worded my reply to be bipartisan. Yet you interpreted it to fit your perception of my "liberal leanings". I don't see how I can convey my point with that skewed type of reception of what ever I could respond with so I don't really know what to say in response to your assertion.
As for Mark Foley that's an odd example for you to pick in my opinion.
He admitted to doing it so How can you say he was railroaded?
“Once again, I wish to express my sincerest apologies for the inappropriate e-mails I sent, particularly to the recipients. I fully realize that I failed them, my family, my former Congressional colleagues and staff, as well as the community as a whole.”
He resigned and checked in to a clinic on his own. I respect him for owning up to it. The bigger issue to me was his buddies condoning it.
Here is another quote from him. Tell me what you see wrong with it, or not.
"Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
"There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said.
"The fact is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft a law to protect children on the Internet.
Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
"The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of adulthood.
"At the end of the day, they were
instant messages that were extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his eyes wandering toward the ceiling."
I am sure you can find a better example than Foley.
