Gerry Studds Dies
 

MSNBC headline calls him a "Political Pioneer." I feel for his friends and family, but celebrating this guy's career is disgusting.

No sympathy from a Page mom. Studds and the rest of his ilk are a disgrace.

Agreed. But is the timing weird or what?

Meh... exceedly unprofessional with regards to the relationship with page... but disgusting - no. Afterall it was a consentual relationship with both being of the age of consent, and the page public acknowledged this fact.

Most of those calling him and his career disgusting fall into two camps: "loyal republicans" who would decry any fault or failing in a Democrat; and those who think "fags are evil abomonations"... neither really carrys any weight, accept amongst the above two groups.

Not true at all. I find all of the

Rep Crane's (R-IN)/female page,
Rep Foley's (R-FL)/male page,
Rep Studds' (D-MA)/male page

scandals equally reprehensible.


It's not just a pervert adult making inappropriate advances to a teenager, it's a person with a lot of position and power using that influence to consort inappropriately with a minor under the age of 18.

uh, having sex with a 17 year old guy/page while you're in congress is pretty disgusting.

Not disgusting?? I disagree.

In the holy name of compassion, why can't Gerry Studds 'husband' benefit from his pensions?

He would up here:)

I wish him and most other leftists would go "up there."

No thanks... one influx of American politics is enough - the Conservatives are still dealing with the divisions created by the republican and social conservative elements introduced by American ex-pats in Alberta (also known as Bush-Lite).

But then again they'd be much more preferable than bigots like you; we already have too many :mad:

How is he a bigot? Thats ridiculous.

Man, its been a while since i've seen some idiotic accusation of someone being a bigot or a racist. Congratulations.

Bigot, right. I'm sorry, I suppose congressmen having sex with 17 year old pages is cool up there. Don't worry, I won't be living in Canada anytime soon, considering I like countries with things like beaches, jobs, world influence, courage, decent beer, etc...

Oh look, you just tidily summed up America's egotism in one fell swoop. That's so sweet!

Some of us are proud to be American. I'm not condoning ignorance, but I'm fairly well traveled and well educated, and I don't apologize for not sitting back and allowing a Canadian citizen to ridicule the government of the United States. I'm generally a little hostile towards citizens of other countries which deride the U.S., yet depend upon America.