Gerry Studds Dies

[shinerbock]

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

[alum]

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

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by alum

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

Agreed. But is the timing weird or what?

[RACooper]

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.

[alum]

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.

[shinerbock]

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

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by RACooper

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 disgusting?? I disagree.

[ann.coulter2]

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

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by ann.coulter2

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

He would up here

[shinerbock]

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

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

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

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by RACooper

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

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.

[shinerbock]

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...

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

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!

[shinerbock]

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.