Do you think this is how most people elected to public office act?
Or are most of them good people...
I would like to believe that most of them are good, since we only hear stories about his every now and then,
but I do wonder how many do not get caught...
What does this story make you think of your elected officials?
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Exclusive: The Sexually Explicit Internet Messages That Led to Fla. Rep. Foley's Resignation
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This is why I do not trust politicians. Any kind, any party, any time.
What's particularly disturbing, is it says here:
A hallmark of his career in Congress was his fight against child sexual abuse and child pornography. As co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, he bragged in 2005 about legislation he wrote that overhauled national sex-offender registration and notification laws.
If the people who are advocating for Missing and Exploited Children are perverts themselves, then children to say the least, are doomed.
To say most, this doesn't speak well for Congress in general, nor does it speak for the public who vote them in.
As you get older though Marshall, and see enough of this going on, you will tend to be more skeptical of all of them.
One can always hope, but hope leads to expectation which is always let down.
"It's vile," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. "It's more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction." On Bill Clinton - 1998
Read more here.
I'm 51 Dedanna. What has age got to do with judgement. That's not to say that I don't keep my eyes and ears open, but on the whole, I've got no business assuming anything about anyone. What should I assume about you? Would you not prefer that I just treat you as I would have others treat me, until such time that you prove yourself unworthy? To assume the worst of someone based on their chosen profession is just another form of bigotry (thieves, hit men and pimps excluded). When YOU get older, you'll find it exhausting to live your life suspicious of everyone.
Nah, as a matter of fact it's saved me from a LOT of bullshit.
& I'm not so far off you age-wise.
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