Thursday, October 05, 2006

I Wish I Was Making This Up

From Firedoglake
Rush Limbaugh re-victimized Mark Foley's teenage victim today by using his name publicly, as did Matt Drudge. (Both Roger Simon and InstaCracker made sure the identity was widely disseminated by linking to the no-name wingnut blogger to whom the original dirty work was tasked.) Because it's not enough that their leaders are beating off online during national security votes, or that the GOP spent years covering the whole thing up — no, no they must do their part to harass, bully and intimidate anyone who threatens their authoritarian cult, even the young victims of sexual predators. Especially if there might be other kids thinking of stepping forward with similar stories (as three more now have). It's the manly thing to do, after all.
Listen to this on an empty stomach. (via Crooks and Liars).

Yeah, these brainiac high school juniors from politically connected Republican families are now being portrayed as a bunch of sleaze bags who "egged on" a 50-something Congressman. If I was the parent of a page (or former page) I'd be even more pissed than I already am. These Republican apologists simply have no shame. The pages will probably end up not mentioning their Congressional Page service on their resumes simply to avoid being asked a lot of stupid questions by moronic dittoheads. Disgusting isn't a strong enough word. Puketastic comes closer.

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