So Long, “Security Mom” -What were those guys thinking?”

[DemocratSinceBirth]

That is what every woman I’ve spoken to has said about the Foley mess.

“What were those guys thinking?”

It’s just that simple.

Why didn’t Hastert and Reynolds and Shimkus understand what every vigilant parent knows, that there is something very fishy about an older guy, any older guy, sending overly friendly e-mails to a 16-year-old, whether the 16-year-old is a boy or a girl.


http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzJmMDM5NTRkNmVjZTA0YzdiMjk5ZTdlZTAyMzc2MTI=


Attention: Mods- This editorial is from a conservative site but it is balanced , informative, and well written.

[MADem]

1. The simple fact that it IS from NRO makes it double-damning

Didn’t they ever wonder why a 52-year-old congressman needed a 16-year-old friend? A congressman whom almost everyone on the Hill thought was gay?

Would they have believed him and then just gone about their business if the one receiving the e-mails was their own son?

Unlike the discussions about the war, this is a very simple story to understand.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I Respect Principled Conservatives

I distinguish between a principled conservative and a Republican.

And when there is conflict between what Democrats are doing and what I believe to be right I hope to be true to thyself first.

[Vexatious Ape]

2. Right

And what do you think the NASCAR dad's think of the GO-NAMBLA-P? I don't think a lot of Republican voters are going to pull for Dem's, but I do think a lot will just stay home.

[OzarkDem]

3. Yup, they've lost the women's vote n/t

[mikeytherat]

5. This is an issue that resonates with Susie Security Mom and

Freddy Football Dad. BIG TIME.

They might not get really upset about big issues like "Iraq" or "torture," because they don't really understand the Constitution or the Geneva Conventions and, besides, "these are the guys who want to kill us." Now, people stalking their children? Trying to entice them into sex and God only knows what else? "Cyber-stalkers" and "MySpace" - well, they know LOTS about this stuff, because the same news organizations that have ignored things like Iraq and torture have crammed "cyber-stalker" horrors into their minds nonstop for several years.

mikey_the_rat

[filer]

6. If this is what it takes to get through to those people...

we'll take it. They're flickering bulbs at best.