http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/02/dobson_statement_on_foleygate_no_mention_of_house_gopleadership">Dobson Statement On Foleygate: No Mention Of House Leadership
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By Greg Sargent | bio
So an official statement about Foleygate has just landed in our inbox from James Dobson's powerful evangelical organization Focus on the Family. The statement demonstrates plenty of mercy, and very little fire and brimstone. There's no word in it about the House GOP leadership, no word on whether it had a moral obligation to act sooner on Foley, and no word on its current conduct.
It notes that "if" Foley is guilty of what he's been accused of, then it's right that he resigned and it's right that "authorities" (it isn't specified which ones) are looking into whether "he" committed a criminal act. And it says that "this is not a time to be talking about politics." Full statement after the jump.
From Focus on the Family:
Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President of Government and Public Policy Tom Minnery issued the following statement today about the scandal involving ex-Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla:
"This is not a time to be talking about politics, but about the well-being of those boys who appear to have been victimized by Rep. Foley. If he is indeed guilty of what he is accused of, it is right that he resigned and that authorities are looking into whether criminal charges are warranted.
"This is yet another sad example of our society's oversexualization, especially as it affects the Internet, and the damage it does to all who get caught in its grasp."
As Paul Krugman noted today, in February 2001, Dobson
http://www.family.org/docstudy/newsletters/a0014687.cfm">wrote the following about Bill Clinton:
When assessing the legacy of Bill Clinton, we can’t overlook his shameful sexual behavior in the Oval Office, and then, his lies under oath to the American people to cover it up. Indeed, it is my belief that no man has ever done more to debase the presidency or to undermine our Constitution -- and particularly the moral and biblical principles upon which it is based -- than has William Jefferson Clinton.
Mmmmm.... So now's not the time to politicize this issue, but concern ourselves with the well-being of those boys? So exactly how do we do that? Particularly when it was politicians who are responsible for it! How can it NOT be politicized?
Well, at least they didn't blame the Pages. Directly. They blamed society's sad oversexualization especially as it effects the Internet abnd those caught in its grasp." The only one's caught in a grasp seemed to be 16 year-old boys. So it appears their interpretation is: the Internet made Foly oversexed and THAT'S what made him do it. See? He's not to blame. :sarcasm:
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