An unpublished letter

It's a bit ranty, and out of date by now, but still, people...

On the editorial pages the reliably liberal commentators are being reliably liberal, this time flagellating the Democrats for milking the Mark Foley scandal for everything it's worth. The horror! It's so rude, and isn't poor form to use Americans' homophobia to win an election? Is this the liberal thing to do? Well, I say yes. It's time for liberals to step up to the plate and get their hands dirty. The reason this scandal is a legitimate partisan target is that Representative Foley was a prominent Republican party member who campaigned vigorously and effectively for the party whose Presidential candidate won largely because of its gay bashing over same-sex marriages. This is also the same party who won't let you see naked people on TV or let you hear naughty words, for the sake of the children, but thinks it's just peachy if its members solicit sex from children over the Internet. The party also allowed Mr. Foley to continue as chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children even though they knew that he was seeking to exploit children himself for his own sexual pleasure. Yes, it's time for the Democrats to sully their honor and deliver us, and our children, from the GOP.