As we reported earlier, Gerry Studds, the first openly gay Congressman whose sexuality came to light after a former Congressional page admitted to having sex with him, has died. In the wake of his death, countless political and medical officials have come forward to praise his work in AIDS activism, governmental reform, and landmark work in furthering the so-called LGBT cause.
One such quote comes from his husband, Dean Ara, who says:
Gerry often said that it was the fight for gay and lesbian equality that was the last great civil rights chapter in modern American history. He did not live to see its final sentences written, but all of us will forever be indebted to him for leading the way with compassion and wisdom. He gave people of his generation, of my generation, and of future generations the courage to be who they are.
It should come as no surprise, then, that our less-liberal countrymen have used all this praise to draw parallels between Studds and everyone’s favorite disgraced political homo, Mark Foley. Of the many, this piece is definitely one of our favorites.
Coming all the way from The Buckeye State (Ohio, for those of you who don’t know), a writer who goes by the thoroughly hackneyed name of “Big Dog,” laments the Democratic need to find someone to blame for Foley’s actions other than Foley. He goes on to say that if he must join the finger-pointing game, he’ll wag his “Big Dog” paw at Studds. Confused? Let “Big Dog” do the explaining himself. Referencing Ara’s quote above, he writes:
How about we take this to the next level?
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First of all, Studds gave gay people courage by winning reelection after publicly acknowledging his sexual relationship with a 17-year-old man along with his homosexuality. Secondly, if Studds gave people like Mark Foley the courage to “do whatever they wanted to do,” then how can Foley or anyone else be to blame? Gerry Studds set a standard and his constituents approved of that standard by reelecting him. Mark Foley was only trying to reach the bar set by Studds and his electorate.
Um…we know the GOPers are struggling to survive their political shit storm, but that’s just ridiculous. Although, it would be mighty convenient if they could actually place blame on a corpse.
Dee
Big Dog must be one of those people who wish to blame others for his mistakes.His comment suggests he and Foley are encapable of thinking and acting on their own.
His comment also suggests that if someone jumped off a bridge he’d do it since someone else did.
Dee
Lary
You might want to consider these REpublicans criminals too. Lesson to voters: KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY FROM REPUBLICANS!
Republican mayor Thomas Adams of Illinois charged with 11 counts of disseminating child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography.
Republican campaign worker and self proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican activist and rising Colorado Republican star Randal David Ankeney, who named his dogs Nixon and Reagan, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. Later he was rearrested for 5 counts of sexual assault on a child, 3 counts of sexual enticement of
a child, and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican preacher Hewart Lee Bennett arrested for soliciting sex from 16 year old boys while claiming that he did so to gain their trust and then teach them the love of Jesus.
Republican Christian Coalition chair Louis Beres investigated for molesting three female family members as teens.
Clifton Bennett, 18, son of Arizona republican state senator Ken Bennett plead guilty to assaulting 3 boys, aged 11-15 with broomsticks up their rectal areas.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican golden boy and GOP employee Theodore Bundy executed for murdering over two dozen women.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican judge and Nixon Supreme Court nominee Harrold Carswellcharged with making a pass at an undercover male cop in a public bathroom.
Republican Randall Casseday, human resource chair of the Washington Times, arrested for soliciting sex from a 13 year old.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican councilman John Collins pleads guilty to sexually molesting a 13 + 14 year old girls.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer, who appeared in an ad blasting Al gore, convicted of molesting 9 yr old girl stepdaughter
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican Committeeman John Curtain charged with molesting a teenage boy.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A.Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-yr-old girl.
Republican activist and Focus on the Family Founder Pat Dobson advocates that fathers should show their penises to their sons while in the shower with them.
Republican spokesman Brian Doyle arrested for trying to seduce a 14 year old girl over the Internet.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican congressman Mark Foley resigned from Congress after sending sexually explicit emails to former male pages under the age of 18.
Republican constable Larry Dale Floyd of Denton arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex from an 8 yr old girl.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano of Waterbury Connecticut is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican activist Matthew Glavin was caught masturbating in public and fondling an undercover park ranger.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), convicted in Florida on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican Mayor John Gosek sentenced to jail for soliciting sex from two 15 year old girls.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican President of NYC Housing Development Russell Harding pleads guilty to possession of child pornography on his computer.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a
sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican activist Neal Horsley admits to having had sex with a mule.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican judge Ronald Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican Douglas County election official Pat McPherson arrested for fondling a 17 yr old girl.
Republican party supporter Timothy McVeigh blew up dozens of innocent children in Oklahoma City.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican state rep Brent Parker arrested for soliciting sex from undercover officer posing as male prostitute.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican boy scout leader and zoning supervisor Dennis L Rader pleaded guilty for performing a sexual act on an 11 year old girl he murdered.
Republican petition leader Tom Randall pleads guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter Susan Smith.
Republican ex congressman Peter Schmitt of Orange County, California’s Republican daughter Mary Kay Lotorneau convicted of raping a 6th grader and bearing his two children.
Republican congressman Ed Shrock resigned from Congress after found seeking sex on hotlines for homosexuals.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican party leader Bobby Stumbo arrested for having sex with a five year old boy.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano arrested for sexually
molesting a 14 yr old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond
raped a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin
Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex
> from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican consultant Lawrence Scott Ward arrested at Dulles airport
after authorities found child pornography and videotapes of him having
sex with children.
Spokane Republican homophobic mayor Jim West recalled after evidence
> surfaced that he molested little boys.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven
felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age
of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to
traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a
14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican activist and James Dobson protege Steve Wilsey convicted of sexual assault after being charged with molesting an 8 year old boy.