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To: Dale Baker who wrote (29795)	10/5/2006 10:41:43 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541772

Well said, Gem: To: DMA who wrote (2333) 10/5/2006 10:28:48 AM From: rough_cut_gemstone of 2340 "It seems improbable that it would be perfectly legal to take a 17 year old page to bed (and even considered honorable in Martha's Vinyard) but illegal to talk dirty to them. But we are a nation of laws." It has not been a question of laws but ethics. A young page is in a position of vulnerability among the most powerful people in the country. The conduct was lecherous to say the least. He was not removed from office by law, he resigned in dishonor. If we are not going to hold our representatives to any standard of honor and ethics, then the rest of us have nothing legitimate claim with regards to constitutional principle upon which to stand and I vote we disband altogether. Keep \| Reply \| Mark as Last Read \| Read Replies (1) To: Peter Dierks who wrote (2336) 10/5/2006 10:33:32 AM From: rough_cut_gemstone of 2340 "Why is it that when a democrat is a scumbag, all is ok, but when a Republican is guilty of less we have to throw out out the republican and everyone that ever knew them?" I must have missed the memo, and the meeting. When did we decide that? I would have voted for honor and decency in office. Scum is scum. Put a little bit in a clear pond and the whole pond will quickly grow scum under ripe conditions. I don't buy the argument that our politician didn't do something as sleazy as yours so we win. You put rats in a rat race and a rat always wins.