tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post7165399500928404386..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Do Democrats Not Oppose Adultery And General Skeeziness?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-12831785917697754212011-06-11T10:45:36.409-04:002011-06-11T10:45:36.409-04:00The inevitable Democrat defense side-steps the rea...The inevitable Democrat defense side-steps the real issue.<br /><br />The Right's inquiries also seem to miss the point.<br /><br />In any sane world, Wiener needs to man up. Since when is an immature flasher an acceptable standard for manhood pretending to represent society's institutions?<br /><br />IOW, if the neighborhood creep got caught texting someone's under-age daughter, what would happen?<br /><br />If the Democratic Ethics committee does not find this unacceptable behavior, then THAT is the story. This story is not gray or nuanced at all for any real man.Innovation ruleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055479258690864207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47775266339727108382011-06-09T12:08:38.723-04:002011-06-09T12:08:38.723-04:00I can just imagine the conversation with our son i...I can just imagine the conversation with our son if he were 15 right now, a virgin, and like almost all boys that age, consumed with curiosity about what having sex is like, if he had committed acts like Rep. Weiner. Something like this:<br /><br />Me: Are you insane??!! Have you lost your mind?! For crying out loud!! You're 15, not 5!!<br /><br />Son: Ummm ...<br /><br />Me: Don't say a word until I'm finished!! You're 15, not 5!! 15-years-old and you don't have the sense to realize this will be out there in cyberspace forever?! That just when you think you have the job or girl of your dreams ... you'll forever have to worry that your disgusting behavior will pop up from the past and ruin things?!<br /><br />Son: I ...<br /><br />Me: I said, don't say a word until I'm finished!!<br /><br />Son: When will you be finished?<br /><br />Me: Never !! I can't believe this!! 15-years-old and talking like this ... to all these girls you don't even know!!! And sending obscene pictures of yourself to boot!! To girls you don't even know!! 15-years-old and absolutely not a single ounce of good judgment!!<br /><br />I was pondering this just the other day. There seems to be know end to the lengths of depravity ... and yet, there is no charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because you need standards to be susceptible to charges of hypocrisy.<br /><br />Years ago I was watching "This Week with David Brinkley" and Sam Donaldson was chiding George Will about referencing what Donaldson thought to be somewhat outdated standards.<br /><br />Mr. Will's simple reply was, "That's why we call them 'standards.' They're not supposed to change with every passing fad."<br /><br />Senator Patrick Moynihan called it, "Defining deviancy down."<br /><br />We've come to the point where we expect/demand much, much higher standards of our teenage children than we do of middle-aged congressmen.<br /><br />For the ruling class in Washinton D.C., it seems deviancy has been defined down all the way to the botttom of the pit of immorality.<br /><br />LukeHandCool (who hopes, if nothing else, this freak show renders TV reality shows obsolete. He doesn't watch TV outside of documentaries and nature shows with his kids, but the very existence of "reality" shows and the obnoxious people in them bugs him).LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34514419889258732462011-06-09T09:25:51.120-04:002011-06-09T09:25:51.120-04:00The difference is that Republicans believe in Fami...The difference is that Republicans believe in Family Values (not all but many) whereas Democrats simply say they support Family Values (for political appearances of course). In reality liberal morality is full of relativism. I wish that more moderates with strong Family Values would wake up to this, it's all just a show for the Democrats.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514745911619993915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-50922819294334547202011-06-09T09:00:51.342-04:002011-06-09T09:00:51.342-04:00i drove a guy crazy on twitter last night on exact...i drove a guy crazy on twitter last night on exactly that point. indeed the liberal claim that republicans are hypocrites is... hypocritical, because dems are equally so.<br /><br />There is no pro-adultery, pro-prostitution party.<br /><br />or there is one, but they don't want to admit it.A.Worthinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274848170181147489noreply@blogger.com