Thursday, October 05, 2006
Foleygate
What distinguishes Foley from the average self-hating Republican homosexual was that he specifically sublimated his repression into a neurotic fixation on man-on-boy cybersex, an obsession that he carried into both his private and personal lives (with obvious contradictions).
However, Foley is not of real concern to me. Mass marketing aside, this sex scandal is not about sex, it's about corruption. Specifically how several members of the house Republican leadership knew about the scandal and let it ride after Foley contributed an astonishing $100K to the NRCC. It's really telling that the price for an open-season license on underage teenagers is so low in Congressional circles.
The vituperative back-stabbing and blaming amongst house Republicans is the inevitable result of several people being caught doing something they either know to be wrong or at the very least politically radioactive. Their reactions have varied, but some of the more amusing strategies have been:
1. Conflating homosexuality with a hyperactive sex drive.
2. Downplaying the scandal as politically timed.
3. Downplaying the scandal as homophobic!
4. Victim blaming.
5. Defending the conduct as non-criminal.
For the first time, I am entertaining hopes that the Republican rank and file will be disillusioned enough with the party elites to at least withhold their votes this year.
Of course, I doubt it. Fantasism knows no bounds.
However, Foley is not of real concern to me. Mass marketing aside, this sex scandal is not about sex, it's about corruption. Specifically how several members of the house Republican leadership knew about the scandal and let it ride after Foley contributed an astonishing $100K to the NRCC. It's really telling that the price for an open-season license on underage teenagers is so low in Congressional circles.
The vituperative back-stabbing and blaming amongst house Republicans is the inevitable result of several people being caught doing something they either know to be wrong or at the very least politically radioactive. Their reactions have varied, but some of the more amusing strategies have been:
1. Conflating homosexuality with a hyperactive sex drive.
2. Downplaying the scandal as politically timed.
3. Downplaying the scandal as homophobic!
4. Victim blaming.
5. Defending the conduct as non-criminal.
For the first time, I am entertaining hopes that the Republican rank and file will be disillusioned enough with the party elites to at least withhold their votes this year.
Of course, I doubt it. Fantasism knows no bounds.
# posted by Rhyleh @ 11:16 PM 
