House would be accused of "Gay Bashing" for Aggressive Foley Investigation

[AtomicKitten]

... or so says Newt Gingrich as the plot thickens and Republicans again confuse homosexuality for sexual predation and pedophilia.

Gingrich: House Leadership Would Have Been Accused Of ‘Gay Bashing’ If They Investigated Foley ‘Overly Aggressively’

This morning on Fox News Sunday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich excused the House leadership for their apparent cover-up of Mark Foley’s predatory behavior. Gingrich said the emails seen by House leadership were “relatively innocuous, there was nothing sexual in those notes.” Asked if there should be “second thoughts” about the leadership’s conduct, Gingrinch responded:

Well, you could have second thoughts about it, but I think had they overly aggressively reacted to the initial round, they would have also been accused of gay bashing.

Watch it at link: http://thinkprogress.org/

Full transcript:

WALLACE: Speaker Gingrich, did House Republican leaders do all they should have?

GINGRICH: Well, I think if you look at what they actually knew, which was that the family did not want anyone involved, and the actual notes were relatively innocuous, there was nothing sexual in those notes. They had him counseled. They had the head of the page program, Congressman Shimkus, talk to him very directly. And I think they thought it was over. The newest incident only surfaced when ABC News interviewed Foley and he resigned within two hours, or I think the House leaders would have moved to expel him.

WALLACE: But, during all those months, they left Foley in the House Republican leadership. They left him as the head of the congressional caucus dealing with exploited children. No second thoughts about that?

GINGRICH: Well, you could have second thoughts about it, but I think had they overly aggressively reacted to the initial round, they would have also been accused of gay bashing. I mean, the original notes had no sexual innuendo and the parents did not want any action taken.

WALLACE: Well, how would it have been gay bashing?

GINGRICH: Because it was a male-male relationship. And it had no — there was no proof, there was nothing that I know of in that initial round that would have led you to say in a normal circumstance that this is a predatory person.

[NanceGreggs]

1. And the GOP shies away from gay-bashing ...

... since WHEN???

[goclark]

2. Was Newt looking in a mirror and seeing Foley mt

[grasswire]

3. GOP can't tell the difference between homosexual and pedophilia

No moral compass.

[liberaliraqvet26]

4. That is definitly true...

Ive seen posts on right wing blogs demanding investigations of Charlie Crist (R-FL Gov Cand). They are looking to throw him under the bus because he is closeted gay, despite that there is no evidence of any kind of strange contacts with minors. They honestly believe there is a direct correlation between the two.

If something good comes out of this, maybe it could help Jim Davis in the gov race.

[dflprincess]

6. Oh, they know the difference. They just use this to inflame their

idiot followers. The wingnuts love to tie Gays to pedophilia even though every bit of actual data on the subject contradicts this (there I go again, basing my opinions in reality. What a silly liberal I am).

[and-justice-for-all]

5. Child Molesters have no relavance to being Gay....

...Foley obviously admitted to it buy resigning, They need to stop comparing Child Molesters and being Gay...its a fucking lie.