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La Cage Aux Foley

10.3.06 @ 12:01AM

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How dare you print something from this ignorant, pathetic homophobe that says, " I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys. (Take a look at anyone renting Endless Summer next time you are at the video store.)"

Excuse me? Since Ben Stein says best friend is gay, I suggest he ask his best friend what the difference between HOMOSEXUAL and PEDERAST is?

As a card-carrying faggot from way back, with about 8,000 gay friends, I don't have a single one that is interested in YOUNG BOYS.

PLEASE. You Republicans are so sick and disgusting.
-- Kary Walker
Gaithersburg, Maryland

I think there may be an even more disturbing facet of the behavior of representatives and senators. We had Wilbur Mills and Fanne Fox; Abscam; we had a democrat from the Midwest who liked and had sex with underage girls; we had the Congressional bank scandal; we had Dan Rostenkowski, we had Bill Clinton and his alleged strong-arm sex with one woman and strong-arm come-ons to two others; Mrs. Clinton's instant stock market success; and now Mark Foley's love letters to underage boys...

What this indicates to me is that The United States has two sets of laws. One set is for us schlubs who work 50 or 60 hours a week to have enough left over after paying our incredible tax burdens and the other one for the egotists who truly believe they are entitled to govern us. They seem to have assumed the mantle George Washington was offered and refused: they are all Kings and Queens and thus law unto themselves.

My father once told that never has so much been taken from so many by so few to such little purpose."
-- Jay W. Molyneaux
Wellington, Florida

Ben Stein's, "Hypocrisy, Democrat Style" missed the point. With regard to Mark Foley, the issue is Pedophilia, not Homosexuality.

Furthermore, his statement that, "a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys" is not a fact. Moreover, it is a common myth that homophobic types put forth to support their irrational fear of Homosexuals.

Mr. Stein's statement that he "has many Gay friends" may have been true at the time he wrote the article, but I suspect it's not the case anymore.
-- Jeff E.
California

Although my political persuasion doesn't match Ben Stein's, I respect his intelligence and his experience within Washington politics. It was much to my surprise and my absolute disgust that I read his comments on your site. Comparing a 23-year-old consenting adult with a 16-year-old victimized boy is a shameful attempt at sleight of hand and something I would have expected from a lesser person than Ben Stein. Sexual predators, regardless of their profession or political persuasion, should never be given a pass. Any politician, Democrat, Republican, or independent, found harassing underage pages (male or female), should not only be removed from office but be lawfully prosecuted.
-- Joseph L. Selby
Saint Louis, Missouri

Dr. Stein, after refilling your prescription for clear eyes, do see that this reprobate was messaging teens in high school! You should recognize that fixed terms for both houses and unlimited electioneering leads to rascality in office and a rottenness of conduct. Barney Frank fixed parking tickets for a male prostitute he dallied with, other representatives have used their power to descend on pages, this is disgusting, not let's play gotcha, or odes to hypocrisy! Mark Twain's apercu that our native criminal class is housed in Congress is more apt, but these actions and proclivities are perverse! As an economics maven, Dr. Stein, you should easily recognize Gresham's law here, that the current value of people in power at the national level is determined by the worst type in circulation! And you can apply that law to education, religion, and culture!
-- E. Del Colle

I am part of the primary constituency of the Democratic Party. I am not a teacher or a homosexual. I am incredibly offended by Ben Stein's characterization of my friends, my family and my representatives in Washington. Until I read Stein's column of October 2, I did not associate him intellectually or rhetorically with the hateful fringe of the far right.

What this world and nation need less of is the merchandising of hatred. For shame. In this country you have the right to write and publish such drivel, but that, after all, is one of the prices the rest of us must pay for free speech.
-- Mike Kelly
Austin, Texas

Spot on, Ben! (no pun intended regarding the blue dress, etc., well, maybe a little)
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

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