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The Secret to the GOP’s 2006 Election Strategy
Damn. Here we go again: NBC is reporting that federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that an Arizona Congressman, Jim Kolbe, took a camping trip ten years ago with a couple of teenagers. The teenagers were congressional pages, and — it probably doesn’t need to be said — Kolbe is a Republican. Oh, and the congressional pages were also boys (Kolbe is openly gay, but wasn’t at the time of the camping trip).
Kolbe doesn’t deny that the trip took place, but his people are saying that everything was on the up and up. NBC, however, has conducted several interviews with the folks who were on the trip — which included Kolbe’s sister, five current staff members, some National Park employees, and the two teenage pages — and one of the guys in attendance stated that he was “creeped out” by the attention Kolbe was heaping upon the pages, in addition to the “petting, fawning, and touching” of the teenagers’ arms and backs.
For the record, Kolbe is not actually up for reelection this fall. And, besides, I personally doubt Kolbe did anything inappropriate. In fact, I suspect the entire investigation was trumped up by the Republican Party. Having lost most of the Christian right because of the Foley scandal, I think the GOP has decided to embrace their new identity by creating a new scandal to solicit the pedophilia demographic. Pedophiles comprise about 4 percent of the population, and at the rate things are going, that’s the only 4 percent the Republicans are going to win this fall. Well, pedophiles and Baptists.
Comments
Kolbe is up for reelection this fall. All members of the House are up for election every two years.
Author's Note: Except for those who retire.
Posted by Drew | October 18, 2006 2:43 PM