Gay Bashng?

That's the excuse Newt has come up with when asked why the House didn't act promptly once they knew about Foley's fondness of young boys.

They'd be accused of "gay bashing". What an incredibly bigoted statement. Only the extremists on the right equate homosexuality with pedophilia. Most of us know better.

In other news, she who shall not be named has weighed in claiming the House must not have known about it. If they had, they wouldn't have released it so close to the election. Idiot. They didn't release it, it was uncovered by the media.

And Britt Hume has put his typical spin on the news, again equating homosexuality with pedophilia by comparing Foley and Barney Frank. (And to Bill Clinton as well). He claims the Republicans are the party of moral values because they acted promptly against one of their own. A year is prompt? By their calendar, I suppose.

Both the Frank and Clinton transgressions involved consenting adults so far as I know. They may have been stupid and even "wrong". They were not committed against minors.

How long would they have waited I wonder had the media not broken the story.

Until after the elections, at least.

All from Media Matters.