Politicians from FL-16 Can't Keep Their Pants On

Posted by Mole333, Culture Kitchen at 7:02 AM on October 14, 2008.

There is something about the FL-16 Congressional district that just screams hypocrite. It is a perfect example of right wing (Republican AND Democrat) hypocrisy, scandal and pseudo-morality.

Now, when Republicans act in a corrupt or hypocritical fashion, the Republican party almost always makes excuses and defends even their worst, most offensive members. When Democrats act in a corrupt or hypocritical fashion, it is often Democrats who call attention to it and reject that corruption and hypocrisy. FL-16 is an example of both.

In 2006 Democrats won the FL-16 district because right wing Republican hypocrite Mark Foley got caught as a pedophile. This is a typical bible thumping Republican who is always talking about morals...but who is himself about as disgustingly immoral as you can get. The Republican Party did their best to defend this sleazeball, siding with NAMBLA, but in the end the voters stood up to Republican sleaze and voted Mark Foley out. In his place they voted for a bible-thumping Democrat who is always talking about morals: Tim Mahoney.

I supported Tim Mahoney in 2006. I did not like the fact that he was so right wing and so loud about what people should and should not be doing in private. Tim Mahoney sounded too much like a Republican to me, but he was running as a Democrat and, quite honestly, seemed to fit the district. Some districts are conservative and their representatives should fit their beliefs. Tim Mahoney seemed like the right Democrat for the district. So I supported him in 2006. Well, in the end, Tim Mahoney proves to be a hypocritical right winger as well.

Daily Kos (a Democratic blog) has a scathing article exposing Tim Mahoney (a Democrat) for the uptight, nasty hypocrite that he is. You never see Republicans calling out the hypocrites in their midst...but Democrats hold their politicians to a higher standard.

Tim Mahoney talks about morality and values, but is just as much a womanizer as Republican Vito Fossella of NYC who, as many put it, was so pro-family values he had two families. Mahoney not only turns out to have a mistress, but that mistress was ready to leave him for...infidelity! He had more than one mistress. So his main mistress threatened to talk, so Mahoney tried bribing her to keep quiet.

Okay, what people do in private is their own business. At least Mahoney wasn't a pedophile like Republican Mark Foley. But when you go around giving sermons on morality and telling people how they should behave in private, you don't then get to break your own "values" without being labeled a massive hypocrite. Come on! If YOU can't live by your own rules, don't go around telling others how they should live.

And then Mahoney took it further by offering hush money.

What can I say? At least Mahoney wasn't a pedophile like Foley, and at least the Democratic Party is not defending his actions the way Republicans defended Foley. But if Mahoney loses this year he deserves it...and I would welcome it even though it means losing a House seat to the Republicans. I do not like hypocrisy and I do not defend hypocrisy, whether it is Republican or Democratic. I will once again point out that when it comes to corruption the Republican party is demonstrably more corrupt AND contains more pedophiles.

I ask the FL-16 district: what is wrong with you? First a Republican pedophile, then a Democrat whose strict morality only applies to others, not himself? Are these truly the people you want representing you? Maybe you should stop listening to sermons from politicians and start paying attention to what they are really like and where they stand on issues!

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