alt.politics.gw-bush

lab~rat >:-) wrote:

> "In 1990, the House voted to reprimand Frank when it was revealed that
> Steve Gobie, a male escort whom Frank had befriended after hiring him
> through a personal advertisement,"
>
> Isn't hiring one and having one live in the same house with you just
> as bad as what that toe tapper did, or worse?

There is a key difference, Frank didn't get arrested, nor did he attempt to
use his House membership to get out of the trouble associated with him. Oh
yes, one other key difference, Frank isn't a republican, he doesn't have
hypocrites likely to go after his political hide in his own party. Craig's
offense seems no worse to me than the Senator from Louisiana whose time
dealing with prostitutes was uncovered. Republicans seem quite willing to
go along with that, just as Democrats did with Frank. Perhaps the
difference is how republicans respond to gay republicans.



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>>Well, I'm not going to take just the word of a disgruntled
>>ex-boyfriend that he knew and allowed it to continue.  As to whether
>>such a thing could happen without the homeowner knowing, I suppose it
>>depends on how regular their routine was.
>
> Was there some information that he was questioned when he was an ex
> boyfriend?  Are we reading something into this?
>

He was questioned after he and Frank had ceased their relationsip, doesn't
that make him an "ex"?