Comments on: War, Schmor, How About Mark Foley!

CBSNews.com's Meyer: Can A Sex Scandal Do What A War Could Not? And If So, Why?

[rondumsfeld]

If Mr. Foley does not face criminal charges in this matter then we are sending THE WRONG MESSAGE to all email-text-messaging-pedophiles. If he gets off (no pun intended) then there will be a lot of thankful freaks out there who will assume it is okay to send "simply naughty email" to minors and that there are no consequences for doing such. You know, Foley could say he was just doing research for his job as Missing/Exploited Children%u2019s Caucus Chair.

[sharncedar]

"the flood of illegal aliens swarming across our borders and overwhelming our resources ... I assured him I was a permanent absentee voter, planned on voting, ..."

So who are you voting for? The guys in favor of open borders, or the guys in favor of open borders?

[szelag19]

The Foley scandal is just another rung on the ladder to no where...the American people do not care one tinkers *** about scandals or a war that was declared on lies upon lies and more lies to go with those.Our sons and daughters are dying daily in a country that does not want us there and now the military is sending amputees back to Iraq to drive trucks..but the American public cares only about the price of gas ..and as long as the war,and corruption and the lies do not personally affect their tiny worlds they sit on their complacent backsides and let the US slide into the cesspool our illustrious "leaders" have been sloshing around in for years..the price of gas has a great deal to do with short term memory loss..so by November 7 all will be well with the world again, and after the 15 or 20 people that actually get out to vote..we'll have the same scum bags in place sticking to the same complacent citizens who will be raging in tandem when the price of gas starts back up..and..by then the body count of US soldiers should be well over 3000..

[centralcal-2009]

Good afternoon, Mr. Meyer. I am concerned on a daily basis about these things: Islamic fanaticism and terroristic barbarism increasingly evident throughout the world; the flood of illegal aliens swarming across our borders and overwhelming our resources; North Korea-Iran-Venezuela and the maniacal despots who are their "leaders;" and, the usual domestic, financial, and quality of life issues most Americans have.

The Foley scandal should have been a one day news story, but it isn't. Washington and the media are having a filthy mud fight, and it appears that it is nowhere near over. Last night, I answered a knock at the door. I was greeted by name, my caller identified himself, and asked if I was aware I could vote via absentee ballot? I assured him I was a permanent absentee voter, planned on voting, and had contacted my children in other states to do the same. With a big smile he said, "well, mission accomplished then." I leave it to you to figure out which party is steadily, methodically, quietly working toward election day.

This is how elections are won and lost. Not, by scandals such as Foley-gate.

[nativewoman]

Good Lord, man! How can we be expected to care about dead soldiers, Iraquis afraid to go to the hospital because of death squads, Internet child predators in Congress, unwarranted spying on Americans, Halliburton building internment camps, etc.?

Paris Hilton was in some sort of catfight with someone from Dancing with the Stars!

There are more questions in the television series Lost!

Kim Basinger will be tried in child custody case!

Madonna may or may not be adopting a Malawi orphan!

Get your priorities straight!

[kevboom]

I agree that this latest scandal will have little effect on right-wing voters who seem more than content to vote with blinders on, as they were during the last election. I believe German newspapers ran headlines after Bush was re-elected to the tune of "How can 50 million people be so stupid?" It is perplexing, but with the sorry state of American public education, and right-wing government cutting funding for education at every turn in favor of bombs, it's no wonder Americans can't think critically and see through the lies and deceit. They just believe everything they are told, slap that "support the troops" bumper sticker on their SUV without seeing the irony, and march on believing everything will be alright. I'd like to believe Americans would "wise up" during this next election, but the bitter truth is we aren't very wise as a nation. Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public. The Republicans sure don't. They rely on it.

[kevboom]

I agree that this latest scandal will have little effect on right-wing voters who seem more than content to vote with blinders on, as they were during the last election. I believe German newspapers ran headlines after Bush was re-elected to the tune of "How can 50 million people be so stupid?" It is perplexing, but with the sorry state of American public education, and right-wing government cutting funding for education at every turn in favor of bombs, it's no wonder Americans can't think critically and see through the lies and deceit. They just believe everything they are told, slap that "support the troops" bumper sticker on their SUV without seeing the irony, and march on believing everything will be alright. I'd like to believe Americans would "wise up" during this next election, but the bitter truth is we aren't very wise as a nation. Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public. The Republicans sure don't. They rely on it.

[pendragon679]

bmlott27:

The word is "susceptible."

[kevboom]

I agree that this latest scandal will have little effect on right-wing voters who seem more than content to vote with blinders on, as they were during the last election. I believe German newspapers ran headlines after Bush was re-elected to the tune of "How can 50 million people be so stupid?" It is perplexing, but with the sorry state of American public education, and right-wing government cutting funding for education at every turn in favor of bombs, it's no wonder Americans can't think critically and see through the lies and deceit. They just believe everything they are told, slap that "support the troops" bumper sticker on their SUV without seeing the irony, and march on believing everything will be alright. I'd like to believe Americans would "wise up" during this next election, but the bitter truth is we aren't very wise as a nation. Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public. The Republicans sure don't. They rely on it.

[pendragon679]

This is typical Republican strategy, not only in this election cycle, but for the past decade or more. Since Nixon was forced to resign his office in 1974, Republican strategy in any election has been to distract the electorate from the real issues, make much of so-called "family values" issues, and smear the opposition. Why do these tactics work? Because voters have short attention spans, and-at least in the case of the hard-core Rep. base-are conditioned not the think for themselves. Why not? It's so much easier to let some high-profile talking head like Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity decide who to vote for. I've come to the conclusion this election year that I'm the most dangerous sort of voter a Rep. could meet-I read, I think for myself, and I vote. I urge others to do the same; only by basing our votes on thoughtful, reasoned decisions will we bring about true change.