Where the Boys are

Where the boys are, someone waits for me
Till he holds me I wait impatiently
--Where the Boys Are, Connie Francis

Sometimes there seems like times
that men ain't got no need for women
--Ado Annie, Oklahoma! (1955)
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Ranger Question of the Day:
Why hasn't Mark Foley been prosecuted? If he were a schoolteacher in Lake Worth, he'd surely be doing some time, both in the big house and on probation.
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Case you needed it, another reminder of the endemic hypocrisy amongst the party faithful.

On the year anniversary of Rep. Mark Foley's resignation, the press recounts it thusly:

"On Sept. 29, 2006, the veteran, well-liked congressman resigned in shame after illicit instant-message exchanges he had with teenage congressional pages came to light (GOP still struggling a year after ex-congressman Foley's fall)."

As always, the offense was not the offense of sexual predation, per se, but rather that it came to light. Foley's escapades with his pages had long been the stuff of speculation in his circle before the light was shone on the reality.

The article notes that many of his former constituents "still express admiration for the job the affable Lake Worth native did during six terms in Congress. " More affable to some, than to others.

One of those admirers was Betty Smith, 80, of Stuart, who "was such a fan of her former congressman, she started a club called Foley's Fillies." Bit of a misnomer there; "Foley's Colts" might've been more apropos.

The Ranger question says more about our society than it does about Foley's Folly.