Politics Democrat Tim Murphy resigns from Congress after allegedly asking woman to have abortion

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  1. dviss1

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    That's not what he had to quit for.
     
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    I'm amazed the old man can get it up and create the situation to therefore ask for an abortion.
     
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    Maybe he should have asked for a paternity test first
     
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    He quit for sexting, he is going to jail for sexting.
     
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    No he's going to jail for sexting a minor. Sexting an adult is completely legal.
     
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    Right. Sure. He wasn't sexting minors before.

    :lol:
     
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    I don't think he has to go for this. Or at least, if his views weren't so hypocritical I would not think he had to go. If he kept quiet on the abortion issue or was pro choice, then the scandal would simply be down to he cheated on his wife. Personally, I would not vote for someone who cheated, but I don't think it constitutes enough reason to ask him to step down.

    It's the hypocrisy that takes the cake. Over and over on social issues it turns out that crusaders often preach one thing and do the other. It's the people who want to admonish gays and then get caught in action with the same sex. It's human nature I guess, but it's infuriating in our leaders. Dems do it too, but to a lesser extent because their "belief system" is much more accepting of different peoples and their lifestyles. Or at least they used to be more excepting. Now, so many Dems demonize anyone who isn't lock-step with them, but that's a slightly different issue.

    Hypocrisy is on the march in American politics. I don't care what politicians do in their bedroom but many people do. Especially Republicans, and in this case, those are his constituents. They see the cheating, they see the fake pro-life stance, they see the selfishness in throwing staff under the bus. The scandal is n their ranks, not the democrats in this case. But you will see many Dems pile on for 2 main reasons. 1) hypocrisy is evident (I covered that). and 2) Schadenfreude. It's simple team play, the other side fumbled the ball so it's your turn to rub it in.
     
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    It makes sense, but it seems as if it's only the "sexual hypocrisy" or the "abortion hypocrisy" that warrants this "gots-ta-go" drumbeat. I mean, just off the top of my head, Nancy Pelosi's hypocrisy on the ACA/Replacement issue is staggering. Hell, I've taken my (D) representative to task for her hypocrisy on environmental regulation, yet allowing Monsanto laws to flourish and backing utility companies' hosing of customers with solar power. R's have been hypocritical with their "vote for my Tea Party-ing, swamp-cleansing limited gubbmint" stance, then keeling over to whatever Boehner (now Ryan/McConnell) wanted. But this.... this is beyond the pale?

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    It's easy to grasp certain ideas and to plainly see hypocrisy in some areas and more difficult with other topics.

    1) He is vocal about not wanting gays in the military yet got caught hiring men to give him sex.

    2) He is for green energy and yet supports tax dispensation plans for certain companies including ones who might not be green.

    Which one of those is bite sized easy to reply to on Facebook?
     
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