Tom Rooney is a new Republican congressman from Florida who defeated scandal-tainted Democrat Tim Mahoney. Now, keep in mind, I never defended Mahoney. Sure, I think there's a double standard that keeps Republicans from being exposed for the same things Mahoney did, and I had a hard time trusting allegations from single news sources that had already strained credibility with their own partisanship.
(I also never defended John Edwards for having an affair, even though I considered the matter to be a nonstory. The standards police tried to club this blog with that too - as if it was my fault Edwards had an affair.)
But Mahoney is gone now and replaced by Tom Rooney. Back during the campaign, someone alleged Mahoney had registered to vote at a horse barn just so he could claim residency in his Palm Beaches-area district. Rooney rubbed his paws together in excitement at being able to make light of this!
Then it turned out that Rooney had previously been registered to vote at a dog track. During the years he voted from the dog track in West Palm Beach, he actually lived in Miami to study law, in Texas to serve as a military prosecutor, and in New York state to teach at West Point. He didn't live in West Palm Beach.
Why was it wrong for the incumbent congressman to register at a horse barn while it was perfectly fine and dandy for his challenger to register at a dog track?
Talk about a double standard!
If you've paid close attention to the American political landscape of the past 20 years, you'd know that rules don't apply to Republicans like they apply to everyone else.
(Source: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/sep/22/democrats-point-out-mahoneys-challenger-rooney-use)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Conservative Fool Of The Day is...Tom Rooney!
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Your an idiot. Double standard? The moron who held this seat before Tim Mahoney, Mark Foley, had his own sordid scandal covered wall to wall for a month straight by the MSM and even made it to a cover of Time magazine.
ReplyDelete2nd, your post is misleading. Tom Rooney was only registered at the dog track while he was serving his country. The track is his father's business, and it was simply convenient to have his mail sent their while he served in the Army.
Last, why don't you give the guy a chance before you skewer him? He hasn't even been sworn in yet. This is why our country is going down the tube. For people like you who think having an (R) after your name automatically disqualifies you from being a decent person and Repubs who think the same way if you have a (D) after their names.
Double standard Sebastian??
ReplyDeleteWhy was more made out of John Edwards screwing around than of Davy Vitter??
Tom Rooney was registered to VOTE at the dog track while he lived in NY for a teaching job..having your mail sent to a dog track is different from being registered to VOTE there.