Boxer Aide Arrested for Distributing Child Porn

[red states rule]

I wonder how much play this will get in the liberal media?


Fired aide to Sen. Boxer faces child porn charges
By ERICA WERNER – 17 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-level aide to California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer has been charged in federal court with receiving and distributing child pornography.

The aide, Jeff Rosato, 32, was arrested last Friday. Boxer's office fired him that same day upon learning of the charges.

Rosato appeared in federal court in suburban northern Virginia on Wednesday and was released to home detention on condition he not interact with children or use a computer. He was not required to post bail or bond money but is being told to undergo medical treatment.

"On Friday, the Justice Department informed our office of criminal charges made against a Senate employee. Sen. Boxer has zero tolerance for crimes against children, and the employee was immediately terminated," Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz said in a statement Thursday. "Our office is cooperating fully with the Department of Justice in this matter."

Rosato had worked for Boxer since early 2005, beginning in her personal office as a legislative assistant and last year becoming a counsel to the Environment and Public Works Committee, which Boxer chairs. His areas of expertise included water policy, oceans and endangered species.

Rosato's attorney, Patrick N. Anderson of Alexandria, Va., did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gz04qOzb7hCFP3EHlazrVDnjaQFAD94EB2NG0

[crin63]

Hey, its just all part of freedom right? Like gay marriage and NAMBLA.

[red states rule]

Hey, its just all part of freedom right? Like gay marriage and NAMBLA.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. According to the left, whatever makes you happy - do it

[Joe Steel]

An amazing coincidence, coming right after Republican pedophile Mark Foley makes the news again...


Former Rep. Mark Foley, the Florida Republican who resigned his seat two years ago after his sexually-explicit messages with underage male pages became public, has broken his silence...

Foley Speaks Out, Apologizes for Page Scandal (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/11/foley_speaks_out.html?nav=rss_blog)

Of course, he claims he's not technically a "pedophile" because that phrase applies to "pre-pubescent" children but, what the heck, what's a few years to a pervert, especially one left to run wild by the Republican party:


The House ethics committee concluded yesterday that House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and his top staff probably knew for months, if not years, of then-Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate contact with former House pages but did nothing to protect the teenagers.

Committee Says GOP Left Foley Unchecked (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800908.html)

[red states rule]

An amazing coincidence, coming right after Republican pedophile Mark Foley makes the news again...



Of course, he claims he's not technically a "pedophile" because that phrase applies to "pre-pubescent" children but, what the heck, what's a few years to a pervert, especially one left to run wild by the Republican party:

Changing the subjedct again Joe? One of your better debate tactics along with spreading lies and BS

[Noir]

right, cus politicains from the right are never involved in scandelous actions, it's only the left.

[red states rule]

right, cus politicains from the right are never involved in scandelous actions, it's only the left.

We have our issues - but the liberal media only covers ours

And we toss our offenders over the side when we can. Libs elevate them and give them standing O's on the House floor

[crin63]

Changing the subjedct again Joe? One of your better debate tactics along with spreading lies and BS

Just as there was a little sanity on the board, Joe shows up to remind us once again of the mental instability and double standards of the left.

[red states rule]

Just as there was a little sanity on the board, Joe shows up to remind us once again of the mental instability and double standards of the left.

I wonder if he submitted his app for a job with the Obama administration?

He would fit in fine with the other socialists decending on DC

[Joe Steel]

Changing the subjedct again Joe? One of your better debate tactics along with spreading lies and BS

I don't think so. This is about elected officials who molest children and are protected by their party, isn't it?

Oh, wait.

It was someone on an elected Democrat's staff, not the elected Democrat, for mere possession of pornography, not contact with children, and the elected Democrat fired the suspect, not protected him.

Maybe it is a bit different.

[red states rule]

I don't think so. This is about elected officials who molest children and are protected by their party, isn't it?

Oh, wait.

It was someone on an elected Democrat's staff, not the elected Democrat, for mere possession of pornography, not contact with children, and the elected Democrat fired the suspect, not protected him.

Maybe it is a bit different.

I am surprised the Dems did not try to cover up the problem. Dems sat on Foley's emails for several months, and tried to cover up Tim Mahoney's problem

[stephanie]

I don't think so. This is about elected officials who molest children and are protected by their party, isn't it?

Oh, wait.

It was someone on an elected Democrat's staff, not the elected Democrat, for mere possession of pornography, not contact with children, and the elected Democrat fired the suspect, not protected him.

Maybe it is a bit different.

so in your eyes, just looking at naked children is not as bad as sending emails to them..when was Foley convicted of molesting anyone??

you sick sob..

[red states rule]

so in your eyes, just looking at naked children is not as bad as sending emails to them..

you sick sob..

Here is another big mouth liberal who got busted. Remember this fat slob all over the talk shows telling us how evil conservatives were?

Liberal Talk Host Sentenced to 7 Years for Kiddie Porn
By Jim Kouri
MichNews.com
Aug 29, 2008




Bernard "Bernie" Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who worked as a radio talk show host and was a frequent Fox News Channel and CNN guest representing the liberal-left viewpoint, was sentenced on Thursday to serve 7 years in federal prison.

The sentence includes a lifetime of supervision once he's released, according to Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division.

On May 8, 2008, Ward pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography through the Internet. According to the plea documents, Ward admitted that in December 2004, he used an online screen name to engage in an Internet chat conversation with an unknown individual also using a screen name.

During that conversation, Ward admitted that he sent an image of child pornography depicting nude children engaged in sexually explicit conduct via his e-mail account.

Ward also admitted that he used the same e-mail account to distribute 15 to 150 images of child pornography to other individuals. These images involved prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, some with sadistic, masochistic or violent conduct.


The case was prosecuted by trial attorneys Steve Grocki, Jennifer Leonardo and Michael Yoon of the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and investigated by the FBI.


Bernie Ward was a former talk host with KGO 810 AM in San Francisco and was billed by KGO as "The Lion of the Left," was the host of both The Bernie Ward Show, a nightly news/talk show that ran weekdays 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. and the three-hour GodTalk on Sunday mornings.

In December 2007, Ward was dismissed from KGO following the federal grand jury indictment charging him the distribution of child pornography. He subsequently admitted to one of the felony charges in a plea bargain with federal prosecutors and on August 28, 2008, Bernie Ward was sentenced.

Ward is a former Catholic priest and later worked as a high school teacher. His interest in Liberal politics came about when he worked for then-Representative Barbara Boxer.

Ironically, Ward received the Scripps Howard Award for journalism as a result of his ten-part series, Heaven Help Us, which explored allegations of financial and sexual misconduct of the Catholic Church in San Francisco.

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_21084.shtml

[Noir]

We have our issues - but the liberal media only covers ours

And we toss our offenders over the side when we can. Libs elevate them and give them standing O's on the House floor

Well the guy was fired not elavated, and certainly no standing O

As for media coverage, I'm sure it will be about but there are allot of huge issues for the media to deal with, the story about an aide will fall down the list.

[Joe Steel]

I am surprised the Dems did not try to cover up the problem. Dems sat on Foley's emails for several months, and tried to cover up Tim Mahoney's problem

With the Republican president's FBI and the Republican Congress protecting the pedophile, what could the Democrats have done?

[Joe Steel]

so in your eyes, just looking at naked children is not as bad as sending emails to them..when was Foley convicted of molesting anyone??

you sick sob..

Me?

You're defending a pedophile just because he's a member of your party.

When it comes to sick, you're way ahead of me.

[stephanie]

Me?

You're defending a pedophile just because he's a member of your party.

When it comes to sick, you're way ahead of me.

when was he CONVICTED of molesting anyone, of having physical contact with a child...

and you are defending one because he is a member of your party..

[Joe Steel]

when was he CONVICTED of molesting anyone, of having physical contact with a child...

and you are defending one because he is a member of your party..

He admitted what he was suspected of doing. Read the link.

[stephanie]

I guess they could of kept Foley around and promoted him in his job, like the Democrats do...

think Gerry Studds..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studds

[red states rule]

Well the guy was fired not elavated, and certainly no standing O

As for media coverage, I'm sure it will be about but there are allot of huge issues for the media to deal with, the story about an aide will fall down the list.

Gary Studds, who admitted he was molesting underage males while he was in Congress did receive a standing O from his colleagues.

[red states rule]

With the Republican president's FBI and the Republican Congress protecting the pedophile, what could the Democrats have done?

Democratic Leadership Knew About Foley E-mails

The House Ethics Committee Report includes new information that top Democrats were also aware in 2005 of Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to congressional pages at about the same time as outgoing Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was informed.

While the report is critical of Hastert and his staff for not taking sufficient action, nowhere is there any evidence that the Democrats followed up.

According to the Committee's report, "the communications directors for both the House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" in the fall of 2005 also had copies of e-mails written by Mark Foley to a congressional page, which the high school student described as "sick, sick, sick, sick."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/democratic_lead.html

[Noir]

Gary Studds, who admitted he was molesting underage males while he was in Congress did receive a standing O from his colleagues.


It says on his wiki page that he got 2 standing O's from supporters in hi
s district at a town hall meeting, I'm not saying it was right hiwever it is very diffrent to getting a standing O in the house.

[red states rule]

It says on his wiki page that he got 2 standing O's from supporters in hi
s district at a town hall meeting, I'm not saying it was right hiwever it is very diffrent to getting a standing O in the house.

snip

Lest we forget the House did not force Mr. Studds to resign. They merely censured him. And when his censure was read he defiantly stood in the House well looking up at Speaker Tip O’Neill, with his backs to his colleagues.

In fact, Studds never even apologized. Instead he and one of the pages he had had sex with held a press conference. In it Studds defiantly stated that their "relationship" was nobody else’s business.

Many of Studds’ Democratic colleagues including some in the current House and Senate leadership voted against the slap on the wrist of censure. (Conyers, Frank, Lantos, Miller, Obey, Rahall, Waxman, Hoyer and Schumer all voted against it.)

Then Rep. Parren Mitchell of Maryland complained at the time of the "absolute humiliation and degradation" Studds had already suffered and said censure would only "cannibalize him."

Moreover, Rep. Studds not only remained in Congress for more than a decade, the House Democratic leadership allowed him to rise in the congressional ranks and for years hold a full committee chairmanship.

But of course Mr. Studds was a Democrat.

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/excerpts-from-the-congressional-report-on-gerry-studds



The Democrats, following Gary Studds' censure proceedings for his affair with a 17 year old page, did give him a standing ovation and return him to office for 13 more years

[Joe Steel]

Democratic Leadership Knew About Foley E-mails



That's nothing.


Is there anything these Republicans won't cover up? Duke Cunningham took millions of dollars in bribes. The people who were buying him off bought him a yacht called the Duke-Stir. He had a bribe menu on Congressional letter head. How many ethics investigations? Zero. Zilch. Nada.

Bob Ney took gifts and favors from Jack Abramoff. He has confessed and is about to go to prison. How many ethics investigations? Zero. None. Not one.

Then there is Hastert's shady land deal. Bill Frist's insider trading. Tom DeLay's money laundering. The list goes on and on. Every one of them had their ass covered by the rest of their Republican colleagues, crooks, whatever you want to call them.

When Joel Hefley, a conservative Republican from Colorado, had the temerity to actually do an ethics investigation of Tom DeLay - he was removed. Can't have it. You can't have any ethics investigations in a place with no ethics. The house will fall in.

Well, now it has. Because they've gone too far. This time they covered for a sexual predator. Mark Foley, Republican of Florida, was caught sending very explicit sexual messages to 16 and 17 year old boys who worked as pages for Congress.

The Republican Protection Racket (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/the-republican-protection_b_30663.html)

Apparently, no Republican is too low to be protected by the Republican party.

[red states rule]

That's nothing.



Apparently, no Republican is too low to be protected by the Republican party.

OK Joe, you were busted and now you change the subject. Damn you are so predicitable

[Joe Steel]

OK Joe, you were busted and now you change the subject. Damn you are so predicitable

This is about party corruption, isn't it?

I was contributing to the discussion by pointing-out the superiority of the Republican party in corruption.

So I guess you're busted.

[avatar4321]

An amazing coincidence, coming right after Republican pedophile Mark Foley makes the news again...



Of course, he claims he's not technically a "pedophile" because that phrase applies to "pre-pubescent" children but, what the heck, what's a few years to a pervert, especially one left to run wild by the Republican party:

Joe, I know this may be difficult to understand. But you cant commit pedophilia by sending text messages.

[avatar4321]

I don't think so. This is about elected officials who molest children and are protected by their party, isn't it?

Oh, wait.

It was someone on an elected Democrat's staff, not the elected Democrat, for mere possession of pornography, not contact with children, and the elected Democrat fired the suspect, not protected him.

Maybe it is a bit different.

Yeah, Id definitely say supporting child pornography is alot worse than text messages with people who can legally consent.

[Noir]

snip

Lest we forget the House did not force Mr. Studds to resign. They merely censured him. And when his censure was read he defiantly stood in the House well looking up at Speaker Tip O’Neill, with his backs to his colleagues.

In fact, Studds never even apologized. Instead he and one of the pages he had had sex with held a press conference. In it Studds defiantly stated that their "relationship" was nobody else’s business.

Many of Studds’ Democratic colleagues including some in the current House and Senate leadership voted against the slap on the wrist of censure. (Conyers, Frank, Lantos, Miller, Obey, Rahall, Waxman, Hoyer and Schumer all voted against it.)

Then Rep. Parren Mitchell of Maryland complained at t he time of the "absolute humiliation and degradation" Studds had already suffered and said censure would only "cannibalize him."

Moreover, Rep. Studds not only remained in Congress for more than a decade, the House Democratic leadership allowed him to rise in the congressional ranks and for years hold a full committee chairmanship.

But of course Mr. Studds was a Democrat.

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/excerpts-from-the-congressional-report-on-gerry-studds



The Democrats, following Gary Studds' censure proceedings for his affair with a 17 year old page, did give him a standing ovation and return him to office for 13 more years

It was his constituants that gave him 2 standing O's, and it was they who voted him back into office.
Also he was voted to be censured by 420 votes to 3, which seems to somewhat dampen the arguement that dems believed what he did was right.

[avatar4321]

With the Republican president's FBI and the Republican Congress protecting the pedophile, what could the Democrats have done?

Yeah, its great when you have people enforce the law and require proof before convicting someone. Much better than Democrats who will throw someone in jail just because they disagree.

[avatar4321]

This is about party corruption, isn't it?

I was contributing to the discussion by pointing-out the superiority of the Republican party in corruption.

So I guess you're busted.

No actually, its about a Democrat who was arrested for distributing child pornography.

And you are right. The Republican party is superior. The Democrats are so corrupt we couldnt even begin to touch their level of corruption.

[Joe Steel]

Joe, I know this may be difficult to understand. But you cant commit pedophilia by sending text messages.

True but it is perverted and it's closer to pedophilia than a few images.

[Joe Steel]

No actually, its about a Democrat who was arrested for distributing child pornography.

And you are right. The Republican party is superior. The Democrats are so corrupt we couldnt even begin to touch their level of corruption.

No, it's about the way the Democrat fired the offender instead of protecting offenders like Republcans do. The Republicans are, indeed, superior in that area.

[stephanie]

No, it's about the way the Democrat fired the offender instead of protecting offenders like Republcans do. The Republicans are, indeed, superior in that area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studds:eek:

[avatar4321]

True but it is perverted and it's closer to pedophilia than a few images.

How the hell is sending inappropriate text messages to 17-18 year olds closer to pedophilia then looking at little children with explicitly sexual purposes????

[red states rule]

How the hell is sending inappropriate text messages to 17-18 year olds closer to pedophilia then looking at little children with explicitly sexual purposes????

Simple

One is a Republican and one is a Democrat

[Abbey Marie]

Let me guess- were the pictures of boys?