The Foley sleazolanche has come down so hard on Republican incumbents, there’s been an effort on the part of candidate’s around the country to find any connections, however strained, to pedophilia or homosexuality. Yes, I know the two aren’t connected. But they’re often being treated as such. The Blackwell gambit noted below is one example. Here’s another.
Rep. Heather Wilson’s (R-NM) whole site at the moment is given over to a local TV news spot about a Internet-teen sex sting that bagged a 41 year old man who thought he was meeting a fourteen year old girl in the park for sex. The story is about how he didn’t get time but probation. Wilson says it was the fault of opponent Patricia Madrid (who is currently state Attorney General).
Take a look.
