Fourteen years after the conclusion of the l’affaire Lewinsky scandal, it is interesting to see Kenneth Starr sticking his neck out to call for leniency for a schoolteacher who molested multiple 12 and 14 year-old girls in his care. Mr. Starr, along with a who’s who of Republican power-players, thinks that community service should suffice as a penalty, rather than a 43-year prison sentence.
This reminds me of the Scooter Libby scandal, where Establishment types lined up to call for leniency when they would never do that for a street-corner drug dealer or anyone unknown to them.
It also reminds me of the people who defended Penn State and Joe Paterno.
When you molest 12 year-olds, you cause lifelong damage. Where is the concern about that?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahahahahhhahaaha
Wipes tears from face
Gulps breath
Sociopaths…concern about damage…
Convulses in another helpless fit of laughter
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahahah……….
Don’t forget that Charles Gibson(of GMA/ABC fame) spoke up for this child rapist as well.
“We do not know of any occasion when he was abusive…” says Mr. Starr. Apparently, as long as he doesn’t personally witness you molesting a kid, he’s on your side. Perhaps he’s auditioning to be america’s most popular defense attorney?
On a side note, my vet tells me that when I cover my ultra-paranoid cat’s eyes, she actually believes nobody can see her. I’ve tried it like ten times and I think he’s right.
If this were public school, we could blame lazy public bureaucrats and those infernal unions for 20 years of rape. But since the alleged rapes took place at the posh private school that has none of those, we might as well let him go.
Pleased to see you’re covering this. Also, re: Rob Ford [very pleased with your post on that] possible abuse of his wife
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/toronto-star-columnist-details-explosive-police-report-on-rob
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Pretty horrifying picture of the two of them in the tpm post link there
What they hell does Star mean by ‘took time to chat’?
with his daughter [aren’t teachers supposed to make time for their students? just not in the way he did]
make time for, not make time with
yes, a more succinct way of expressing the thought
I’m sorry, but if I found out a friend of mine was a convicted child molester that would be the end of our friendship. I sure as hell wouldn’t write a letter to anyone asking the court to reduce that person’s sentence to “community service.” Community service is what people convicted of shoplifting deserve, not child rapists.
Fascists and sociopaths don’t give a shit about rules.
They make them up as they go along, and here’s the rub:
They only apply to everyone else.
When you molest children, you should be drawn and quartered. Alive. Then fed to the pigs.
No Fear.
Makes me wonder why Ken Starr doesn’t think this is a big deal. Is this another,”Everyone likes young girls, don’t they?” situation?