Reply #16: I predict the Foley story will slowly morph toward an increasingly

[Tom Rinaldo]

anti-gay sub text; Gay = Pedophile. Not overtly in high profile media, but in the underground way that Republicans tend to run their smear campaigns. I think it will go along these lines: "Which political party is most openly pro Gay? The Democrats. Who supports Gay marriage, adoption, and Boy Scout Troop leaders? The Democrats. Who do you believe will better protect your 10 year old son from gay pedophiles? The Democrats? Not a chance, only Republicans can stand up to them. Republicans will clean their own house now, Democrats will never do that, Democrats need the Gay vote."

I would love to be proved wrong about this, but I expect it. Given enough time Republicans will mold the Foley scandal to play into their own anti-gay campaign strategy. It is how they will try to recover some lost ground with their right wing Christian "values" voter base.