I've lost track. What day of Pedophilegate is it?

[onehandle]

How long has it been since we found out that Mitt Romney palls around with child rapists?

When will we get a comment from the Republican Presidential nominee?

[chelsea0011]

1. Funny how palling around with terrorists gets media play but palling

around with child pedophiles gets no media play. Some pundit needs to drop the pedophile bomb, I guess.

[Vinca]

2. What did I miss? Who's Mitt's pedophile friend?

[w8liftinglady]

3. I believe it's in regards to this

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/18/1084534/-Romney-has-a-Pedophile-Problem-Named-Ted-Nugent-

Romney has a Pedophile Problem Named Ted Nugent!

[Vinca]

12. Holy shiite! I hadn't heard that one. What a total scumbag.

[edgineered]

4. Somehow in the mind of a freak, if you aren't diaper trained

and do a lot of screaming, there is no need to burden yourself with social policy.

[Ian David]

5. Technically, isn't Nugent a Pederast and not a Pedophile? n/t

[DutchLiberal]

6. Technically, when you're into teenage girls, you're not a pedophile.

A pedophile is somebody who is sexually interested in prepubescent children. Teenage girls with fully developed adult features are of no interest of a pedophile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia

What you're referring to in the Ted Nugent case is either hebephila or ephebophilia, depending on the age of the girl. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia

And are you referring to 'rape' or 'statutory rape', which are two very different things?

[TreasonousBastard]

7. That's true, but...

if it's also true that he got Courtney Love to blow him when she was 12, that's wrong whatever it's called.

Other than that, the pedophilia charge is thrown around all the time, even if the kid is over the age of consent. So... Nugent and the 17 year-old was not only not pedophilia, but was legal. (If icky.)

Here's a list of worldwide ages of consent:

http://www.avert.org/age-of-consent.htm

Note that 16 is the most common one, and the usual one for most US states. In Puerto Rico, however, it's 14.

Marriage is bizarrely different for some unknown reason:

http://family.findlaw.com/marriage/state-by-state-marriage-age-of-consent-laws.html

Alabama The age of consent is eighteen. With parental consent, parties can marry at age fourteen. However, this parental consent is not required if the minor has already been married.

Massachusetts The age of consent is eighteen. With parental consent and/or the consent of a judge, males can marry at fourteen years of age and females can marry at the age of twelve. On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to recognize same-sex marriage. Common law marriage is not recognized.

[Tom Ripley]

8. I believe his category is "wardophile"

since he had guardianship over the 17 year old girl he was fucking

[catbyte]

9. I'd say a 12 year old C. Love with no breasts

would qualify as a pedophile, but that's just me.

[DutchLiberal]

10. Yes, that's true. I didn't know about that.

That would qualify as pedophile.

[Tom Ripley]

11. It doesn't appear that Love kept the stained KISS t-shirt

[onehandle]

14. Potato, potahtoe. The point is one of Mitt's bestest pals, is criminally aberrant. nt

[DutchLiberal]

15. You know as well as me how loaded the term 'pedophile' is and it shouldn't be used frivolously.

Either one is one or one isn't one. It's a big difference.

And I don't know that Nugent is "best pals" with Romney. I didn't like the 'guilt by association' game when it was played in 2008 with Obama and Rev. Wright and I don't see why we should focus on it now. There are a lot more issues with Romney we can use to nail him much more effectively.

[onehandle]

13. Nt