Moral of the Story: Think before you post

Going to draw a little connection here, between what I posted the other day about Facebook use between teachers and students, and a story I heard today on the tail end of Rush. (Thank goodness for the Dittocam and iheartradio!)

Rush Limbaugh began talking about a little known candidate named Krystal Ball (Yes, really, that's her name!) who is a Democrat running for Congress in Virginia's 1st District, which contains the eastern portion of the mainland from the southern DC Metro Area (around Quantico) south to Williamsburg and parts of Newport News. This is a strong Republican District which means she will lose, especially in this election.

To sum it up, six years ago, she was at a costume party and pics of her participating in questionable behavior have appeared. (Here is the link...WARNING: these pics contain adult content!!!) As a result of these pics, she is playing the role of the victim, claiming this attack is sexist.

I have a note to you, Krystal, take it from one Gen-Xer to another (even though you're a Democrat). You're coming off as whiny and thin-skinned in your refusal to take full responsibility for your actions and are on the verge of losing by an even larger plurality than was originally the likelihood. Your voters may not respect you because of your questionable judgement, but I think it's worse you're not fully owning up (you give a "yeah, but..." explanation) to your behavior and hiding behind feminism/sexism. (And we all know that it's only sexism if a liberal/Democrat woman says so, as evidenced by Meg Whitman being called a "whore" and Sarah Palin's jogger-gate.) Voters would be more understanding if you said something like,

"This was a mistake of mine that I regret, I am shamed as a result of it and I want to give young people advice to think before you post anything on Facebook and control your own behavior because you never know who may be watching, taping or photographing."

But no, you decided to take the weak position and blame somebody else for your transgression. That's why you're going to go down in defeat.

As I earlier stated, THINK BEFORE YOU POST!!! You never know what may be found years later when/if you're in the public eye. Krystal Ball didn't look into her crystal ball and is learning the hard way.