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Old 01-24-2012, 11:33 AM   #16 (permalink)
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If I remembered Joe Douchebag as a nice, caring family man than yes I would say that.
But they were talking about Paterno in the context of being a family man. They were talking about him as a football coach.

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JoePa didn't commit a crime, just ignored a moral obligation. And I'm not defending him either, but I have no idea what was going through his head, whether he just wanted to cover the program's ass or what.
Well, it certainly didn't seem to be, "I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make sure no more kids get sodomized."
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