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Mike McQueary: Coward!
That over there is Penn State Assistant Football Coach Mike McQueary. This is the man that watched a 10-year-old boy being raped by a naked 58-year-old man in a shower and did nothing to stop it. He simply walked away. After leaving the man to finish with the boy, he called his own father and asked him what he should do. His daddy gave him the awesome advice to call Joe Paterno, noted Special Victims Unit investigator.
He says he told Paterno everything he saw that night in specific detail. He doesn't say whether Paterno asked him why he didn't intervene to save the boy from the clutches of a child rapist. He says he told two Penn State administrators every detail of what happened. Maybe he did.
But if he did, why didn't he resign his position in disgrace for having failed to do rescue that kid? Why did he go on for years, keeping his mouth shut about what he saw in that locker room that night? Why did he let a man he knew to be a pedophile go on for years finding new victims, new young boys, to get his hands on. Was he afraid? Of what?
This Saturday he will be at Beaver Stadium, a member of the Penn State Football coaching staff. Paterno's gone, fired. The others, the athletic director and the school VP are gone too. They are charged with perjury, based primarily on the word of Mike McQueary. And the pedophile, he's out on bail.
But McQueary will be at the big game. He will not be on the sidelines, however, because the Board of Trustees say they fear for his safety. Imagine that! His safety!
It seems the board is doing a whole lot more to protect Mike McQueary than he ever did to protect that little kid in the shower back in 2002.
How he's been able to look at himself in the mirror these last nine years, knowing what he didn't do, is quite amazing. Knowing what a macho fraud he is. It's so pathetic, it's almost hard not to feel sorry for him.
Almost.
UPDATE: Late word is that McQueary has been advised to take Saturday off. That's good advice. Finally, at least a few people in Happy Valley are coming to their senses.
UPDATE II: In a statement, Penn State said, "Due to multiple threats made against Assistant Coach Mike McQueary, the University has decided it would be in the best interest of all for Assistant Coach McQueary not to be in attendance at Saturday's Nebraska game."
Making anonymous threats against anyone is a lame and cowardly thing to do. Not as cowardly as what McQueary did. But wrong and cowardly just the same.
posted by Spencerblog at
7:35 PM
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How about the message that he sent to that kid, with whom he made direct eye contact as he testified to the Grand Jury?? Not only was the child the subject of a sexual assault, but was re-victimized by having another adult witness the incident and say/do nothing. I can only imagine the message of complicit approval that McQueary sent to that kid by failing to intervene.
Worse than a coward!! Glad it wasn't my son! He needs to go away. He is/was a loser!
Back in the day at what was then a local military college, now a University, the freshmen, known as Rooks, had to memorize and recite on command from any upperclassman a number of inane statements. One of them was: "What's a Rook?" To which we had to reply without hesitation: "Sir, a Rook is lower than the lowest bucket of whalesh** that ever hit the deep blue sea, Sir!" All these years later I know that the statement is not inane, as in lacking significance, when it comes to at least one human being. It clearly fits quite perfectly Mike McQueary. For having walked away from what he saw, not immediately stepping in and stopping it, McQueary has shown that he was and shall evermore be lower than the lowest bucket of whalesh** that ever hit the deep blue sea... As Spencerblog points out, he has looked himself in the mirror every day since. For him to have not resigned is a disgrace. But, then too, what should we expect from a person who is lower than the lowest bucket of whalesh** to ever hit the deep blue sea???
It's a beginning... Recent news: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20111110_McQueary_wont_attend_Saturday_game.html?cmpid=125219969
I got into an incredible scrum with a Penn State Alum yesterday over this.
The brainwashed alum told me, "You don't know what you would do, no one knows what they would do!"
I was like, WHAT??!!!!? What scares me more is that he can think this way. I know exactly what I would do, anytime, anyplace to save a 10 year old boy/girl from a pedophile.
"I would do whatever it takes."
He says, "Sandusky could probably kick your ass"!
Unbelievable brainwashed idiots out there.
Something we all obviously agree on. This is a parents worst nightmare, and a situation that can scar and damage the victim for life. And what are these Penn State students thinking? Is a sports legacy more important to them than the welfare of a child?
I just don't get it.
I don't get it either, Bob.
Gil, not sure if you read all of these, but you hit this nail directly on the head!
This man is a total coward!
Permit me to vigorously disagree with everybody. I have never heard from more sanctimonious blowhards than I've heard in this Penn State scandal.
First, on McQueary -- who hasn't screwed up in their lives? He could have done more, and should have, but Sandusky is the degenerate scumbag. Let's direct our outrage at the real bad guy, not the weak man who panicked in a horrifying moment.
Second, on JoePa -- his character and integrity has benefited more kids in a week than most of us have affected in a lifetime. He is a great man, betrayed by a morally defective subordinate, and we all are diminished when a genuine American hero like JoePa is taken down.
Finally, the students -- I'm proud my son was on JoePa's front lawn Tuesday night, just as I'm proud he walked away Wednesday night from the "Occupy-mindset" nitwits, who were townies as well as students, jumped at the chance to commit senseless violence. I'm grateful that my son has a deep attachment to his school and the 84year-old icon whose lifetime commitment to honor and high standards has made Penn State a special place.
At PSU, they have a year-long charitable effort, run by the students, called THON, that last year raised 9 Million dollars to fight pediatric cancer. I'm unaware of any program of that magnitude at any other university. Only in the environment created by the legacy of JoePa could such a magnificent project thrive.
It's so much more than football. Of course, the victims deserve everyone's prayers, and a critical analysis of the institutional failures that could allow such a tragedy to occur. But you don't stop evil from happening by destroying things that are good.
Jake,
The "weak man who panicked in a horrifying moment" left a 10 year old at the mercy of a pervert in the act.
Assuming Sandusky is guilty as charged, no punishment is too great for him.
But no excuses please for McQueary. His was a complete abdication of his responsibiity as a man. Anything less that complete contempt for him is just wrong.
Jake - I can honestly say that I understand what happens when you have a connection to someone who does something deplorable. I've been there. There are times when you simply don't want to believe what you know to be true. You may feel a connection to Penn State and Joe Paterno, but it would not be wise to jump to Paterno's defense too quickly. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that Paterno has known about Sandusky's behavior for year's, and his close friendship with Sandusky has prevented him from doing the right thing. In this case, there certainly was a "right thing". What was McQueary's relationship with Sandusky? Is it possible that he too could have been victimized at one time by Sandusky? For the sake of argument, let's say McQueary was confused and scared to death. So he goes to his father for advice. Jake, no matter how old my son is, I feel I have a responsibility as a father to give my son sound advice, and to steer him in the right direction, and there was only one right direction in this situation. A straight line to the police. Period. And when this information was relayed to Paterno, he should have gone straight to the police. I'm not sure why you would be proud of your son for standing on the front lawn on Tues. in support of Paterno. I'm guessing your son was swept up in the moment. Better to wait for all of the fact's to surface. I'm thinking both you and your son will be having second thought's about this. I do hear your point about focusing the attention on the enablers and not the perp. I read Gils original post. Not once does he mention the name Sandusky.
Gil,
We obviously agree that Sandusky is a miserable excuse for a human being. If, God forbid, it was my son who was homosexually raped, you would be talking to me on Death Row rather than on-line.
McQueary was a weak man, compromised by the moral relativism of the campus culture. He was indoctrinated for the majority of his adult life about abstract concepts like tolerance and diversity. Any refusal to accept that dogma would cause him to be labeled homophobe or racist, the death sentence for a college career.
It is entirely unreasonable for you to expect this politically correct brainwashing to magically disappear in a moment of crisis. McQueary's moral compass was thoroughly dismantled by his incipient understanding of the demands and values of academia.
It's all fine and good to take absolute positions on circumstances where you have the benefit of hindsight. Pure evil like Sandusky doesn't allow that luxury.
Jake - Are you insinuatng that a liberal academic culture was responsible for McQueary's inability to properly respond?
Nice tie Jake.
Bob,
Maybe I'm a Pollyanna, but I want my son to grow up in a world with genuine heroes, with people to admire and causes to embrace.
I'm not talking about the celebrity flavor of the moment, like Chaz Bono or Justin Bieber, but real people with a lifetime of quiet commitment to substance and meaning.
I'm disgusted with our society's bloodlust for tearing down people of character and accomplishment like JoePa. Maybe he's not perfect, and maybe he's been fooling us all for 40-plus years, but that's one damn effective con job.
Remember when Mother Theresa was accused of financial irregularities? Whatever came of that?
When will we learn that you can't raise yourself up by tearing others down?
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Jake - I find your insertion of politics into this discussion to be disturbing, divisive and opportunistic. It's also somewhat hypocritical. You rail against "the moral relativism of the campus culture" and it's affect on McQueary, all the while subjecting your son to that same culture. What's next Jake? Will you be researching the political affiliations of Paterno, McQueary and Sandusky in hopes of finding ammunition for your campaign against the liberal agenda?
As for the need for hero worship, I offer you this. I think your son will be better served if the emphasis is on the understanding that we are all human and that we all err, with a strong caution to beware the hero De Jour.
McQueary is certainly the "coward of the county", and as such, he like Paterno are quilty of malicious compliance. They did just enough to ensure that Sandusky would be able to ply his trade as a vile rapist of minors for 9 more years. Effectively, that is McQueary's major accomplishment in life, being an enabler of a child molester. McQueary was tested and he failed, what a sorry excuse for a man.
Ask yourself one question. What would McQueary have done if it was his son or Paterno's grandson? Would he have been able to overcome his cowardice?
Bob,
I'm not surprised that you have a problem with my reference to "the moral relativism of campus culture", but your kneejerk, defensive response doesn't make my Penn State comments any more political than the obvious statement of fact they were intended.
You will recall Gil's original position was absolute, accepting no excuses for McQueary's failure to stop Sandusky's alleged rape. That doesn't cut it for me. I need context to come to grips with this monstrous evil. Just labeling McQueary a coward doesn't help anybody better understand this tragedy.
It's foolish to suggest that the "moral relativism of campus culture" is some far-fetched concept. To borrow from your liberal lexicon, the science is pretty well settled. Academia invented political correctness and would have added, if they believed in God, tolerance and diversity as the 11th and 12th Commandments.
That was McQueary's world, as was the "institutional failures" I mentioned in a previous post. Arguably, in your hyper-political analysis, that could be construed as conservative criticism. As a practical matter, those distinctions seem petty compared to the disgusting review we have to undertake.
The task for us, as people of conscience, who care about both Penn State and the victims, is to get a full airing of the facts. We need to understand, no matter how difficult the process and how disturbing the details, what took place and how we can make sure it never happens again.
Jake - You write "The task for us, as people of conscience, who care about both Penn State and the victims, is to get a full airing of the facts." I agree. Thus my criticism of the students standing on Paterno's lawn in a show of support. That Jake, was the knee jerk reaction. The knee jerk reaction that YOU said you were proud of. What will you say if it's revealed that Paterno was aware of Sandusky's actions for years, but was party to keeping Sandusky's secret from the authorities? Will Paterno still be your hero? And how would you feel if Sandusky's victim was your kid, and McQueary walked away that night? Jake, you were looking for a way to defend McQueary's inability to act. You come up with liberal academia? How many hours did you lie awake thinking that one up? It's laughable. And now the issue that you have conveniently skirted. Is it a common practice for conservatives to send their children to liberal party schools when there are conservative schools to choose from? I'm thinking Grove City, Kings, or St. Vincents. All 3 are conservative Pennsylvania schools. Or better yet how about Brigham Young? And Jake, if you are paying to send your son to a school that supports a culture that you find despicable, well, I think you have some explaining to do.
I think we need less Penn State and more state pen!
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