Big scandal! Foley, a Republican congressman crusader against internet sexual predators on minors has turned out to be a such a predator himself. There is a smoking trail in the form of Instant Messages to adolescent boys (Congressional pages). An FBI dude on ABC sez this is solicitation of minors for sex and he'll get prison for it.
Needless to say, Foley resigned. But the fallout will be very significant.
Consider: the House leadership apparently knew about this situation for 10 or 11 months - at least.
Consider: the pages were warned as a group about Foley.
Consider: there are at least two pages involved.
Consider: one page has said it was difficult to raise this issue because Foley had so much power.
Consider: Foley is/was a member of the House leadership.
This is the Republican party, folks. These guys came to power with conservative sexual morality in their charter. It's a big chunk of what makes the rural poor folk swallow their crap. It makes the fundies froth for Bush.
It' was Republican pretensions to moral stature that fueled the whole get-Clinton-impeached fiasco. They went after him in high dudgeon. Now we see the arrogance, indifference, and abuse that was behind that carefully crafted facade - not just in Foley, but in that craven pack of enablers, the House leadership.
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