This will be my last post on the Foley scandal unless something new comes up
Being a 16-year-old my self, I can really identify with this story. I have worked with state legislators and congressmen. Luckily they weren't sex predators. I have a very simple view of this. It isn't about the Democrats taking the house back at all, but rather it is about politics. The fact of the matter is, your either with the people that are trying to cover this up or you think everyone involved that didn't turn this man in should not only resign but also be prosecuted. Things are that simple. The Republican leadership knew about this in 2003 and chose to try to cover it up. Anyone involved should resign and be prosecuted. Why would you try to save a sex predators ass? Politics. It was all politics and it still is. Denny Hastert should resign but won't because of one thing, politics. He even says thats why he won't resign. He says that it is important for him to stay on as speaker of the house because if he resigned it would make the story seem bigger and Democrats could take control of the house. That right there is SICK! He ignored the signs that this man was taking advantage of kids because he didn't want a scandal and now he won't take responsibility for it because he doesn't want the scandal to get bigger. What a scumbag. I'm sorry, I don't call people names often but this man is a creep. As a teen that would be interested in doing the page program this really scares me. People like that are in power over in DC. People who would cover up something like this just to see their party stay in power. That is wrong.
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As a parent, I can really identify with this story. People in elected office hold the trust of their constituants, and the nation at large. Foley is a petifile, plain and simple. Sick people happen in this country. Although I do not believe you can justify his behavior, he is simply a preditory anomily in society, like any other preditor.
The repulican leadership, however, is a different story. They are an evil anomily of a a different type. The fact that we put our trust in so many of them who failed us and decieved us on the basic level cannot be forgiven. I'm willing to bet it won't be.
It's commonly known in jail that being a petifile puts you in grave danger. Even the hardest of criminals don't put up with people who rape and abuse children. I doubt that that American people feel any differently.
I remember Clinton saying - "I did not have sex with that women."
Now we are going to have to hear Foley say he didn't have sex with those teenaged boys. Ick...
This was unforgivable. This was the nail in the coffin for repulican administrations.
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