So let me get this straight, the Republican controlled congress never dealt with the extremely corrupt Delay, the Republican leadership sat by until Delay resigned on his own under threat of felony conviction (long after the charges were in place).
Now we have Rep. Foley, a gay guy with a reputation for harassing pages, the Republican leadership finds out about it months ago (at least) and someone investigates the situation by asking FOLEY if he did anything wrong. Foley doesn't get removed from the committee on Missing and Exploited Children until the page's messages hit the press.
Some people wasted NO TIME in pulling down Foley's congressional web page and his campaign page, it's like the man didn't exist. The cache is gone, too. Isn't his Congressional page still public information?
My point here is actually this:
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE NOT THE SAME, 2006
When Rep. William Jefferson was suspected of taking bribes, Nancy Pelosi immediately took him off of his committee.
When Rep. Foley was suspected of soliciting sex with underage pages, the Republican leadership ignored it and protected Foley's position on the Committee for EXPLOITED and Missing Children.
The parties are not the same.
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I always suspected the "G" in "GOP" stood for "Greed". Maybe it stands for "Groper".
Another thought, Pinks:
What significance do you attach to the fact that the GOP leadership apparently went to some lengths to warn Republican pages and their supervisors, but not their Democratic peers? What is this about?
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