Senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, have been working with Mahoney to keep the matter from hurting his re-election campaign, the Mahoney staffers said.
Despite Pelosi and Howard Dean's attempts to spin Mark Foley as a gay child molestor, he engaged in no criminal activity and no physical contact. The Democrats used it to paint a picture of a "culture of corruption" that "went all the way to the top of the party" because "they knew" (less than the DNC and press) and "did nothing".
Shoe is on the other foot.
Look at this adulterer's slogan:
The Democrats also championed another Democrat who had engaged in sex with his male aides in the early 1970s (when it was criminal) and championed him because he was a "gay activist" who "stood firm" against efforts to remove him for office for his crimes (it was criminal then). He happened to die while Foley was being investigated.
They are hypocrites, and Pelosi has NOT given us an "ethical" congress.