This has happened so quickly, I don't know all the facts regarding who knew PRECISELY what and when. It was common assumed knowledge he was gay. Was it known by EITHER Rep or DEM leadership that he was sending explicit emails/IMs to pages or former pages? EVEN if it is lawful to do such with a 16 year old, a Congressman should not. It is creepy and unethical, to say the least. I sure hope the Reps have done the right thing, politics be damned. It is not at all clear if the House leaders knew about the extremely graphic messages, or it they did, when. I also wonder about who released them and why. If they are disturbing to Dems and the media, why did they sit on them? If they thought illegal activity was going on (and that is entirely unclear, IMO), they should have reported it. I hope the truth comes out.
Because it was not election time yet! How better to swing an election than to expose a republican to potential sexual activities? BTW, did Bill Clinton rape that woman Juanita Broadderick? He never did answer that question? He was too busy doing the people's business! Now that he has a lot of time on his hands, I would expect some reporter (hopefully Chris Wallace) to ask that question! Also, I would expect a response from Slick's (so called) wife too!!!!!!