*Sam Francis lives :)
I agree with your point - up to a point. T'Hell was Hastert thinking when he heard about Foley's earlier emails? I would not have bought Foley's lame excuse. You wouldn't have either.
In Foley's case, where there was questionable email smoke, there was a sulphurous lust generating it.
Hastert and the republicans missed a golden opportunity to re-establish moral credibility, imo.
Dear bornacatholic,
My understanding is that the e-mails were ambiguous, it's the IMs that really put Mr. Foley under. And I understand that Speaker Hastert only saw the e-mails initially.
In that it is no longer considered acceptable in our society to "discriminate" against folks because they are homosexual, Mr. Hastert may have been wary to be seen "persecuting" a "gay" Republican.
The problem is that the hypocrisy of this situation stretches well out of the confines of the US House of Representatives, and implicates the wider society.
sitetest