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After reading the first 40 or so posts, I am saddened to see many FReepers value partisanship over morality. Several have suggested that because the Rats wont clean their house (Stubbs, Frank, etc.), we conservatives (don't mistake me for a Pub) should just shut up and let the perverts & their enablers keep their positions of power. I'd say that makes them just as bad as the Rats they despise. I'm not impressed.

And don't pretend to tell me what Hastert knew or didn't know. Either he knew about this early on (I believe he did), & did nothing to protect the children, OR he didn't know about it when everybody else knew, making him incompetent to be a leader, ie., clueless.

News is like an iceberg. Only 10% is known, & the other 90% of this story has yet to come out. I suspect this other 90% is gonna create few heroes & many villains.

Those who are so quick to defend Hastert seem to forget how fast & often Washington politicians will lie, cheat, & steal to maintain their power & position. Isn't it strange that Hastert has called for a FBI investigation, given his resistance to one re. William Jefferson. Does he now support the searching of congressional offices & files - even his own - in pursuit of the truth? I doubt it.

Anyone & everyone of either party who knew of Mark Foley's predation on children prior to this becoming public should resign immediately.

"And don't pretend to tell me what Hastert knew or didn't know. Either he knew about this early on (I believe he did), & did nothing to protect the children, OR he didn't know about it when everybody else knew, making him incompetent to be a leader, ie., clueless."

But do you not feel that there should be some proof that he covered up before you call for his head?

& did nothing to protect the children,

LOL.......Children......???????

Sounds like you watch too much O'reilly! This is not a molestation story.

It's a gay sex story about young sexually active men, and not children. The children nonsense is just that. Shaundra Levi was not a child either. Nor was Monica.

This protect the children angle is nothing but activist background noise and not relevant.

You still don't get it do you. The ONLY politicians who knew what Foley was up to are all Democrats (except for Foley).

They sat on this information for three years while Foley was allowed to chase minors.

If you want to chase the "enablers" out of the House I suggest you focus on Nancy Pelosi and her crowd.

I highly suspect The Speaker of the house has many important issues on the table that effect the country. We are at war.

The minority party calls for an investigation of some sort everyday. The FBI should be looking for terrorists not applying muscle for every witch hunt the democrats and media cook up.

I would hate to think The Speaker spends his entire day searching for problems he does not know exist. Had Hastert asked for Foley's resignation with the information he did have the Democrat leadership would have insisted on Hastert's resignation by branding him homophobic.