I'm shocked that CNN would even mentioned it. I fear the damage from the Foley saga has been done. Our House leaders looked rather foolish. Regardless of what happens in Nov., the Foley saga is not going to end. The saga gets stranger and stranger each day. We won't know all the facts til perhaps one year from now. If your above post is true, it will really infuriate the base for the 2008 Presidential race.
"I'm shocked that CNN would even mentioned it"
More than Fox News did. I was watching Shep & Co. earlier, and all they could do is parrot the MSM's "The scandal is getting worse!" "Conservatives are demanding Hastert resign!" BS.
Why? Because the MEDIA says so? IGNORE THE MEDIA!! The House leadership did exactly what it SHOULD have done. When the former page complained about the e-mails in 2005, Hastert told Foley to back off, and by all accounts, he did. The leadership did what it should have done when the IMs were made public by ABC last week; they asked for his resignation and got it.
That the leadership didn't know about the Internet Messages doesn't surprise me. How could they have known? The Speaker doesn't monitor every member's computer use. Can you imagine the outcry if he were caught doing something like that?
What Foley did was his responsibility, and HIS ALONE! The House leadership lived up to their responsibilities as well, and we need to SUPPORT them, not denounce them for not being clairvoyant!