[Obadiah]

It is very hard to argue against your well reasoned points, although, I would add some observations.

It has been the standard operating procedure of the the Democrats and their MSM allies to search out a lone high profile Republican and work and work to demonize him and make that person the emblem of all that is wrong with humanity. They then use that person to personify, to put a tangible face on, to brand the ills of a party on that person.

To date and in recent times this procedure has been supremely effective with Republicans thus far not finding both the intellect nor the intestinal fortitude to combat.

To date, this Maoist strategy has effectively and successfully been used against the following:

Donald Rumsfeld
Newt Gingrich
Tom Delay
Mark Foley
George W. Bush
Trent Lott
Denny Hastert (resignation effort)

And what has been the usual Republican response? Toss the Democrats another scalp hoping it will make problems go away and stop the mean editorials.

Until we grow a backbone and stand up to this Maoist tactic I fully expect Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats, and the MSM to continue deploying this, so far, very successful strategy.

[Hand em their arse]

Take out Foley, and I agree totally with your post... IMO, Foley did that all by himself, and deserved/deserves everything he got/will get... Be it from Republicans, or Democrats... The difference, and maybe this is what you were pointing out by putting his name on the list, is Republicans showed him the door because it was what they should've done... Dems did it for political gain, because behind closed doors they'd probably encourage that behavior...