After this he didn't stand a chance in the election. Would you stick around for the campaign ads? Imagine every photo op he ever took with the Boy Scouts, National Merit Scholars, etc.etc. plastered on ads...that's in addition to the fact the guy is a whack-a-doo...In my opinion, the fewer Republican whack-a-doos, the better.
Do you have children?
Would you want your son or daughter to be chatting on IM with a 50 + year old pervert? Yes I said pervert. This guy Foley was playing the good guy about protecting young people from the very thing we all see that he was doing.
"That may be, but it seems ridiculous for a Republican to resign when he hasn't done anything illegal.
I thought about that myself. Why would he resign for exchanging emails and IM's? Now we find out that he has a history and there is much more. He knows that it all may come out and so he chose to resign. He had no other option but to resign - he has tainted the Party.
We now need a replacement asap and should not be bickering among ourselves.