[trek]

This is rich. The party that circled the wagons around President Clinton are now attacking Hastert for not exposing Foley.

[rintense]

But that's how the Dems will attack. They will use the stick that Republicans beat Clinton with. Every single Dem in the federal government has been waiting to get revenge for the Clinton impeachment. Foley will be the starting point, and if they take over House, Bush will be the target for impeachment.

I hate to say it, but this is the Republicans fault.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I'm no fan of Bubba, but this isn't the same thing. Pedophilia is a far cry from diddling a chubby intern on the side. Foley should get what he deserves and so should any of his colleagues who knew about this and did nothing. This is not a party issue.

[Yaelle]

The party that circled the wagons around President Clinton are now attacking Hastert for not exposing Foley.

I hate to defend Bill Clinton and Barney Frank here, but they weren't messing with underage kids. This would all be very different if the pages Foley communicated with were 20 years old.

Although there is no proof that Foley actually engaged in sex acts with these boys, Dateline's expose of this type of "grooming" the child shows that the next step would have been physical contact.

[wouldntbprudent]

"Despite the fact that I had not seen the e-mails in question, and Mr. Alexander told me that the parents didn't want the matter pursued, I told the speaker of the conversation Mr. Alexander had with me," Reynolds said.

Reynolds added that Alexander also discussed it with the clerk of the House, and the congressman who oversees the page program, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill.

Shimkus has said he learned about the e-mail exchange in late 2005 and took immediate action to investigate.

Shimkus said Foley told him it was an innocent exchange. Shimkus said he warned Foley not to have any more contact with the teenager and to respect other pages.

Democrats charged Reynolds did far too little and said more digging should be done.

First, the *Rats* look ridiculous here. They LOVE perversion anyway and could care less about the sexual exploitation of young people.

Secondly, since it seems all the Republicans here were going on was the report that the page felt uncomfortable that Foley had asked him for a photo, their actions don't look that stupid. It wasn't a huge flag that they should have launched an investigation over.

Also they warned Foley; if he had any loyalty, at that time he should have 'fessed up and taken the consequences rather than put his party in this situation. He should have said, "Here's the bad news, boss, so you hear first from me: I've done more than ask that kid for a photo, and what I've done will not look purty if/when it comes out."

Further, the warning should have caused Foley to at least STOP this crap and he doesn't seem to have done that either.

[Zack Nguyen]

This is rich. The party that circled the wagons around President Clinton are now attacking Hastert for not exposing Foley.

I agree, it is hypocrisy. But consider the opposite: that the "party of values" had a Congressman sending inappropriate emails to boy pages and didn't seem concerned enough to dig to find out.

[WhiteGuy]

This is rich. The party that circled the wagons around President Clinton are now attacking Hastert for not exposing Foley.


Rich indeed.

It appears that both parties are more than willing to look the other way when presented with the inappropriate behavior of their party members.