[af_vet_rr]

teh dems are gonna gnaw on this like a pit bull on an attackers arm. we won't see the end of this till after the election.

The GOP deserves it though. Regardless of how much anybody things the GOP leadership knew, it's pretty clear that somebody in the leadership knew Foley was trouble long before now, and they should have had him leave then, when a replacement could have been found. I'll reserve judgement on whether they thought this would blow over, but I'd like to see, in the future, anytime anything vaguely evil-sounding is dealt with then and there, nipped in the bud so to speak.

[spatso]

"nipped in the bud so to speak."

Exactly, the difference between them and us is they cover it up and try to rationalize the behavior. In our situation, we need to deal with it directly, openly and responsibly.

[gardencatz]

I don't know this is possible. Many of his constituents seemed to be aware of his sexual orientation and it wasn't important enough to be an issue for them. It's up to the voters in that district to decide who they want to represent them.

Cindie