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"Are you implying that the Republicans should hide their heads and not try to protect the seat? I could be mistaken, and I apologize if I am, but that's what it sounds like you are saying"

Not at all and no apology needed. I just don't think this will play well with voters. Give it a few weeks maybe. Let the disgust factor die down a little, then bring it up. Right now it just sounds like Republicans think the timing of the information is more important than what the slime-ball did. Maybe some do. Maybe some people don't care that a man who looked, for all the world, like a defender of exploited children was himself exploiting children. Maybe keeping hold of power is more important to some than keeping children safe. Not to me. Call me a troll, call me what you like, but I'd think a whole lot better of Republicans if they'd express a little more outrage over the initial act and a little less about Dem's dirty tricks. Again, I don't belong to any political party, so I may be looking at things a little more open mindedly than some.

Where's the outrage? They kicked the man out and have publicly called him a slime ball pervert. The man's career is over. It should be over. Have you not read what nearly 100% of FR has said about this scum? What's important is that he is gone and the legal system will handle him, if necessary. It's the dems who are trying to throw all Republicans into this mess, and my gut tells me, dems knew more about this than Republicans did. If that's true, they should be exposed for that. Do you think they shouldn't be?

Call me a troll, call me what you like, but I'd think a whole lot better of Republicans if they'd express a little more outrage over the initial act and a little less about Dem's dirty tricks.

Every Republican I have seen on TV has prefaced their remarks with a condemnation of Foley. Part of the problem is that the media is making this into an election story. How many seats will this cost the Republicans? What did Speaker Hastert know and when did he know it? The media is between a rock and a hard place. They can't talk about the "gay predator" because they know in the back of minds of most soccer moms, no matter how liberal, that is the equation (gay=predator) that most of parents will have. So they are playing it as a political story. Providing a simplistic answer like getting rid of the Congressional Page system (which I agree with) is an easy and political answer, but it's not going to stop 52 year old men from chatting on line with 17 year old boys. And realistically, no law is going to stop that either.

Call me a troll, call me what you like, but I'd think a whole lot better of Republicans if they'd express a little more outrage over the initial act and a little less about Dem's dirty tricks. Again, I don't belong to any political party, so I may be looking at things a little more open mindedly than some.

The GOP leadership HAS openly and publically expressed disgust. Do you see any of them saying Foley shouldn't have hit the curb? No, you do not.

I don't think your alleged lack of political affiliation is causing you to be more open-minded at all. It obviously isn't the case since you are taking the erroneous position that the GOP are in any way defending Foley.