I have yet to hear anyone other than personal acquaintances of Foley's defend him. The Repubs do need to go on the offensive regarding how this information was used. If someone knew about the IM's and sat on them, with the intention of releasing them right before the election, then there is a definite issue. Not only could they have enabled that POS Foley to take his advances to the point where a crime was committed (by all accounts, at this time none was), they may have also tried to influence a Federal election through illegal means.
Foley is a turd, and has been repudiated by the Repubs, the story now should be about the dirty, and possibly illegal way the left handled the situation.
What Federal Statute are you referring to? Campaigns always hold on to hot dirt until near the end so the opponent doesnt have enough time to offer a defense. Doesnt mean its illegal. Hell if the bar was that low, none of the advertising run by either side would be legal.
"The Repubs do need to go on the offensive regarding how this information was used."
We MUST also remind folks that Foley is GONE, and will be prosecuted, while DEMOCRAT Child Porkers get CELEBRATED, PROMOTED, and RE-ELECTED...
Is thier ANY doubt in anyone's mind that if Foley had been a Democrat, that we'd be seeing every Dem on the hill defending his "Personal and Private Lifestyle Choice", and 5,000 gays marching on Washington to protest the "Intolerance" and "Bigotry" of the Republicans?