Americans were shocked to learn this past weekend that a
United States Representative, Mark Foley (R-FL), had been sending
sexually-explicit e-mails and instant messages to 15- and 16-year-old boys
interning in the House of Representatives. But the members
of the House leadership -- foremost among them Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert -- were not shocked, because they already knew.
It's become quite clear in recent days that several other
high-ranking members of the House of Representatives knew
about Mr. Foley's despicable (and possibly illegal)
behavior -- and took no steps to stop it.
At least five prominent Representatives (Speaker Dennis Hastert,
R-IL; Majority Leader John Boehner, R-OH; Rep. Tom Reynolds,
R-NY; Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-LA; and Rep. John Shimkus, R-IL)
have admitted that they knew of the initial set of inappropriate emails
from Foley to a 16-year-old former House page.
Could it be that the House leadership cared more
about protecting one of their own than protecting the safety
of their teenage pages?
The Republicans' Talking Points are trying to portray
this as a democratic conspiracy. How lame!
The source for leaking all this was a GOP staffer.
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