OK! I finally believe in God.
I have been watching the Democrats constantly snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - Iraq, Katrina, Abramoff,etc. So has God, who has finally given them a pre-election gift - GOP Rep. Mark Foley - perhaps even they can't screw up.
Not only is a Republican member of the House accused of sexual harassment of under-age pages, but it seems that the House GOP leadership has known about the situation for quite some time. And they're caught between a rock and a hard place. If they investigate and indict themselves they'll be out on their asses. If they don't they're guilty of a pre-election cover-up.
Now the question is will the Democrats sit back and let the Republicans stew in their own juices or will they actually say something to which the American people can actually relate?
If they choose the former, the GOP will once again weasel out of a difficult situation. That's what happened a couple of weeks ago when the three musketeers were fighting with the Bush over how much torture is ok and the Democrats sat ringside watching this steel-cage match.
They have to speak up and condemn a political leadership that places winning elections over the welfare of the young people entrusted to their care.
"Republicans joined Democrats in a 409-0 vote to send the matter to the House's ethics panel but wouldn't commit to a 10-day deadline that Democrats sought, saying the matter was too important to rush." [Right, late November would be a good time.]
The more-and-more visible Newt Gingrich had this to say:
"I think had they [the House leadership] overly aggressively reacted to the initial round [of sexual harassment of pages], they would also have been accused of gay bashing."
Another right-wing voice, Matt Drudge, also weighed in:
"You're not going to tell me these are innocent babies [the pages]. Have you read the transcripts that ABC posted going into the weekend of these instant messages, back and forth? The kids are egging the Congressman on! The kids are trying to get this out of him. We haven't got the whole story on this."
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