The biggest piece of apologist BS about the GOP Foley cover-up

[ProSense]

September 30, 2006

SPECIAL SAT. NEWS ANALYSIS: The Foley Follies

It’s been a long 48 hours for the House Republican leadership. It all started when the media began reporting on the inappropriate email and instant message exchanges between now-ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) and an underage teenager.

Let’s first agree that what Foley did was wrong, predatory and possibly illegal. And the resulting decision by Foley to resign was not only appropriate, it may be the least of the punishment, depending on whether a criminal investigation is seriously pursued.

But what’s given the House GOP leadership headaches today and possibly for the rest of the election cycle is the series of events that took place nearly a year ago when news of some initial questionable contact between an underage House page and Foley were first unearthed.

The timeline of what Speaker Dennis Hastert knew and when he knew it, has seemed to change throughout the last 48 hours. Late 9/30 p.m., the Speaker’s office released a fairly detailed explanation of when Speaker’s office first learned of the complaint. (See below post). But the explanation doesn’t answer every question.

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It’s important to note that when the House GOP leadership first apparently learned of something amiss with Foley and a page, the GOP leadership team was in flux. Roy Blunt was the acting Majority Leader fighting with John Boehner to keep the job permanently.

Did the House GOP leadership vacuum that was created by DeLay’s departure lead to a situation where no one was calling the political shots? And did that sense of chaos create anxiety, preventing Republicans from taking the steps necessary to protect these underage pages?

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http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/09/special_sat_new.html

Anxiety?

[MadMaddie]

1. Nope...the fact the the Repugs are incompetent

is why this has turned into another more damaging fiasco....

possible crimes......I would submit that the coverup is aiding and abetting Foley....I submit that the DC police need to get involved and investigate the crimes....A special prosecutor would be even better.....

I hope this takes all involved down.....

[kestrel91316]

2. I think there's a whole NEST of ReNAMBLAcan sexual predators

on Capitol Hill and maybe throughout the Bush administration. All helping cover for each other.

[MadMaddie]

3. Agreed....

It's so interesting and sad that this same crowd went after Clinton for a Blowjob with another Consenting adult yet they proudly hid the facts about Foley and teenagers for a year....

[longship]

4. Not an excuse!! Not an excuse!

They acted *POLITICALLY*. Not a single House Democrat, in spite of the fact that oversight is bipartisan, was informed. They put their party's well being over the well being of the House pages. They *must* resign.