A lot of information needs to come out yet on exactly who knew what and when about the Rep. Mark Foley's instant messages to his 16 year old page. In the early stages of a story like this, the information tends to be anything but relaible. Just the same, it isn't looking good for Republican House leadership. Foley's actions were repugnant and unacceptable. Anyone in the Republican leadership that knew about this in advance and did nothing to force Foley to resign immediately has committed an unforgivable offense, and if the facts show that to be the case, should be forced out of the leadership of the party.
I've been saying all along this year that the Republicans would maintain slim majorities in the House and the Senate this year. With this story coming out, I'm no longer sure this is the case. If it is true that Boehner, Hastert, or anyone else knew of this and did nothing, it will tarnish otherwise good Republicans, and it may well lose Republicans the House. If so, then because of the poor leadership in the party, they will deserve to lose it. Prepare yourselves for an exceptionally ugly two years if this is the case, because Democrats will go to war on the Whitehouse while we are still at war with our real enemies.
No comments:
Post a Comment