Posted by
Ron on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:06:25 AM
After reading more about this Foley fiasco, it is time for the speaker
to resign. Once it was found out that some in the leadership knew of
the antics Foley has done in the past their credibility has been shot.
How will this impact the elections? In a sense I don't care. What is
right is right and this filth must be cleaned up. Hastert should resign
as speaker. The Washington Times (not just the Post) is echoing these
same sentiments:
The facts of
the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House
from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a
disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in
late 2005, perhaps even earlier, in suggestive and wholly inappropriate
e-mail messages to underage congressional pages. His aberrant,
predatory -- and possibly criminal -- behavior was an open secret among
the pages who were his prey. The evidence was strong enough long enough
ago that the speaker should have relieved Mr. Foley of his committee
responsibilities contingent on a full investigation to learn what had
taken place, whether any laws had been violated and what action, up to
and including prosecution, were warranted by the facts. This never
happened. Read More.