Why ask Hastert to resign? Foley's the Guilty One.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html

If you haven't read the newest round of messages that Foley sent to pages during the last Two congress' including the current one. Then you may have heard about his behavior through Fox News, CNN, or your local neighbor. And you probably can't decide what's worse, the guy in Pennsylvania shooting little Amish girls execution style or the former Florida Congressman who headed up a Panel in Congress to extend laws to protect children from sexual predators only to turn out to be one himself. (Whew that was a long sentence!) See above link for newest round of messages on Foley.

IF you don't read or watch or listen to the news at all, then this blog will make no sense to you. In the days since Friday the 29th of September 2006 many pundits, and Journalists, and politicos have expressed a rising dismay over the fact that Foley took advantage of his position of power to entice and use young adolescent men, specifically House pages, for what looks like phone sex. It seems that much more was possible with these men since one email points to a future date that would include underage drinking for Foley and one of the boys.

Really, many people knew Foley was gay. That was not a secret. I have known for years that he was gay and I believe the constituents he served also knew that about him. He seemed to be a man who cared about children in a good way. But the impact of his email messages is that they involve children who are victimized by his predatory behavior.

Conservatives express dismay at the unseemly behavior of this leader and how he behaved as someone in power in the Government; he has reinforced the idea that a powerful government is not a good thing.

Liberals have spearheaded a campaign to make Hastert resign or at least admit to knowledge of Foley's illicit behavior. It seems to be a bit ahead of the real problem: no one ever wants to admit that they know someone with a perversion like pediphilia. And anyone who says they have never denied that someone they knew committed an act like theft, rape, lying, or any of the other 7 deadly sins is flat out lying to themselves. Even if Hastert had been aware of the issues with Foley it would have only been in some vague degree and easy for anyone and I mean anyone to dismiss. Frankly, if he had known than that means everyone knew in the House and that makes the Democrats in the House look pretty bad too. It's just a fact that once a secret travels that far in the House; it's no longer a secret.

Until someone releases strong evidence that Hastert knew about the behavior and it was proven beyond a shadow of doubt; the call to remove Hastert from House leadership is nothing but a partisan campaign time trick. And the real issue is what needs to be done in the House to prevent male as well as female pages from being misused by the Congressmen or staff in the future.

Most importantly, this is not the first time a Congressman has misused their power to take advantage of a person-period. And it won't be the last.