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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Who is Boehner?

I'm not sure what "good enough for you" means. I have been perfectly clear on this. Anyone who covered this up (DEM or GOP - I tend to think that some DEMs probably had an inkling as well and waited to pull this out until October) should be gone. Period. End of story.

What I object to is the turning of this type of story into political scandal for political gain. It is just to serious to do that, and politically it isn't necessary.

You don't seem to be familiar with much that's been reported for the last several days.

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• Top Republicans are pointing the finger at Speaker Dennis Hastert for not doing more after learning of solicitous emails sent from Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) to a Congressional page.
  
  Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this morning switched his position on the leader's culpability, telling a radio interviewer, "I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken care of."
  
  On Saturday, Boehner had denied speaking to Hastert about Foley this spring -- after initially telling The Washington Post that he had.

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I'm still curious about what you think should be a political story or scandal. It has been reported widely that various Republican leaders were told at various times that Foley had, shall we say, issues. They did nothing. So far, none of them have resigned. Are you suggesting that Democrats and the press and disgruntled Republicans should just say nothing and wait for resignations? It's the fact that it's a story that drives -- e.g. -- resignations. If and when Hastert resigns, it will be because other Republicans tell him that he's got to go for the good of the party. This is politics. So why do you think all of this is "too serious" for politics?