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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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 familiar with the limited facts. Most of the stuff swirling out there has not been confirmed (e.g., whether Hastert had just the email or the IMs too).
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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?
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What I'm suggesting is that this be handled in a serious manner by the justice department, rather than by grandstanding politicians who can barely keep the gleeful smiles off their faces while screaming "what did he know and when did he know it." Rather than being genuinely concerned with the outcome, many of these politicians are using this solely for political gain, and that is sickening to me.
