Just heard ol' Rushbo on his talkshow, saying the dems planned this Foley story to do max damage to the Republicans in the upcoming election. 

Perhaps so, neither side is above such a thing.  Congress over the years has had its share of sexual perverts, so maybe we shouldn't be so shocked that the party that perports to be the one of "Family Values" should have a gay pedophile in its midst. 

But the fact remains that the House leadership knew of Mark Foley's penchant for sending dirty messages to young boys for at least a year before now.  A YEAR. But they kept it quiet, hoping to avoid the scandal until after election season, so apparently its OK to keep a pervert in your party, as long as he can hold on to his seat, keeping it from possibly being occupied by a democrat.  THAT is shameful.  Too bad the MSM didn't jump on this before, but oh yeah, it was kept from them by republicans.  Can't WAIT for November.