Super hella-busy at work this week and will comment more on the Foley scandal before tomorrow. But a few random thoughts...
The fact that the Republicans are defending this guy is absolutely mind boggling. Of all the things that were wrong with the Democratic Party of 1994 (when the GOP took control of both houses of Congress), not one had anything to do with pedophilia; not one member was accused of being sexually predatory toward 15 and 16 year olds.
I had my doubts about whether the Democrats could re-take the House this fall. Gerrymandering and the evangelical vote were probably going to keep the Republicans in control by a couple of seats or so. But this scandal, in which the Speaker of the House (second in line to the presidency after the V.P.) was an enabler, plays on the nightmares of every parent in the country: A person in a position of power using that power to make the moves on their children.
It's sick and twisted, and has busted an already leaky dam. Even if they have to hold their nose while doing it, many Republican parents will head to the polls next month and vote Democratic purely out of disgust. And can you blame them?
Again, more later. But in the mean time, view Jon Stewart's take on this mess here.
