Even Bush Agrees With Me

From Forbes.com:

Speaking at a Stockton, Calif., elementary school, Bush said he was "disgusted" by the revelations that Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had sent sexually explicit e-mails to a former House page.

"Families have every right to expect that when they send their children to be a congressional page in Washington, that those children will be safe," Bush said.

Well, we finally agree on something. I guess he's just not disgusted enough to ask Hastert to get the hell out of town though, even though it's become evident, if not concrete, that he knew that inappropriate conversations were taking place between Foley and his pages. First, we heard rumors that even other Republicans had forwarded several 'overly friendly' communications to Hastert and his staff, among others. From Forbes again:

Rep. Thomas Reynolds of New York, head of the House Republican election effort, said he told Hastert months ago about the allegations involving a 16-year-old boy from Louisiana.

Hastert acknowledged that his staff had been made aware of concerns about what they termed "over-friendly" e-mails Foley had sent to the teenager - including one requesting his picture - in the fall of 2005, and that they referred the matter to the House clerk.

But Hastert said those e-mails were not viewed as "sexual in nature" and that he was not aware of "a different set of communications which were sexually explicit ... which Mr. Foley reportedly sent another former page or pages."

Now, we're learning that Foley was previously told to "immediately cease any communication" with the page with whom he had sent 'overly friendly' communications, as well as all other pages. Now, if you're not dense (you're reading this, aren't you?), you can tell as well as I can that they thought this creep was sick enough to ban him from all communication with pages.

What's more, we can also derive that his communications (the ones they admit to knowing of!) were bad enough to generate this reaction from his own party. It's obvious that they were very aware of this problem and like the Catholic Church, simply swept the issue under the rug, putting more children at risk for the sake of an election year and a good face!

Oh, but we're not through yet! Now the Republicans are trying to spin this as though this 'minor' incident was being kept under the rug by the Democrats! You weasel, Boehner (hehe, he said boner...)!

Boehner also suggested that campaign opponents might have made sure the e-mails surfaced close to midterm elections. "If this evidence was withheld for political purposes, one can only speculate as to how many additional children may have been endangered before this information was finally revealed," he wrote.

I ask you the same question, you dirtbag! And you, too, Hastert! Bush, don't think I forgot about you! How dare you sacrifice the safety of American children for your own personal gains! Damn you all! I promise that when we regain control, there will be hell to pay in this country for you and all your enablers.