Both Matt Drudge and Bill O'Reilly (who is an embarrassment to people of Irish descent everywhere), self-proclaimed paragons of decency and champions of family values, are trying to blame the congressional pages for the sins of now-disgraced (and now former) US Representative Mark Foley, R-Fla. Foley is the adult here. He's the one who sent raunchy emails to the pages (all boys). He's the one responsible for his actions. Blaming children--who did nothing to lead Foley on, BTW--is just plain disgusting. Drudge and O'Reilly care more about their politics and their chosen party's hold on power than they care about protecting the most vulnerable among us.
At least some conservatives have enough principles to call for further investigation and even to call for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign. Facts are coming to light which suggest that the GOP Powers-That-Be in the House knew a lot more about Foley's sick desires than they were--and are--letting on. They, too, apparently were willing to put political expediency ahead of the safety of children. I am glad to know that at least some in the GOP are decrying this whole sordid mess.
This should not be a question of politics at all. It's a simple matter of "right" and "wrong." Messing sexually with children, in any form, even just emails, is WRONG, period. Anyone caught doing such things, and anyone aiding and abetting such behavior, should suffer maximum consequences. And Drudge and O'Reilly ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Hey, I can dream, can't I?
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