So how is Faux covering the Foley scandal?

[LostInAnomie]

I would think that they would be torn between serving two masters. On one hand they would want to protect Repukes at all costs. On the other hand they get a collective boner from stories about deviant sex.

How are they handling it?

[Lexingtonian]

1. you don't want to know

where they've got their hands on this one.... :D

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Their not trying to blame this on the Blue dress are they? It's a wonder!

[MrModerate]

4. I don't know about Fux News (I try not to watch) . . .

But the talking points I've heard have been "at least when 'Licans are caught, they have the decency to resign -- unlike Bill Clinton, Barney Franks, and Gerry Studds."

[NOLADEM]

3. What scandal?

[petronius]

6. I think he's referring to the Democratic conspiracy to entrap

and bring down another upstanding R politician - just another in a long line of D smear-jobs and dirty tricks... :crazy: </faux>

[NOLADEM]

10. I was kidding, making a guess as to Faux's response, but thanks

:hi:

[petronius]

11. Oh, I got it - and your scenario is a likely one...

I just thought I'd offer an alternative, and your post was a good opening!

:hi:

[Swede]

5. Republicans Offer Explanations in Wake of Foley's E-Mail Scandal With Teen

At the Capitol, Republicans spent the night trying to explain how this could have happened on their watch.

Among the explanations during the night:

— The congressional sponsor of the page, Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., said he was asked by the youth's parents not to pursue the matter, so he dropped it.

— Alexander said that before deciding to end his involvement, he passed on what he knew to the chairman of the House Republican campaign organization, Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y. Reynolds' spokesman, Carl Forti, said the campaign chairman also took no action in deference to the parents' wishes.

— Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., chairman of the Page Board that oversees the congressional work-study program for high schoolers, said he did investigate but Foley falsely assured him he was only mentoring the boy. Pages are high school students who attend classes under congressional supervision and work as messengers.

— The spokesman for Speaker Dennis Hastert, Ron Bonjean, said the top House Republican had not known about the allegations. Shimkus said he learned about them in late 2005.

Just as Shimkus' explanation was released, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California proposed to the House that its ethics committee investigate and make a preliminary report in 10 days. She demanded to know who knew of the messages, whether Foley had other contacts with pages and when the Republican leadership was notified of Foley's conduct.

Instead, majority Republicans engineered a vote to allow the ethics panel to decide whether there should even be an investigation.

Hastert said Friday he had asked Shimkus to investigate the page system. "We want to make sure that all our pages are safe and the page system is safe," Hastert said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216846,00.html

[rodeodance]

8. aren't their laws against this? (even if parents do not want involvement)

...— The congressional sponsor of the page, Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., said he was asked by the youth's parents not to pursue the matter, so he dropped it.

[kansasblue]

7. Fox just covered it in depth.

seemed ok. Fox mentioned many in congress knew. Mentioned 2005 dates. Said it was with a male page. Said the discussion concerned masturbation and more.

[nradisic]

9. I can't hear you....

lalalalalalalalala......