More on the Republican Sex Scandal

Well, it seems that the Washington Post has followed up a little on the sex scandal and written an article addressing the fact that the Republican House Leadership KNEW about Mark Foley. However, the leadership is, of course, not taking any sort of responsibility and is merely passing the buck among themselves.

CNN and MSNBC have, however, apparently forgotten about the whole thing, at least as of 5:40 PM on Sunday. Fox News, surprisingly, is still covering it, though they don't lead with the part about how the leadership knew about Foley since at least last spring (and up to 11 months ago). Oddly, the NY times has a similar take as Fox News.

Is it really too much to ask the news media to recognize that the fact that the House Leadership KNEW about Mark Foley and, therefore, was complicit in covering it up is absolutely disgusting? I mean, really -- this should be a no-brainer. These House leaders (Hastert, Boehner, et al.) are morally bankrupt. When it comes to many issues, I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt on my disagreement with people, but this is not one of those issues. Anything of a sexual nature between a Congressman and a minor (and, in this case, there appears to be more than one) should be treated with the utmost seriousness. All allegations should be thoroughly investigated and dealt with. Moreover, the country should be informed about this -- not kept in the dark.

Basically, what we have here is a leadership that was more interested in sweeping the story under the rug to protect their members than in protecting children from a sexual predator. To all you Republicans out there: How do you vote for this in good consience?