Oh, I'm so relieved! A juicy sex scandal to take the voters' minds off, oh, I dunno--the possibility of being arrested and tortured without trial for saying unsupportive things about Bush and his policies . . . or the difficulties with counting the votes straight . . . or the stacked court. . . This is something both parties can get behind! So let's all speculate about Congressman Foley's meaning in those titillating e-mails . . . let's not, say, compile a list of all those who voted for the torture bill and campaign against them. Gee, do you think there's anybody out there who's going to murder their pregnant wife anytime soon? That always spices up the news cycle!

Kathleen,

I understand your fears, but I don't agree. More and more info is coming out that Hastert and the GOP KNEW about this for a year and did nothing. Now we find out that Foley may have actually met with a page. This is another example of the culture of corruption in the GOP. So now they're the party of war, torture, and pedophilia. And they want to talk about family values!

Kathleen, you are forgetting that 50% of the population are below average idiots who are perfectly happy with torturing “those bad guys”. (btw, this is the same bottom 50% you liberals are so desperate to help with a larger government, which – in your fantasies – will be run by progressive and tolerant people; somehow the assholes always disappear in liberal fantasies).

Until you liberals manage to come up with a story for the white-trash peasants that’s better than the Republican story of “getting even with those people”, a good sex scandal is all you’ve got. And even with a good sex-scandal, I’m still betting the fascists stay in power, as the stupid peasants love fascism – always have, always will.

Jesus Votes REPUBLICAN!!!