Oh what a tangled web...

So, the president wants to look at everyone's email to prevent terrorism but can't manage to make sure members of his own party aren't victimizing young men who serve the government???? Are we really safer since 2001? The answer is no - certainly not from members of the ruling party preying on innocent young men. Is this what Bush meant when he said he felt his re-election was a mandate and he was going to go for it????? What a disturbing mandate.

Hastert, Reynolds and Shimkus MUST GO. They are the leaders. They do NOT deserve to stay in leadership office.

So why would the underling resign, but not Shimkus? Does SHimkus really think, after LYING and OMITTING key information that would have protected pages, he should continue to serve on the page board, let alone continue in the House at all? Shimkus, Hastert, Boehner, Reynolds--all need to go. Hiding and protecting a sexual predator preying on teens in the halls of Congress--it sounds like a sick soap opera. Too bad it's real, and it's convinced me not to vote Republican again.

Keep digging ! - it is all not out yet

Hastert should resign. Immediately. Yeah, it looks bad on the Republicans...but what's new?

why is foley not in jail

Sounds like they found their scapegoat!

All this tells me is that They knew they all knew and anyone who knew before ABC reported it should be kicked out of The House at the very least.To be honest they should all be doing the perp walk in handcuffs for this. Party of Morals are you kidding me.

Good. I'm glad heads are starting to roll over this cover-up.

But he still needs to answer the many questions regarding who knew what and when.

The more I see, the more I realize that the Republicans in Congress can't or won't even protect the children entrusted to their care. HOW can we expect them to protect us as a nation form those who wish us harm?

I'm from western New York, and I would like nothing better then to see Tom Reynolds booted from the House.

He is one of the biggest crooks in the republican party.

First of many domino's to fall....

It would be nice if once, just once, someone in the Bush administration would stand up and admit responsibility, instead of pointing fingers at others.

It'll never happen.

The article states that last spring, Fordham urged GOP leaders not to notify the full page board of Foley's bahavior.

If true, the Fordham's actions make him Foley's "enabler." Moreover, if the article is true, then the GOP leadership enabled Foley as well b/c they agreed to Fordham's request and kept Foley's actions under raps.

At the time the scandal broke, Foley was Rep Reynolds' chief of staff. In spite of Fordham's statements, I find it hard to believe that Fordham would have kept Rep Reynolds in the dark about his efforts on Foley's behalf.

The question is, aside from party-wide humiliation, what motive would Reynolds have to cover for Foley? Could the $100,000 in campaign money Reynolds received from Foley have anything to do w/ it?

Everyone one including the media who had any knowledge and withheld it should go down for this. What a mess.

David, amen to your comment -- yes, indeed they all should be doing the perp walk; and in handcuffs. If no one knew of this mess, then why would anyone be fired or forced to quit?

And shame on Drudge and all the right-wingers for blamming the victims -- teenaged boys.

When they first found out that he was making sexually inappropriate contacts with minors, they should have reported him to the police. It's that simple, people! These idiots in Congress have lost their moral bearings in the thin air of Washington, DC. Kick them all out!

I'm from Western NY as well and I would Love it if Reynolds was booted. Look he knew and even if he did talk it to the Speaker and nothing was done he should have pushed it further. That is his job so at the very least he neglected his duties. I don't think anyone deserves That type of Congress person.

It would be nice if once, just once, we'd see liberals able to accurately assign responsibility to the individuals involved, instead of blaming it all on Bush.

It'll never happen.

I mean seriously, exactly who in the Bush Administration can you even *imagine* being responsible for this? Cheney? Rove? Rice? Rumsfeld?

In all likelihood, not even Hastert knew about the IM's. Of course, Hastert should still go for being incompetent and ineffective in policing his members, but still, claiming this is somehow the responsibility of the Bush Administration is just absurd.

This nasty stuff is on both sides of the aisle. Whether it's inappropriate/criminal sexual behavior or dirty dealings involving money. I'd hope this incident inspires house cleaning and not the usual partisan finger-pointing.