Republicans are trying to place the blame for their corruption on anyone they can. So much for the party of personal responsibility.

Hmmm. Whatever Fordham knew, you can bet his new boss Reynolds knew. It's interesting that the word "Emails" is used instead of "Email". This would indicate that the Republican leadership knew about more than one Email. Yes, more heads should roll.

This another example of Congressmen and Senators from both sides of the aisle losing touch with reality. They have so much power no one challanges them. They believe they can control any issue in "their world" once it gets out into the "real world" they all look for scapegoats and places to hide. The staff that tries to protect them and do damage control from their excesses and egos get thrown under the bus.

Bush has nothing to do with the house of reps. its a seperate branch of gov

Jeani:

What does any of this have to do with the Bush administration?

I am also from Western New York and I would like to meet the Moron who decided it would be a good idea to use children as a shield during the Damien college interview..And if I am not mistaken that is a Jesuit college.OH MY GOD Have you no Morals

This just fits with everything else the power brokers do. They shift the blame to an underling and hope that the blowback is somehow mitigated by their hand-wringing and finger pointing. Fact is, they are all responsible and unless they do the right thing and resign, the populace is going to have to throw them all out. They will be hoping that the furor has died down and the voters have forgotten by the time an election results in unemployment. Better to remain in power and keep that money coming in than face the consequences now. Wake up people, you keep voting for these incumbent hypocrits, you get what you deserve.

This time it's a Republican mess, next time it will be the Democrats. None of these guys handle these things like they should, they all lie, cheat and cover up to protect their own behind. Don't be fooled into thinking any party is better than the other when it comes to covering up and protecting their dirty little secrets.

So why is someone who *repeatedly* warned Republican House leaders about Foley the one to now take the hit? It's like firing the whistleblower. Hastert, Shimkus, Reynolds and Boehner need to resign or be "fired" by the voters on November 7.

Someone in the Bush administration should admit responsibility for this? Reflexive much?

come on hastert! you are in charge and say you didn't realize the problem was that bad. "overly-friendly" is bad enough. you sure are quick to investigate other things...lewinsky, whitewater, etc..give me a break and resign.

There goes the theory that it was the Dems who knew last year and were holding it until now as an election ploy. The "Family Values" team scores again for hypocrisy.

I'm impressed with how quickly Squeaker Hastert boldly stepped forward (behind the scenes) and served up an underling for sacrifice at the political altar of spin and damage control.

Um, Jeani, what on earth are you talking about???

"Just once, someone in the Bush administration would stand up and admit responsibility."

Are you saying the White House is involved with this? That is a bridge too far.

And for once (unlike Democrats) someone DID ADMIT RESPONSIBILITY! Mark Foley!

You are all so blind.

What a sad statement of where this country is going,. How can we lead the rest of the world when we can't lead ourselves

The speed with which Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert demanded the resignation of Republican Foley raises a few questions. Was he already prepared for the day this dirty secret would get out?

Reynolds getting re-elected? Lets see what his constituents like to do -- support the party or support the innocent kids? Reynolds was responsible to keep the house Republican. You know he had a hand in this cover-up with Hastert.

So Fordham urged this be kept form the Board and who agreed to that? Alexander, Reynold, Hastert, Boehner, Shimkus...who?

That seems to be a HUGE red flag that there was more to this than simply "overly friendly" e-mails that Foley/Fordham didn't want to have investigated. That alone shoudl have demanded an investigation beyond just the "overly friendly" emails they had in hand.

This IS HUGE.

How can the Republicans say that they will protect the country in the war on terror, when they cannot even protect the children from the sexual terrorists? Yes, the party of moral values .... what hypocrites!!!

Foley is not in jail because no crime has been committed - at least none have been alleged. FBI has never arrested, or charged, or prosecuted anyone, ever, for simply sending instant messages or emails of a sexual nature. The set up stings and arrest people when they show up for a sexual encounter. No One has alleged that has occurred yet. Further, none of the messaegs I have seen have Foley specifically requesting such. Yes, no denial he is slime - but partisanship asside (impossible today), if he wasn't a congressmen, this wouldn't even be an issue unless he specifically attempted to rendevous with the underage person in a state where the age of concent is 18.