Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Dump House Leader for Protecting Foley

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Vern Green wrote:

> While I tend to agree with you, I would be surprised if there were a 
> number of congressmen off the record that said something to the effect 
> of "I had heard that before, I am not suprised."
>
> We all have information of this sort about people we know. While my 
> religion expresses that engaging in gossip is a sin, it is a sin that 
> many people are guilty of committing. I have no doubt in my mind that 
> there were indications this was happening with Foley, but because of the 
> nature of the accusations and the lack of available evidence, there is 
> little action anyone could take on it.

Sure.  I've heard many times that Tom Cruise is gay and that Michael 
Jackson is a pedophile, but it isn't the sort of thing I'd repeat as if it 
were true.


> I am not saying that the actions of anyone who might have know about 
> this were inappropriate, but I do question leadership's handling of the 
> situation and in particular Hastert's claim that he did not know 
> anything more about it. It should be his job to know.

Or his job to find out.  Here's how much faith I have in these people: 
Once they know something like this about a powerful person such as a 
Senator, Congressman, "captain of industry," etc., they use it to 
manipulate them and to increase their own power.  If someone is a 
pedophile (or whatever you want to call Foley), you really have them under 
control and you want them to stay in office because of that.  That's my 
cynical view of these people.

Mike

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