GOP Aware of Foley in 2001

The ABC headline nearly says the entire story: "GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001".

A Republican staff member warned Congressional pages five years ago to watch out for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page. Matthew Loraditch, a page in the 2001-2002 class, told ABC News he and other pages were warned about Foley by a supervisor in the House Clerk's office. Loraditch, the president of the Page Alumni Association, said the pages were told "don't get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff.

This shows that Republican leadership has been aware for at least 4 years, if not longer, of Foley's pedophilic interests and in the nature of "unity" before country, chose to do nothing. After all, can't risk that seat going to a Democrat. The only thing they did was foist the responsibility to keep Foley in line on the pages by asking them to basically behave and keep things in perspective rather then forcing Foley to resign, turn him in or at the very least force his to keep himself under control. They simple didn't care.

On top of that, it turns out that Representative Tom Reynolds, Chairman of the Nation Republican Campaign Committee, might have accepted a $100,000 campaign bribe from Foley to not investigate the issue too deeply as the money seems to occur around the same time as the issue was coming to a boil behind the scenes of the GOP. In addition, Reynolds showed his support of Foley (and therefore his behavior) with a $5,000 donation to Foley's re-election campaign.

How much further in the corruption cesspool will Republicans go to maintain their grip on power? Why isn't simply following the law and doing what's best for the country rather then themselves or the party not enough? Even more important question is just what will it take for the American vote to say "Enough"? Will this abuse also be swept under the rug in the name of "security"?

While the Republicans get with the media to play damage control this week, take one thing from this whole thing. They knew for years and did nothing. They knew they where putting children in danger and did nothing. That is how much they care. They did nothing.

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