Wednesday, October 04, 2006

The emperor has no clothes

It may take a gay ex-Congressman to reveal the nakedness of the Republican Party, even though they've been nekkid as a jaybird since 2001.

Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois), who has basically kept power in the House because he's a nice and inoffensive guy whom everyone likes, is waffling on whether he knew about Mark Foley's clumsy attempts at cybersex. He's now fighting for his political survival.

What's interesting is not that Americans care about Mark Foley, necessarily. This could cost the Republicans the majority in Congress by energizing Democrats enough to get off our collective butts and vote.

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