Kirk Fordham's recollection (he is a former member of Foley's staff and who recently resigned from the staff of a NY Rep) regarding Foley's conduct is a key issue in the retention of of Hastert's seat in Congress.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics...ck=1&cset=true
And this gentlemen has an interesting take on the matter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawren...-_b_31040.html
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The Republican base--the Evangelical get-out-the-vote troops--are going to be devastated when they discover how many closeted gay Republicans were involved in policing Mark Foley in the House of Representatives. Republican House members know this. That's why momentum is building for a very quick House cleaning and a new Speaker by next week.
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Oh...and guess what? T'he GOP may be ramping up an anti-gay purge. I think this means Mr. Fordham in particular.
http://365gay.com/Newscon06/10/100506hastert.htm
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"Gay Americans have watched this scandal unfold like everyone else, but unlike other Americans, we have found ourselves targeted once again by extremists in the Republican Party trying to shift responsibility. Members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community are part of the fabric of our country and to demonize them in the name of politics is disgraceful," Solmonese said in his letter to Hastert.
"Mr. Speaker, when extremists in your party go on national television and assert claims that a person’s sexual orientation is responsible for immoral and inappropriate conduct, it sends a clear signal to the American people that they are more interested in pushing their anti-gay agenda than they are in holding our elected officials accountable."
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman also called for the GOP stop targeting gays in the inquiry and stay on the issue of abuse of power.
"The GOP has only one response when it’s in trouble — ‘blame the gays,'" said Foreman in a statement.
"First, they floated the excuse that past complaints about Foley weren’t pursued because Republicans didn’t want to look like they were ‘gay bashing.’ Then, they dispatched henchmen like Tony Perkins and Pat Buchanan to offer the blood libel that gay men are prone to pedophilia. Now — in another signal of desperation — it is clear they plan to poison the debate further with allusions to a shadowy network of closeted gay Republicans who closed ranks to protect Foley," said Foreman.
"The parallels to McCarthyism are chilling. Here it is gays, not communists, ‘operating at the highest levels of government.’
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And if you haven't had enough, you can find out more here:
http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn_540/foley.html