The Democrats' response is a transparently political and deeply despicable effort to confuse voters into believing that GOP leaders knew about and ignored sexually explicit e-mails. But I don't care. It is enough for me that GOP leaders knew that a parent and child had lodged a complaint. They should at a minimum have questioned other pages to find out if other boys may have been involved.
A full investigation must now take place, and Dennis Hastert simply cannot credibly oversee it. Yes, that investigation must include finding out why this sordid story, involving potential threats to children, emerged only a few weeks before an election. Anyone who sat on or set up this story with partisan motives should be exposed. But first things first.
With great power comes great responsibility. Memo to GOP House leaders: Have the decency to accept responsibility and resign from leadership. Or come November, I vote to let the other side put their bums in charge.
(Readers may reach Maggie Gallagher at MaggieBox2006@yahoo.com.)
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