Watch the Republicans Scatter

In recent days, information has arose about the misconduct of one Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from the great state of Florida. While some Republicans have known about these despicable exchanges between the representative and a page, including the 53 year old asking the teen page if he "made him horny", GOP leaders are now scattering faster than salad eaters at a spinach buffet. I understand, with the election only one month and change away, why the Republican party would do everything possible to distance themselves from this moron, but what made them wait until now to disclose the alleged emails/text messages? They knew last year, last spring, etc., that these could surface, so why wouldn't they take the hit in March and watch it calm over before November? Did they think something like this could stay hidden? This is big news, especially because of the age difference and male-male relationship (whether we like it or not). If they did think that this could stay under the table, does that mean there are similar acts that have been covered up by either party? I don't mean to play conspiracy theorist (because they annoy me), but I would've thought a Republican-led government would do anything it could to keep bad pub out of the media at this time of the year. They've got enough of it floating around...no need to add "improper relations" to the category.