Hey, Ho, Denny Must Go!

As disgusting as it is to see another sanctimonious, conservative, holier than thou Republican exposed as a pervert, we are now seeing that the Republican leadership has known about this hypocrite sniffing around underage pages for months, maybe years. In order to hold onto power by keeping Foley's seat safely in the Republican column, Speaker Hastert turned a blind eye to what was obviously inappropriate behavior that has now been exposed. The only honorable course he can now take is to resign as Speaker. He can't hide behind legal niceties and attempts to parse the series of events in such a manner as to show he didn't know for sure that someone was wrong. These were underage minor children entrusted to the House of Representatives. As leader of the House, he must take responsibility for the fact that he KNEW something improper, and most likely illegal, was going on and chose not to pursue the truth. This is a true national scandal. These are minors being pursued by a sexual predator and a coverup by the Republican leadership. Don't listen to anyone (and I'm sure Faux News has trotted out the usual Clinton haters) trying to compare this to Monicagate. That scandal involved a willing woman in her twenties who flirted with and ultimately chose to have a dalliance with a weak-willed man. It was not a 52 year old man sending messages to a 16 year old boy asking "Do I make you a little horny?"
The next questions that need to be asked are "who else in the Republican leadership knew about this and chose to keep it secret?" What did House Majority Leader John Boehner know and when did he know it? What did the former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay know and when did he know it? What did House Majority Whip Roy Blunt know and when did he know it? What did House Assistant Majority Whip Mark Kirk know and when did he know it?