“This is EXACTLY what we were talking about when we said political power was the wrong tool to address morality.  You trust politician rhetoric about doing things “for the children”, you will end up with them eventually trying to screw your children, if not literally then financially by leaving them a heaping mound of debt from using your tax dollars for their own interest.  That’s the fundamental issue with government, morally the everyday actions of politicians are no different than what Foley did.  The GOP might’ve been surprised that the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing & Exploited Children was seducing teenage boys online during votes, but we can actually say ‘told you so’.  Considering how often politics results in your interests being represented by people who actually oppose you & everything you work for, it’d seem that’s the whole point.”

Felt like getting that out there.  Though I welcome any development that discredits political power & sows much-needed cynicism among the public, I worry that there could be tunnel vision on this, and hope that while the sleaze is being slagged on we keep in mind that our rights are being molested as we speak.  Barring criminal charges, I will not be addressing this issue again.