Simply Naughty Emails - Tony Snow

As usual, King George and his cabal refuse to see the truth. This time however, it is at the expense of security for children. How the hell can the spokesman for the administration say the emails sent to underage Pages are only "simply naughty"? Oh sure they can claim the emails were'nt as sexually explicit as the instant messages, but that doesn't stand up to the smell test. It seems to me that if they had of investigated the situation since the young man himself descriped the email as "creepy" instead of just requesting of Foley to stay away from the Page instead of being more interested in saving a sure Congressional seat. I posted yesterday, that I find it more than a little suspicious that Foley made a $100,00 donation to the RNCC, and as Kos points out, Mahoney announced his candidacy October 12, 2005, right around the time the House leadership was trying to figure out what to do about Foley's predatory practices. Here is the transcript of the press gaggle this morning O’BRIEN: I would assume everybody would want to know, including the president. I mean, we’re not talking about any old person. We’re talking about the leadership of the Republicans in Congress. Why would he not hear something that’s disturbing, or his office — over-friendly — when I see that word as a parent — and I think any parent would say, Whoa, over-friendly? Any communication between a 16-year-old and a congressman, why doesn’t that raise red flags — major, massive red flags? SNOW: Yes, look, I hate to tell you, but it’s not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill. And there have been other scandals, as you know, that have been more than simply naughty e-mails. You know, look, again, I reiterate my point. I think it’s important to protect these kids and make sure that they have a good experience. And look, like you (inaudible) want to find out what happened. But before we prosecute, let’s figure out what all the facts are. That’s probably the most important thing to do is to be fair to all parties. Think Progress also has the video.