"We need a picture of him and a goat"

The October surprise.
This one is out of control.
Rep. Mark Foley (Rep.) (FIRED) apparently liked the teenage boys.
Sick Fuck.

It is a phrase oft repeated amongst political circles that "The only way we're going beat that guy (i.e. the political opponent) is to catch him fucking a goat/little boy".
usually it implies that the incumbent is unbeatable. And now it has happened for real.
How did this guy get where he is today without anyone noticing. I find it hard to believe that Mr. Foley's proclivity for young men has just 'happened' upon him or that it is due to a drinking problem. And to add insult to injury, this guy was the former Co Chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.
Only in America would this story have sat on the shelf at some of the major networks, waiting for the perfect time.
Meanwhile, Florida newspapers — who were leaked copies of the e-mail with the Louisiana boy last year — defended their decision not to run stories. Both The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald were given copies of the e-mail, as were other news organizations, including Fox News.

"Our decision at the time was ..Thatat because the language was not sexually explicit and was subject to interpretation, from innocuous to 'sick,' as the page characterized it, to be cautious," said Tom Fiedler, executive editor of the Herald. "Given the potentially devastating impact that a false suggestion of pedophilia could have on anyone, not to mention a congressman known to be gay, and lacking any corroborating information, we chose not to do a story." -International Herald Times

Our leaders need to be held to a higher standard, if the messages were untrue then Foley should have had no problem coming out vehemently against them.
We'll see how this unfolds.