This derives from bobswern's diary yesterday:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
We should ALL email the senior staff of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics Committee's official name):
carol.dixon@mail.house.gov
susan.olson@mail.house.gov
peter.vanhartesveldt@mail.house.gov
We ask that the committee concentrate on the cover-up of Foley's behavior during the period prior to the 2000 election.
Did the Republicans who knew, cover-up for Foley to save Florida for Bush in the 2000 election?
We already know now, based upon scores of news reports over the past 10+ days, that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe, House Clerk Jeff Trandahl and Page Program Coordinator Grace Crews were all aware of issues regarding former Congressman Mark Foley's predatory behavior with House Pages in 2000, when Sue Kelly was Chair of the House Page Board.
All three will testify before the House Ethics Committee in coming days. And, while Kolbe has now stated that he didn't tell Sue Kelly anything in 2000, the bottom line is virtually EVERYONE around Kelly, then Chair of the House Page Board, knew about Foley's actions. Trandahl refuses to talk with the press. Crews is barely even being mentioned (although her participation was critical). Either one, in one sentence of sworn testimony, could implicate Kelly, in terms of her (almost obvious) knowledge of this matter. And, we (and the press, a bunch of natural-born-skeptics if nothing else) are supposed to believe that Kelly didn't know what was going on at the time?
We are especially concerned about the timing of this part of the cover-up, coming as it did during the run-up to the presidential election in 2000.
Did Kolbe, Kelly and the others cover-up for Foley in order to protect Florida for Bush?
Coming after the fallout from the Lewinsky sex scandal and the fallout of the failed impeachment, being open and honest about Foley's sex scandal at this time could have resulted in increased support for Gore in Foley's district and other areas in Florida. As we now know just a few votes would have confirmed the election for Gore.