About those "naughty e-mails" ...

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Monday October 02, 2006 · 12:22 PM PDT

2006/10/02 · 12:22

I am mad as a wet hen about the disgusting stories coming out of Washington on yet another blockbuster Republican scandal.

As a mother and a grandmother, I am disgusted at reports that top Republicans in this House might have put political expedience ahead of the safety of the children in our care.

Instead of dealing with this problem immediately and directly, they chose instead to hide it for month after month.

And today, rather than accepting responsibility for the consequences of their inaction, Tony Snow is trying to pretend like nothing happened. There is simply no accountability among the Republican Leadership, no matter how severe the circumstances.

The safety of children on Capitol Hill should be more important than spin and political posturing.

This is about trust.

We already knew that we couldn't trust Republicans to effectively protect us from outside threats by implementing the 9/11 Commission's recommendations.

We already knew that they couldn't be trusted to keep our troops safe on the battlefield by getting them the armor and equipment they need.

But now, we can't even trust them to keep kids safe in the halls of Congress.

This scandal says a great deal about the real values of the Republican Leadership in Washington today.

I've got to go. I am going to be talking to every reporter I can find in my district to talk about this tragic story, which has much more do than just some "naughty emails." So I will not be around to answer to all your questions in this thread.

But keep in mind again this is the third Republican Member who had to resign from this Congress in disgrace. Let's all work hard to make sure we can have a Congress on November 8, which Americans can be proud of.

Thank you. - LMS

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