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To: Joe NYC who wrote (305369)10/4/2006 10:07:03 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575535
 
"I think they (the House leadership) can self destruct by somehow over-reacting"

That is what is happening at the moment.

"They may trip up on concocting some kind of conspiracy during damage control phase."

They tried that. See, it was the fault of Fordham and a couple of other gay staffers who were covering for Foley. Except it doesn't look like Fordham is playing ball.

"As far as personal responsibility, I find it hard to believe that someone with scope of responsibilities of Hastert has something like this on his radar screen"

Not normally. But if one of the staffers, like Fordham, brings it to your attention starting almost 3 years ago, you should do something.

"The dumbest thing, IMO, would be cancelling the page program"

It is my understanding that it has been suspended for the moment.