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« What's up playmaker? | Main | Boston Herald Tribune? » Friday, October 6, 2006Okay, fine, more on FoleyI'd been resisting joining the vast fray over L'Affaire Foley, but this post by the hugely popoular blogger Andrew Sullivan deserves some comment. Sullivan takes the line that the issue has been overblown, because "we have no evidence (yet) of any actual sex; if we did, and it had happened in D.C., it would not have been legally under-age, because the age of consent is 16.... Now can we all calm down ... ?" Sure, it would be better if we were all discussing war, torture, and climate change, as Sullivan says, but he is awfully soft on Foley. And it's surprising that Sullivan should be surprised or even dismayed that the scandal has mushroomed. Of course, the big issue here, as in nearly all political scandals, is less about the behavior but the alleged cover-up. How the House leadership did or did not deal with Foley's misbehavior is a genuine national concern. Posted by Evan Hughes at 09:24 AM
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