Covered in the Manual

“A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse”…… Rod Stewart


The Congress, House of Representatives and Senate, are a group of people from all over the country whose sole purpose is to represent the people from their District and to maintain a civil and honorable reputation to the country they serve. There are no concerns for party lines since this would defeat the overall good of the nation. Misconduct or accepting influence from outside groups will not be tolerated, and can result in disciplinary actions up to and including termination.

Ok, then, who is really that shocked to find a “Text Messaging Pedophile” in Congress? Can we see a show of hands?
Thanks.

Mark Foley is an idiot at best and the other options are not much better. I would argue that Foley is not the “issue” as much a system that allowed him to exist. As the saying goes “any team is only as good as its weakest player”.

Well, thank God that only happened in this one isolated case, not like it could happen anywhere else. I mean seriously now… what a nightmare this might be.

Try to imagine working with someone you "kinda" know has some ‘weird’ little quirks. The occasional ‘off colored’ story, a slightly askew view of people from varying ethnic backgrounds or perhaps even that extremely rare “social gift”… which clearly is not likely in today’s climate.

I’m sure all of us would jump and make that person face the consequences of their behavior. Lord knows that person would be dealt with swiftly and so on.

Rest assured there are policies written, discussions given on this very subject, and should something actually happen…and let’s be honest here, they rarely do. Things would be dealt with appropriately. Or are they? Not like we are simply going to ignore this issue or just take the person aside and give them a friendly “heads up” on the rumored behavior.

Of course, another known fact is that bad behavior is almost always only found in the lower ranks in many places. It is an unwritten law, a bit like a “Man Law” that once you reach a certain level in your job (whatever your job might be) you behave better with each promotion. It’s true. Why would I make that up?

It’s not like someone in Congress knew about Foley’s action and merely said in an accepting tone, “Oh, that’s just Mark.”