Found this juicy tidbit and wanted to share:

From NBC’s Mike Viqueira

Embattled Speaker Dennis Hastert got a boost today: Rep. Mike Pence, chair of the House conservative caucus, and Rep. Joe Pitts, head of a group called the “Values Action Team,” have come out in support of him. Their statement: “What our former colleague Mark Foley has done is appalling and disgusting on its face. But in the context of the responsibilities of high office, his actions are even more despicable. And in the context of the Republican Party, which has done so much to protect and nurture children, it is utterly unconscionable…(emphasis mine) Regardless of our reservations about how this matter was handled administratively, we believe Speaker Hastert is a man of integrity who has led our conference honorably and effectively throughout the past eight years. Speaker Dennis Hastert should not resign.”

Source: First Read: THE DAY IN POLITICS

There is no level in which a Republican will not stoop. What have they done to protect and nurture our children? By setting the example that lying and cheating does work? By sending their mommies and daddies off to fight in an unjust and illegal war, possibly never to return home? By sending jobs overseas, thus putting their families in the poor house? It’s been proven ‘No Child Left Behind’ is an utter failure. Would someone please tell me one thing a Republican has done for the benefit of our children?! (’Our’ children, not their own… which is an entirely different matter)