What these commentators tend to pass over is the crucial hypocrisy issue. Crane had sold himself as a family values guy, who wouldn't move his family to Washington because he didn't want them to be contaminated by the cesspool of corruption and vice. That's what sealed his fate.
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From: "Michael Hoover" <mhhoover at gmail.com>
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:55:57 -0500
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] You think the GOP is sure to lose big in
November? Theyaren't.
On 10/3/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Apparently the Xtian right is pissed over the Foley thing, and the
> Rep strategists are scared that they won't turn out to vote.
> Doug
below syndicated column appeared in yesterday's issue of the jackson clarion-ledger...
SCANDAL? WHAT SCANDAL? By Cal Thomas
Rep. Daniel B. Crane, (R-Ill) had an affair more than two decades ago with a 17-year-old female page. After apologizing, he said he hadn't violated his oath of office, hoped his wife and children would forgive him and announced plans to run for re-election.