This Foley incident reminded me of something I hadn't thought about in over 20 years. When I was a young teenager, my grandmother had a boyfriend who was active in Democratic party politics. At some family gathering, he mentioned the page program, then looked at me and said "Hey, maybe you could be a page." Something like the following conversation ensued:
Me: Cool!
All my male relatives: No way!
Me: Why?
All my male relatives: {embarrassed silence}
My mother: Well, you can't trust those old men around young ladies.
A bunch of Midwestern small-fry knew this was standard congressional conduct 20+ years ago, but, by all means, let's pretend to be shocked! shocked! about Foley.
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