Capitol sex page scandal ... More to come?

Here we have another scandal in Washington, what with the Congressman and the page. Not to downplay it, but I'm paying little attention to the details of the particular case. What I'm waiting for is word that another Congressman is guilty of the same conduct. No, I don't have any in mind, but with 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members of the Senate -- most of them male -- there had to be more than one. And I'm sure the GOP has its investigators out trying to nail similar charges on a Democrat.

I figure the next big news in this will break sometime around 4 p.m. on Friday. If you want something in the paper and if you don't want your enemies, opposition or rivals to have time to respond, have your news break late Friday afternoon. That way you own the story until Monday morning. By then, most people will have moved on and they won't care what your enemies etc. have to say.

One other thing I keep wondering about all this. This isn't the first time a predator Congressman has put a page in his sights. If my minor child said he or she wanted to work at a page at the U.S. Capitol, I would say, "Nope. No way. Ain't happenin'. Some people there would take advantage of you and eat you alive. And I don't know who they are, so they aren't coming anywhere near you if I can help it."

Call me overprotective. Call me hopelessly cynical. But why someone would send a child to work in that environment is beyond me.