Foley Sex Scandal Shows Congress Isn't Immune to Scandals Like This

People seem to be shocked that a former Representative of the House stands accused of soliciting Congressional pages (aides in training--usually under age 18) for sex.

I'm not.

NOTE: I am not defending the accused. He needs to be in jail for what he has done, and the page system needs to be revamped with protection guidelines for everyone under age 18 who participate as a Congressional page.

Everyone needs to remember that Congress is made up of people, and sometimes Congress is a mirror image of society in all of it's beauty, and in all of it's ugliness...and everything in between. Sometimes those with criminal intent make it past all of the background checks, psyche profiles and other standards of testing to get into positions where they have access to kids. Or get access to kids through programs like the page program, which has been around Congress for decades.

Every part of society has seen scandals like this; why do people consider Congress any different?

Remember: hypocrisy is a part of politics, and Congress is all about politics. Even Jay Leno showed unaltered clips of the accused talking about "sicko predators" to John Walsh on America's Most Wanted during last night's Tonight Show.

People should probably get used to the idea that this is probably just the tip of the iceberg and could get a lot worse before it gets better.

But it should also be noted that there are plenty of good apples in Congress and that there are bound to be some bad ones in there too, just like the rest of society. People need to remember that.