After all the jawboning, protests, letter writing, phoning, meetings,

[Skidmore]

and on and on from the last five years to tear down this citadel the Rs have built, all it's taking is a 16 year old who told his mom and dad about a creepy old lecher.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Wrong...it's cumulative

It's no one thing.

[Skidmore]

2. I agree with that, but it took a private act

to topple the thing and someone willing to act alone. I have a lot of admiration for that young man, and for the parents who raised him. As someone who experienced abuse as a child, it is not an easy thing to let someone else, especially your parents, know what is happening to you. I think we should give that young fellow his due.