Yeah, this thread's giving me a headache too.
On the other hand, O'Reilly aside, FoxNews HAS been working pretty hard to make this a democratic problem, and not a Republican one. Hannity, who is admittedly a widely recognized idiot, commented that the Lewinsky situation was "not that different," and noted that a democrat had done something worse 23 years ago. That's fairly twisted logic.
In truth, this shouldn't BE a party issue at all. It's about a congressman who did something terrible--who is a sick, sick person, and should be brought to justice swiftly. His party affiliation isn't relevant.
What makes "party" relevant is the chicken-**** way the GOP has handled this situation from the start. Dennis Hastert's office has known that Foley was having inappropriate contact with minors for at least TWO YEARS. They did nothing, knowing that the resulting firestorm would be politically damaging. Now, all the finger-pointing and transference of blame that the GOP is attempting (through their "organ" Fox News....
) just makes this seem like more of a partisan issue.
If they had handled this situation correctly from the beginning--by first acting to protect the children who work as pages and second by treating this as Foley's problem, not the party's, all of this would look different now. As it stands, Hastert is in the unenviable position of having sacrificed the safety of children for political gain.
None of which is to say that the Dems would never have acted similarly--just my thoughts on why this is a problem for the GOP.