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ok, Willow let me see if I get this right , years ago the politicians in Washington used to employ the youngsters from the local orphanage to run messages from one place to another , (bit like telegram boys) over the years the system changed and it was thought to be a good idea to use regular kids from around the country to give them an insight how the Federal Govt worked , So now we have politicians from around the country sponsoring 16/17/18 yr olds for a year in Washington from their home districts,
Well politicians being the morally bankrupt creatures that they are, a few of them over the years have taken a fancy to these nubile youths , and kids being kids and away from home for the first time have sometimes exploited the situation, The recent 'scandal' now going on in Washington this time involves a politican from the Republican party (the holier than thou types) and some tawdry emails between him and some of these youngsters, to date I don't think there have been any accusations of under-age sex or of 'messing' with kids . The politician involved has resigned and gone into a drying out clinic (it was the devil in the bottle that made him do it)
One thing to note , we are having national elections in about 30 days for the House and Senate (unfortunatly not for President, thats another 2 years) so both partys are playing it up big time , one person who we have have yet to hear from is the Senator from NewYork, Hillary(stand by your man) Clinton ,