With four weeks to the midterm elections it seems that Republicans are taking a hit in the polls. Much of it has to do with the Mark Foley scandal and the fall out has gay Republican staffers running for cover. The Republican party, in the mean time, is trying to figure out how to appease their social conservative base and still maintain control of Congress. Some are doing so by painting the pedophile picture but anyone in their right mind know better. What the Republican party will have to counter is what this writer suggests, "They know that homosexuals aren't devils."