Foley Sees Parallels in Daschle's Defeat

AP ^ | 11/18/04 | MATTHEW DALY

[bushisdamanin04]

Foley was another pro-abort leftist from a conservative district who fooled his voters for years. His two-faced representation finally caught up to him. Foley got what he deserved.

[ProudVet77]

Foley was the typical arrogant Democrap back then. The people in his state voted for term limits, and Foley sued them. Within 5 years these old democrap fools will be gone.
The end of a mess started in the early 30s.

[ScottFromSpokane]

I am proud to be one of those who voted against Tom Foley in 1994.

That was a good night.

[marktwain]

The biggest single thing that defeated Foley was he finally took off his mask of being pro-freedom, and supported the Clinton anti-Second Amendment bills, both the "Assault Weapon" ban and the Brady Bill, another attempt to move us toward gun registration in this country. The bills passed, but Foley paid a heavy price...he lost...the Democrats lost the house and the Senate, and they haven't got them back yet.

[Ben Chad]

DEFOLEYATE WASHINGTON

[crazyhorse691]

I had forgotten all about Foley. I celebrated some then but I am going to add it to the Nov2004 things to celebrate. 10 year anniversary.

[jim35]

"...a political risk that he took and did so, I think, bravely..."

If it was so brave, why did he then always pretend he was so conservative when he went back to SD? He was a hypocrite, and a liberal hack, who lied for a living. I may keep the same tagline, in his "honor," for six more years!

[Ragnar704]

"I think sometimes there's a difficulty in understanding what a state receives from having a majority leader in the Senate or a speaker of the House..." Foley said.

I guess pork barreling doesn't go as far as it used to in the good old days, hey Tom? :)

[pissant]

It was his oversized, panhandle ears that brought him down.

[Ragnar704]

Speaking of bravery...did you read about the ad Daschle ran in which he was shown hugging President Bush?

Yep, old Daschle really stood up to those Republicans!

[68skylark]

Voters either did not appreciate or understand the value of service as party leader.

I guess the writer is saying that red-state voters (like me) are just too stupid to understand complex things like politics. We're too dump to know what's in our own best interests. And if we were smarter, we vote for libs.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[bushisdamanin04]

Yep, take care of your voters ... or face defeat. Daschle was really stupid for not learning from Foley's downfall.

[ken5050]

The Senate has a bank? Who knew?

[Radix]

"Foley got what he deserved."

Yup, he did.

Somehow though, Daschle's smackdown was a lot sweeter. Daschle was an obstructionist, and in my view, one of the worst leaders of the Senate in my lifetime if not ever.

[ozzymandus]

Foley? Yeah I remember him. I also remember him stealing silverware on airplanes. Cool guy.

[bushisdamanin04]

Agreed. Daschle's demise was as sweet as it gets ... until Hillary goes down ... politically speaking, that is.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"If anyone understands Daschle's pain, it is Foley..."

Enough with the pain angle already....will the Dimms ever grow up?

[mombonn]

His 1994 defeat made him the first sitting House speaker since 1862 to lose a bid for re-election. Daschle, D-S.D., was the first party leader in the Senate to lose re-election in more than 50 years.

Message to modeRATS - you're next!