Posted on 10/02/2006 10:02:37 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
"House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Hasterts reaction to the Jefferson issue was the last straw.
Vote Republican. Nothing else trumps this basic credo.
But Frist is one of that form of Republican that I find unnecessarily ineffective.
These pious, passive, pussies have no idea the nature of the enemy we fight.
Who are the enemy?
They are ruthless, anti-American, evil, despicable vermin who conspire to kill you, your family and your friends right where you sleep.
They are media propaganda experts, and delight in our sputtering respectful rebuttals, while they spew serial outrageous hypocritical accusations.
They delight in our unilateral adherence to Marquess of Queensbury rules of engagement, while they plot to slit our throats.
They are the enemy.
They are Democrats.
Is this really what the Washington Times is suggesting, no more wiggle room for gay public behavior?
-PJ
Flashback:
Congressman found with 90K in cash in freezer!
GOP Leadership:
"There are bigger issues at stake"
Ah,no....
Republicans in full melt-down mode. Get ready for two years of Democrat majorities in Congress.
Vote Republican. Nothing else trumps this basic credo.
But Hastert is one of that form of Republican that I find unnecessarily ineffective.
These pious, passive, pussies have no idea the nature of the enemy we fight.
Who are the enemy?
They are ruthless, anti-American, evil, despicable vermin who conspire to kill you, your family and your friends right where you sleep.
They are media propaganda experts, and delight in our sputtering respectful rebuttals, while they spew serial outrageous hypocritical accusations.
They delight in our unilateral adherence to Marquess of Queensbury rules of engagement, while they plot to slit our throats.
They are the enemy.
They are Democrats.
So true. These Rinos will be the death of us.
Why d posting only one sentence from an article when we're allowed up to 300 words?
Here's a 300-word excerpt:
The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier, in suggestive and wholly inappropriate e-mail messages to underage congressional pages. His aberrant, predatory -- and possibly criminal -- behavior was an open secret among the pages who were his prey. The evidence was strong enough long enough ago that the speaker should have relieved Mr. Foley of his committee responsibilities contingent on a full investigation to learn what had taken place, whether any laws had been violated and what action, up to and including prosecution, were warranted by the facts. This never happened.
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Now the scandal must unfold on the front pages of the newspapers and on the television screens, as transcripts of lewd messages emerge and doubts are rightly raised about the forthrightness of the Republican stewards of the 109th Congress. Some Democrats are attempting to make this "a Republican scandal," and they shouldn't; Democrats have contributed more than their share of characters in the tawdry history of congressional sexual scandals. Sexual predators come in all shapes, sizes and partisan hues, in institutions within and without government. When predators are found they must be dealt with, forcefully and swiftly. This time the offender is a Republican, and Republicans can't simply "get ahead" of the scandal by competing to make the most noise in calls for a full investigation. The time for that is long past.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once.
--Snip--
LOL, I elected no newspaper to run my country.
The Commie-Vampires of the left will get no help from me.
Naive is the word that comes to mind about this group of republicans! I can't believe they weren't expecting something like this from the Dummies!
None of them are worth a warm bucket of piss.
I guess I missed in the editorial where they prove he knew something about the perv.
BTTT!!!!!!!!!
Excellent post. I disagree, but it gets my vote for post of the day.
The washington times is made of lame and fail.
"House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once."
Don't you dare listen in on terrorists phone calls but you better know everything ever typed in an online communication by any of your caucus!
Ridiculous.
Nonsense. The GOP leadership told the guy to quit writing emails, which is what the family requested. And Foley stopped. And there was no indication there was any further questionable behavior by Foley.
Hastert certainly should NOT resign over this.
The left has done their job on this one. They've fractured the right.
If Hastert resigns, we will be surrendering the nation to liberal peaceniks in a time of war. The President will be helpless, and the RINOs in the Senate will rush to the Democrats side to save their asses.
Can you say "President Nancy Pelosi"?
Its pretty funny that the scumbags at the NYT think this is going to help their party of socialist crooks, sex perverts,baby killers,imbeciles and degenerate trial lawyers.
Anybody stupid enough to care about this is already voting democrap.
More wise words from the Inside the Beltway Nomes! Heres a clue Times, homosexuals are deviants that cannot be trusted with our children. Your support of PC Stalinism is where the problem lies.
Pray for W and Our Troops
The Washington Times is a conservative paper.
Now, however is not the time for him to resign.
That said, he should not get another term as Speaker.
Just change the name to: "The Washington Post-Times".
"The Washington Times is a Conservative paper."
Not anymore. It's no longer fit for a Conservative to wipe his butt on!
There, I fixed it.
I have no friggin' clue how Denny has anything to do with Foley being gay or being a ped. It's not lke Hastert micromanages every activity of every congressman and woman from the GOP.
Next the Washington Times will be telling us Bush should resign because his NSA chief was found choking his chicken.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
You mean Foley, Shimkus, and Hastert?
The Times should be placing the blame on Mr. Foley, where it belongs, but it should also follow up closely on exactly WHO provided the texts of the Instant Messages to ABC. THAT would be something useful the paper could do rather than try to generate useless outrage over Mr. Hastert.
Tony Blankley is the Editor of the Editorial Page.
I trust Tony Blankley.
And they know Hassert is lying how??
You can't throw someone out of Congress on a rumor that someone is gay
Though you can with the knowledge of those graphic IM's .. which were not known until Friday
The Right wing Media sites on the iNternet and on Radio talk shows has blown the liberals away time and again.
The T.V. networks cannot even compete with Fox News, and the morons like Chris Matthews dont even come close on cable.
So The Right Wing Media, where it can be heard, is most listen too.
Go Hannity, Limbaugh,and the rest of the troops!
Ops4
What a stupid, ridiculous, knee jerk reaction from a paper that used to be reasonable. Why should Hastert resign when the full facts behind it are not known, is'nt he stepping down away. Wash times has lost it, with cancelled subscriptions.
Good question, good post!
Looks like that.
There are surely two different games being "played" with two different sets of rules.
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The socialist/Marxist/liberal media is the most destructive, relentless, and ruthless enemy of this Republic.
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And I'm with you on the Democrat Party.
Sounds good to me.
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Right.
I cannot believe the Wasington Times came out with this bull.
The Washington Times, not to mention Michael Reagan are forgetting the "Eleventh Commandmant" as espoused by the greatest US President of the 20th Century.
"Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican." (Ronald Reagan)
If Republicans keep this up the Dems are not going to have to come up with any other issues. They will continue to pound on Foley, and link him to all Republicans. What the GOP needs to do, led by Speaker Hastert, is to attack Mark Foley themselves (the 11th commandmant does not apply to pedophiles). Then they need to go on the attack on the Dems for politicizing the saftey of children.
Meanwhile President Bush needs to point out that the Dems are attempting to distract the American people from the "War on Terror", and the fact that if they get into office the country will be at the mercy of these Al'Qaeda hugging liberals. He needs to hit home the fact that the Dems are against any programs (i.e. Wiretaps, Financial Transactions, Interrogations) that protect the American people from Islamic Terrorism.
President Bush please tell the American people to heed the words of Ronald Reagan:
"We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here ready to protect the peace than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrranical governments with an expansionist intent." (Ronald Reagan)
No, the Washington Times is just displaying ignorance. Hastert's job isn't to be a babysitter. I think every member of Congress is old enough to know better (or at least should). Mark Foley had the good graces to resign. Have we come this far that we've raised the standard of Washington to the point the leaders have to know everything their party members are doing at every minute during the day?
It's not Hastert's fault Foley is a perverted creep.
This could seriously depress R turnout.
"strong enough long enough" --- maybe some others knew for long enough, but not Hastert.
This newspaper has gone over the edge.
This is NOT irrelevant.
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