Think the house will object to the FBI searching Foley's computers, like they did with Jefferson?
You tax bill, the War on Terrorism, the Border, your kids future, NSA bill pending in front of Congress, Judges, Spending, Jobs and the Economy, ALL the real issues that the next Congress will have to deal with will STILL be here and need a resolution a month from now when NO one even remembers Foley's name.
Finally: The democrats have found something they consider reprehensible and immoral - sexually explicit text messages.
LOL. I don't know about you guys; but I am sick and tired of our elected officials acting like children.
A guy name Tom Foley wouldn't kill my children, but a guy name Al Queda would.
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Translation: This is the media's interpretation of this "scandal" and we're going to keep harping on it until we've brainwashed you all into believing it.
By the way LENORE, are the Democrats not about what they claim to be, protecting children and fighting corruption when they allow William Jefferson and Rep. Mollohan to continue to serve in Congress despite taking bribes, and when they allowed Gerry Studds to continue to serve for another 18 years after actually having sex with an underage page as opposed to just dirty talk and even gave Studds a standing O on the floor of the House when he left? Oh, but you don't want to talk about that do you, you dishonest, deceit-drenched bitch. The headline is all you need to know about the biases of the idiot who wrote this.
"Finally....." In other words: "We've had dozens and dozens of Dem scandals that stuck and now it looks like we may have one tiny Republican scandal that will stick."
Foley was the one who requested that the FBI investigate. Actually, the FBI was brought in when the orignal emails were reported, but the FBI declined to open a full investigation.
Sorry, its not going to happen.
The war is the issue. Republicans will live or die by that issue, and so will Democrats, for better or for worse.
The Dems would be better off fighting on that issue. Throwing mud just makes them look small, not ready for prime time. In that sense, their gotcha brand of non-journalism redounds to our favor. The biggest problem is that if their inches of newsprint have been filled with this kind of thing, there isn't much newsprint left to talk about the war, the economy, or anything else.
But beyond that, its a non-story. If anything, it helps to clarify the lines between the parties. If you vote Dem, you're already pretty much OK with the gay agenda. Foley's fall is a delicious irony for you to enjoy, but you weren't going to vote Repub in any case. If you do vote Repub, with rare exceptions you don't support any of that kind of moral degeneracy, and you will pull for the party that would force Foley out, not the party that would defend him for the next 18 years if he were one of their own.
Don't fold. Two weeks from now this will be dead in the water. I'm glad the rat thinks he can keep a story about a queer congressman alive for five weeks. Don't fold. We stick together and we win. We are the adults and if we let the children take over America will be in real danger. It's all up to us. Don't fold.
The people in foley's district will vote for Negron and we will hold that seat. If it doesn't stick there it won't change many minds elsewhere. The rat's problem is that more and more voters use the internet and know what is happening. Don't fold.
Lenore Skenazy is a columnist and features reporter for the New York Daily News. She previously worked for NPR and Mad Magazine.
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Projection
Republicans whose personal sex-related scandalous behavior was exposed who resigned or did not run for reelection: Mark Foley (Congress - 2006), Bob Livingston (Congress/Speaker of the House Designate - 1998), Bob Packwood (Senate - 1995).Republicans who lost subsequent reelection races or who ended political campaigns when personal sex-related scandalous behavior was exposed: Thomas Evans (Congress - 1982, lost in 1982); Bill Crane (Congress - 1983, lost in 1984); Jack Ryan (IL Gubernatorial Candidate - 2004, dropped out).
Republicans whose political careers survived personal sex-related scandalous behavior: NONE.
Democrats whose personal sex-related scandalous behavior was exposed who resigned or did not run for reelection: Wayne Hays (Congress - 1976); Wilbur Mills (mid-1970s, forced out of Way and Means Committee chairmanship, but was re-elected by voters after scandal exposed; did not run for re-election after "relapse"). (Aside: The WaPo article gives the casual reader the impression tha Mills resigned from office, but he never did. He only resigned from Ways and Means.)
Democrats who lost subsequent reelection race or who ended political campaigns when personal sex-related scandalous behavior was exposed: Gary Condit (Congress - 2002, but more because of his possible association with Chandra Levy's murder than the affair he may have had with her); Gary Hart (1988, but ONLY AFTER being rejected by New Hampshire primary voters).
Democrats whose political careers were uninterrupted despite personal sex-related scandalous behavior being exposed: Gary Studds (Congress - 1983; served until retirement in 1996); Barney Frank (Congress - 1985; still in Congress); Jim Bates (Congress - early 1990s; re-elected once); Bill Clinton (President - 1998-1999; despite impeachment for lying under oath and obstruction of justice, completed second presidential term).
BREAKING:
Republican caught acting like a Democrat!
A stupid liberal writes something stupid.
I'm still waiting to hear from Bawney Fwank on the Foley affair...