Posted on 10/11/2006 2:42:35 PM PDT by OPS4
ON CAPITOL HILL GOP Foley retort: 'Chappaquiddick' Congressman defending Hastert says he didn't 'leave a young person in the water'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 11, 2006 2:19 p.m. Eastern
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. Frustrated by Democratic attacks over the Foley scandal, a Republican congressman hit back with a pointed reference to Sen. Edward Kennedy's 1969 incident at Chappaquiddick in which a young campaign worker died after the Massachusetts Democrat's car plunged off a bridge.
Connecticut Rep. Christopher Shays made the remark when Kennedy came to his state to campaign for opponent Diane Farrell, who called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign, the Hartford Courant reported.
"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day," said Shays.
"Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody," he added.
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Shays said if Farrell was willing to host Kennedy, she shouldn't be so quick to judge Hastert.
"We don't know what he has or hasn't done," he said of Hastert. "But she had a fundraiser for Sen. Kennedy, and we know what he did."
Diane Farrell
Farrell said her "jaw dropped" when she heard Shay's comments, arguing Chappaquiddick had nothing to do with Hastert's current situation.
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Got to give me his due, he nailed it with this reply
OUCH!! Bwahahaaaaaa!
Looks like Shays has a pair.
Man, I can't believe that came from Shays. Growing a pair finally.
Damn Boy.....That left a mark
I wonder if this will make the news. I doubt it.
Good for him!
We need more of this, "righteousness indignation", when the dem'rats start their yelping.
Do not apologize tomorrow, Rep. Shays.
“If Mary Jo Kopechne had lived, she would be 64 years old.
Through his tireless work as a legislator,
(Sen. for Life) Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age.”
Charles Pierce, January 5, 2003 Boston Globe Magazine
“If Mary Jo Kopechne had lived, she would be 67 years old.
Had she lived she would have gladly supported
Edward Kennedy's (insane, inaccurate) attacks on the GOP.”
November 2006, Boston Globe
I brought this up yesterday during a high school GOTV debate between myself, a Dem, a Green and a Libertarian. After they all had a laugh on the subject, I pointed out that Republicans fired Foley on the spot (unlike Ted Kennedy who drove drunk off a bridge and left a young staffer to drown in the car), are doing a thorough investigation, and that I expect the results to be found that the Democrat leadership was aware and hiding Foley's actions so they could spring it at the last minute.
The Dem just about blew a fuse. She said "Well, you had to go back pretty far on that one!" at which point I retorted, "He is STILL a Democrat senator!"
The Dems got ZERO registrations that session. Republicans got the most.
... Sen. Edward Kennedy's 1969 incident at Chappaquiddick in which a young campaign worker died after the Massachusetts Democrat's car plunged off a bridge."
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
Shays may be the most liberal GOP critter. Perhaps there's hope for the GOP.
Very excellent retort on your part!
big big kudos to Chris Sahys....glad someone in the republican party finally grew a pair and smacked that drunk hypocrite...fat ted... down a peg!!!!!!!!
and the 'Rat, just sat there fuming....LOL! ...love it. :D
True, Hastert hasn't killed anyone.
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