Posted on 10/14/2008 4:07:09 PM PDT by Libloather
Could Mahoney scandel grow? GOP expanding criticism to other Dems
By GEORGE BENNETT
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Republicans are hoping the Tim Mahoney sex scandal creates the same kind of far-reaching toxic plume for Democrats that poisoned GOP candidates across the nation in 2006 after Mark Foley's downfall.
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"This is a gravely serious matter, and to date, the collective response from Speaker Pelosi, Congressman Emanuel, Congressman Van Hollen, and Congressman Mahoney has been entirely inadequate," said House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who in 2006 faced similar claims that he knew of Foley's behavior with underage pages and did little to stop it.
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"Immediately upon learning of the allegations against Congressman Mahoney yesterday, Speaker Pelosi publicly urged the bipartisan Ethics Committee to investigate the matter. She believes the investigation should proceed without delay," Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami said.
Republicans have also seized on the fact that Emanuel and Van Hollen say they heard rumors about Mahoney and spoke to him about them. Emanuel, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, recruited Mahoney to run against Foley when Emanuel headed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Van Hollen is the current DCCC chairman.
"Congressional Democrats need to explain what they knew about the Mahoney affair and this federal employee's job status, when they knew it, and what they did about it," Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer said in a statement today.
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"Democrats are most likely going to throw (Mahoney) under the bus," said David Wasserman of The Cook Political Report. "They can afford this."
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It sounds so Democrat....Paybacks are Hell!
no, the MSM will protect the Party.
Quid Pro Quo sexual harassment.
This guy should not only resign but be thrown in jail.
What did Emmanual and Pelosi know and when did they know it?
The MSM is the propaganda ministry of the Party. How can anyone say there are free elections when there is widespread fraud and the media campaigns for one party? Next will come censorship of talk radio and the Internet and political show trials.
The MSM is the propaganda ministry of the Party. How can anyone say there are free elections when there is widespread fraud and the media campaigns for one party? Next will come censorship of talk radio and the Internet and political show trials.
What did Van Hollen know, and when did he know it?
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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