Clarice Feldman: But Democrats are attempting to make hay by alleging that the Republican leadership may have known about the inappropriate emails and covered them up for months. Their hope, no doubt, is to discourage turnout by disillusioned evangelical and other voters sensitive to moral issues. But the emerging background detail suggests that this is simply not the case....
It most certainly is the case.
You are aware that people within the House leadership knew of the inappropriate emails as early as late 2005?
We don't know when they learned of the IMs. But the emails are old news to them. Add that to the fact that pages have been warned about Foley for years, and it adds up to either a cover-up, incompetent investigating or a failure to take the charges seriously. It doesn't look good in any case, and the only thing to do now is drop the spin and come clean.
Semantics won't help. People knew he was a sicko, and whoever those were who knew but didn't do anything have to come forward now.This isn't about politics, it's about protecting kids from a predator. The more we try to soft-pedal it, the bigger opportunity we hand the Dims to score points.
Well , if you are a politician, EVERYTHING takes a back seat to consolidating your own power.
If that means abetting a predator in your midst in order to maintain a majority? Oh well.
Party politics is a game decent men are not qualified to play.
Your spin is old and does not fit the facts.
"Clarice Feldman: But Democrats are attempting to make hay by alleging that the Republican leadership may have known about the inappropriate emails and covered them up for months. Their hope, no doubt, is to discourage turnout by disillusioned evangelical and other voters sensitive to moral issues. But the emerging background detail suggests that this is simply not the case...."
It most certainly is the case.
You are aware that people within the House leadership knew of the inappropriate emails as early as late 2005?
We don't know when they learned of the IMs. But the emails are old news to them. Add that to the fact that pages have been warned about Foley for years, and it adds up to either a cover-up, incompetent investigating or a failure to take the charges seriously. It doesn't look good in any case, and the only thing to do now is drop the spin and come clean.
Semantics won't help. People knew he was a sicko, and whoever those were who knew but didn't do anything have to come forward now.This isn't about politics, it's about protecting kids from a predator. The more we try to soft-pedal it, the bigger opportunity we hand the Dims to score points.
-What about Gerry Studds?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Studds
You are aware that people within the House leadership knew of the inappropriate emails as early as late 2005?
Yes, and they told Foley to stop which he did. The emails were friendly in nature.
We don't know when they learned of the IMs.
Yes we know, and I posted so:
“No one in the Speaker’s Office was made aware of the sexually explicit text messages which press reports suggest had been directed to another individual until they were revealed in the press and on the internet this week. In fact, no one was ever made aware of any sexually explicit email or text messages at any time.
That means, they didn't know about the IM's until last friday.
But the emails are old news to them. Add that to the fact that pages have been warned about Foley for years, and it adds up to either a cover-up, incompetent investigating or a failure to take the charges seriously. It doesn't look good in any case, and the only thing to do now is drop the spin and come clean.
There was no cover-up, and if you have evidence to the contrary, post it.
Did you know that Hastert wrote a letter to AG Gonzales requesting an investigation of Foley? This is what he wrote: "As Speaker of the House, I hereby request that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct with current and former House pages to determine to what extent any of his actions violated federal law," link
The Republicans in Congress aren't soft-pedaling anything, in fact they are doing something the Democrats fail to do with their corrupt politicians like Gerry Studds or Mel Reynolds.
Semantics won't help
Right, so stop the misinformation and get on with the facts.