If the GOP loses *BECAUSE* of the Foley scandal and *BECAUSE* the GOP conservative base sits out this one, it will be the fault of the conservatives if the next few years become a policy nightmare for America.
THINK folks, THINK !
1) This is the problem of ONE INDIVIDUAL --- Congressman Foley -- NOT THE ENTIRE PARTY, which has practically DISAVOWED HIM.
2) There was NO ATTEMPT at cover-up. Whatever e-mail evidence that has surfaced thus far is so UNCLEAR that to demand Foley's removal as you read the e-mails would be to accuse him of a crime you cannot prove.
3) The GOP should bring up the hypocrisy of the Democratic party. Foley WAS NEVER FOUND to have abused a youngster, while in the 1980's, a Democratic Congressman Studds WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE COMMITED CHILD ABUSE ! THE EVIDENCE WAS BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. Yet, what did the Dims do ? They merely gave him a slap in the wrist and ALLOWED Studds to continue his term ( he eventually won several more elections to the eternal shame of his constituents until his retirement in 1996 ). Shall we forget the call boy ring that Barney Frank ran in the past ? Yet, here he is, still being allowed to vote to increase our taxes and still vote to social engineer this country to death.
My point is this conservative friends --- DO NOT CONFUSE THE ERROR OF FOLEY's ways with the entire GOP party. Punish Foley, not the GOP.
And think of what the ALTERNATIVE WILL BE LIKE IF YOU DECIDE TO SIT THIS ONE OUT !
If there is a nail to the GOP coffin, it will be because conservatives provided the hammer in 2006.
Link, the one true message the GOP should have on every poliitical ad is, if you stay home, Pelosi and the gang will appease terrorists and destroy America's military.
The stakes are too high, the GPO base is energized. Pelosi will never be speaker.