Posted on 10/02/2006 6:26:51 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
Edited on 10/02/2006 7:05:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON TIMES ON TUESDAY WILL CALL FOR SPEAKER HASTERT'S RESIGNATION, NEWSROOM SOURCES TELL DRUDGE... DEVELOPING... Editorial titled: 'Resign, Mr. Speaker': 'House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once... Mr. Hastert has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party, and he cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an investigation that must examine his own inept performance'... -- Washington Times, October 3, 2006...
Still, seems like they are rushing into this too quickly.
Things I didn't know about some members of Congress;
-36 have been accused of spousal abuse.
-7 have been arrested for fraud.
-19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
-117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses.
- 3 have done time for assault.
- 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit.
-14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
- 8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
- 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits.
- 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.
Just like the CIA miraculously becomes a noble and competent agency after years of being rightwing oppressors.
I can't help but snicker when I see the words "Republican" and "leadership" in the same sentence.
Only the Investor's Business Daily has been reporting the unbiased truth.
Wall St. Journal ahs jumped the shark too. Blech.
Why can't thise idiots wait awhile to see what actually happened before lopping off heads.
Amazing times we live in...Tony Blankley who gets flummoxed every time he opens his mouth gets to demand resignations of those far superior to him.
We only need 535 right-thinking patriotic Americans...
Replace 'em all... IMHO
"What about William Jefferson (D- LA)? Did they demand his?'
With minimal effort you can read every word written in the Washington Times about Jefferson, or William Jefferson Clinton.
Where's the link to that? Interesting stuff....
who is "letting him slide"?
That would be Democrat Alcee Hasting, representive from Florida. Democrats lionize their criminals.
Hastert and Frist are like girl scouts compared to Pelosi and Reid whom are like the Grim Reaper and Satan. Please spare us the republicans are corrupt becasue the party of jackasses are like mafia union thugs on cocaine.
Is this serious?
If it were the Washington Post, I'd ignore it as ultraliberal claptrap, but that's not the case with the Times.
If this is ligit, this is REALLY bad, because it'll mean A. They know something we don't (i.e. Hastert actually DID know about the explicit IM's and did nothing) B. That the info is bad enough to make a moderate to conservative paper turn.
I will be voting Libertarian. Since January of 2005, I have watched the Pubbies ban, outlaw and regulate everything I care about, while doing nothing on the issues that I do care about. The War on Terror is nothing more than an exercise in potilically correct masturbation. Further, I am sick of these scare tactics. We mock the blacks for staying on Democrat plantation. Are we really any different? Additionally, I am begining to change my views on gay marriage. I probably could support some type of civil compact between monogomous gays that allows them community property rights and inheritance rights, and entitles them to health benefits from their employers. I mean society as we know probably wouldn't collapse.
Thank you! Sincerely. Thank you.
HOTLINE
October 02, 2006
Foley: The Democratic Playbook
It may not be as smooth as the Republicans' Stirling engine, but the Democrats' party committees are hitting on all cylinders today. They want candidates in each and every House and Senate race to push the Foley scandal to its hilt.
(Sample DSCC release: “Foley Sex Scandal Hits DeWine.” Sample WI Dem party release: “Foley Scandal: What Did Green Know and When Did He Know it?”)
Here's Dems' playbook:
1. Pay no heed to the distinction between the e-mails and IMs. There's no evidence (yet) that any Republican leaders knew about Foley's cybersex IMs. There's plenty of evidence that they knew how uncomfortable the "overly friendly" e-mails made at least one page. So the Dems will press the GOP on what they knew about the former and will constantly, in their press releases, refer to the "GOP's knowledge of the sexually explicit e-mails."
2. Enlarge the wedge between House leaders. The tension this weekend between Speaker Dennis Hastert and NRCC chair Tom Reynolds was thick. Dems want it to suffocate the party and throw the Republicans even further off their game.
3. Be aggressive about how Dems will -- and are -- protecting children. Dems want to keep the issue poisonous in a way that's clear and direct to middle America. (In other words: this ain't earmarks.)
4. Choose unimpeachable spokespeople to be their public face. The DCCC has enlisted Patty Wetterling, its candidate for MN 06, to call for "a thorough investigation" of the House leadership over Foley. Wetterling's son, Jacob, was kidnapped in 1989.
5. Deride the Republicans for incompetence. How can you possibly trust them with national security if you can't trust them with your own children?
6. Bring up Terri Schiavo's case and compare the heated GOP attention back then to their allegedly lax attention to the welfare of their pages.
7. Compare what the GOP leadership says about Foley with what Republicans said about Jack Abramoff.
8. Use the Foley cash. Already, the DSCC wonders why George Allen didn't immediately return the Foley. The quotable Phil Singer: “It is more than a little disturbing that Allen apparently sees nothing wrong with holding on to contributions he got from an adult who has been caught sending sexually explicit email to children." Allen and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) will return the cash. But the NRCC already spent the $550K and won't.
Here's what the Democrats hope to accomplish:
1. Republicans will flinch before they try and use "values" as a cudgel. Can this NRCC ad against Brad Ellsworth be run in this environment?
2. Democrats now have a new way to respond to the Republicans when they go negative: "They're just trying to distract you from the scandal."
3. GOP candidates will be thrown on the defensive, generally.
4. Link House candidates -- and not just Reynolds -- to the sense that that the GOP was hesitant to investigate or even poke around into Foley's life because they didn't want to jeopardize their majority. That is, they craved power to the point where they ignored or suppressed warnings.
Guess that was to be expected. In Washington distortion is a virtue.
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