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1 posted on 10/03/2006 8:25:26 AM PDT by jbwbubba
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Is this scandal the Democrats' own "October Surprise," meant to throw the GOP into a tailspin shortly before the vote?

Haven't all the 'October Surprises' been Democrats dirty tricks. I know they act like it is a Republican ploy, but it seems like every October it is the Democrats trying to pull it off.

2 posted on 10/03/2006 8:31:20 AM PDT by Always Right
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Why isn't this being shouted from the rooftops from the RNC? I heard on GMA this morning that Hastert was invited both days and refused ABC's invitation.


3 posted on 10/03/2006 8:31:44 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay
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Very well written and argued. It touched all the relevant points. BUMP


4 posted on 10/03/2006 8:31:55 AM PDT by soccermom
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Sing it loud. I'm listening.

I don't think any conservative Republican would change their vote over this issue. The reason they stick with the Republican party is because the Democrats are so amoral. And the RINOs wouldn't change their vote since they tolerate the Barneys & Teddys. Net change -- zero.


5 posted on 10/03/2006 8:33:25 AM PDT by Kay
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wait a minute.... these emails are from 2003??????

WHAT DID ABC KNOW AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT????

VAST LEFT-WING CONSPIRACY ALERT


6 posted on 10/03/2006 8:33:29 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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This reeks of political trickery. ....if this scandal is the Democrats' answer to their problems at the polls, it's pretty pathetic.

It reeks bigtime, and of course it's pathetic. That politics is dirty shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone -- always has been, always will be. Let's just hope the GOP can weather the storm and come up with their own superior October Surprise.

7 posted on 10/03/2006 8:36:44 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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As Clinton wagged his finger in the nose of every American, assuring the world that he "did not have sex with that woman", he and his closest advisors knew better. As he sat under oath before a court committing outright perjury before a world-wide audience, Democrats stood firmly at his side, crying foul, insisting that any lie about sex isn't a lie at all really.

When former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey was busted cheating on his wife and family with a young male office assistant, Democrats again rushed to his side

Democrat Representative Barney Franks didn't get busted sending private messages to his boy friend - he was busted paying a male prostitute for services. He was busted while using his elected position of power to clear his boy friend from his felony past, with convictions for cocaine possession, oral sodomy and "production of obscene items involving a juvenile."

I want to see more of this guy's stuff -- he's right on every call... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1712770/posts?page=1

13 posted on 10/03/2006 8:40:44 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Everyone is somebody's else's weirdo." -- Scott Adams (author of Dilbert))
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"...He [Democrat Studds] rejected Congress' censure of him and continued to represent his district until his retirement in 1996."

But, but way back in '96 we didn't really know how dangerous child predators were!

/s


16 posted on 10/03/2006 9:03:42 AM PDT by olderwiser
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You get the idea. Democrats not only seem OK with the kind of behavior for which Foley is charged, but also they protect and excuse it. Only when it's a Republican do they proclaim themselves shocked -- shocked! -- when it comes to light.

We have a lot more questions about this whole affair. The timing of the revelations, as we noted, couldn't be more propitious for the Democrats. Turns out both the Democrats and several newspapers seem to have known about Foley's problem as far back as November, according to research by several enterprising blogs.

Why didn't they come forward then? Who dredged up these e-mails -- and why did they hold them until now? This reeks of political trickery.

19 posted on 10/03/2006 9:19:50 AM PDT by wouldntbprudent (If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
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Gerry Studds Barney Frank (r) and friend
20 posted on 10/03/2006 9:44:43 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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Can somebody please tell me who was shopping these emails? Nobody who was supposed to have had them was supposed to have shown them to anyone.


25 posted on 10/03/2006 11:51:36 AM PDT by AmishDude
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Sex and Washington interns
July 28, 2006 12:48 AM | Capitol Hillbillies
By BEN WAXMAN
The Providence Journal

SNIP

"About a year ago, a conservative organization called the Independent Women's Forum commissioned a study to gage the sexual activity of interns working on Capitol Hill. The report surveyed 200 interns and found that about half had engaged in some kind of physical intimacy over the summer. Most relations occurred between fellow interns, but about 11 percent reported flirting or relationships with staffers and elected officials."

"The survey is filled with hilarious factoids about the summer dating scene in Washington. For example, the study breathlessly reported that interns working for the Senate were almost twice as likely to engage in a casual physical encounter as their counterparts in the House. In addition, less than 20 percent of all interns believe that "hooking up" will lead to a lasting relationship."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/07/sex_and_washing.html

The we have the Washington Post story in '04.

SNIP

"Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) fired a young staffer for "unacceptable use of Senate computers" after she posted her sex diaries on the Internet and raised a hubbub of speculation last week: Who is this wicked woman that calls herself "Washingtonienne"? Was she really bedding six different men or making it all up? And who is the married, high-level federal employee she claims paid her $400 for a lunch-hour tryst?"

"First off, her name is Jessica Cutler. She's 24, holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Syracuse University, once aspired to be a journalist and says she is not ashamed in the least of her behavior. "Everything is true," Cutler told us in an interview. "It's so cliched. It's like, 'There's a slutty girl on the Hill?' There's millions of 'em," she said, laughing. "A lot of my friends are way worse than me."

"Cutler was suspended from a staff assistant's position that paid $25,000 a year. Without identifying Cutler by name, DeWine said in a statement that she had used Senate "resources and work time to post unsuitable and offensive material to an Internet Web log." Cutler admits she did. And a few hours after being sacked, she happily accepted our invitation to explain why she bared her intimate encounters for the world to see...One diary entry described a "married man who pays me for sex" as "chief of staff at one of the gov agencies, appointed by Bush." That man, she claimed, paid her $400 on Tuesday for sex, but she declined to provide his name to The Post, saying, "I'm not trying to ruin his life." (On her blog she identified all the men by initials.) http://washingtoniennearchive.blogspot.com/
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48909-2004May22.html

These Interns are not so innocent, it appears. You can find more stories if you search. What's true, what's false? Who knows. But if there is money to be made with sex for hire on The Hill by interns, as so claimed; who to say what other services are available for that same "resourceful and eager" intern".
27 posted on 10/03/2006 3:22:07 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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I wanted to mention to everyone that you can "Recommend" this story at the bottom.

Right now it has 2000+ votes and 3+ rating.

I don't know what yahoo does with this rating, but it might mean it gets more time higher up on their news page.

FYI


30 posted on 10/05/2006 8:52:40 AM PDT by Gvl_M3
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