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More Scandals To Come? (Possible Other Members of Congress!)
Political Wire ^ | 10/3/06

Posted on 10/03/2006 11:52:36 AM PDT by areafiftyone

More Scandals to Come?

Last night, ABC News investigative journalist Brian Ross suggested "there may be other members of Congress who engaged in inappropriate behavior towards congressional pages."

Said Ross, "We’re hearing quite a bit from former pages. They’re sending us all sorts of messages about possible other members."


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To: areafiftyone

This may also be Tom Delay at work.


41 posted on 10/03/2006 12:04:26 PM PDT by TexanToTheCore (This space for hire...)
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To: areafiftyone

Today's 15 minutes of fame seem to revolve around a Jerry Springer-esque revelations.


42 posted on 10/03/2006 12:06:37 PM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: areafiftyone

The press corps is short-stroking this all over the map; perhaps they're trying to make up for their collective yawns all 'round when Gerry Studds sequestered himself in the Congressional cloak room some years back and promoted a concert on the ol' skin flute.


43 posted on 10/03/2006 12:07:01 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: ElkGroveDan

blowback?


44 posted on 10/03/2006 12:07:40 PM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: areafiftyone

Doesn't surprise me. And it will probably all be against republicans. I've seen links that try to make the Dems the Party of Moral Values. Remember a year or so ago when they were trumpeting the Republicans as the Party of Corruption. THis has been their operating principle for yers. Don't offer any plans or visions, just make as much negative noise as you can about the Republicans just to turn off the moderate voters. There will bea chorus of accusations of perversion that we will have a hard time keeping up with it. It will be like playing wack-a-mole for the next 6 weeks.


45 posted on 10/03/2006 12:08:10 PM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: TexanToTheCore
"This may also be Tom Delay at work."

That's what I was thinking, as DeLay and Karl Rove may have reeled in the Dem's with the "Foley-bait", and they are being set up for a perfectly timed dumping in the couple of weeks before the Election (the October Surprise???)

46 posted on 10/03/2006 12:08:13 PM PDT by traditional1
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To: areafiftyone

What's Larry Flynt been up to these days?


47 posted on 10/03/2006 12:08:26 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: areafiftyone

I'm thinking Rove tossed Foley to the sharks as chum....the fallout could well be the surprise?


48 posted on 10/03/2006 12:08:27 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Even The Nicest Pug Has An Evil Twin)
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To: mass55th
What's Larry Flynt been up to these days?

OMG you read my mind! First person I thought of was Larry Flint!

49 posted on 10/03/2006 12:09:33 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: areafiftyone
"Barney's Play House" I'm sure can be checked on. You just have to get to a page who wants to tell the truth about ALL Congresscritters.

If there are more fags in DC hunting for boy toys, the country should know about ALL of them. I don't care what party they're from.

50 posted on 10/03/2006 12:09:50 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: PeterPrinciple

Sometimes that's necessary. The more that evangelicals identify with the Republican party, I believe the more we are in for God-style cleansings. It's what He does for His name. And to protect His people. It's not fun. If you've ever read The Chronicles of Narnia, I am reminded that this is what God did to Eustace after he slept with the dragon. It hurt him terribly, but he was forever changed.


51 posted on 10/03/2006 12:09:54 PM PDT by twigs
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To: areafiftyone

my personal opinion is this..someone, somewhere managed to get and keep copies of these e-mails and IM's (for 3 years)..if they go back 3 years and there's nothing more recent, even though Foley MAY have kept up his behavior, why are there no more recent ones? this would seem to indicate that foley's behaviour was in fact confronted and he either A) modified it or B) used a different s/n to continue on..IMHO someone kept these for reasons unknown, but which are becoming clear.

if the dems thought they could attack this instance of a very sick man and blame the entire republican party without a figurative shot being fired back, they were sorely mistaken.

among many interesting stories sure to come out is, how will the dems handle the accusations against one of their own? will they completely back them or will they take the high road and do what they're now demanding of hastert and resign?

the end result is that members of congress and the senate hold tremendous power over these young people for whom getting a page gig is an important part of their resume. one word from a pi*sed off senator or representative can, temporarily at least, crush these young people.

people are people and there are messed up people everywhere be they white, black, yellow, muslim, dem, rep and so on..piling on with dems blaming all reps is just as unfair as reps blaming all dems for mary jo..

as the chinese said, "may you live in interesting times"..the weeks ahead will certainly be interesting..

(the above is simply my opinion)


52 posted on 10/03/2006 12:10:06 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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To: areafiftyone

I said this a few days ago. Scum like Foley's don't usually travel in a vacuum. The only question was whether the scum he associated with were on Capitol Hill or off, but for certain he hung out with others like himself.

That stated ABC isn't exactly a truth slayer. I'd verify whatever they have on anyone else.


53 posted on 10/03/2006 12:10:18 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: The South Texan
Term limits are a poor idea. To me the best way to effect term limits is to eliminate the congressional pensions. The Constitution says that the job of senator and Representative are "contract" positions with no expectation of compensation for service beyond the contract period.
54 posted on 10/03/2006 12:10:31 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
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To: concerned about politics

Me neither - GET THEM OUT OF CONGRESS!


55 posted on 10/03/2006 12:10:37 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: traditional1


Wouldn't that beat all!


56 posted on 10/03/2006 12:11:01 PM PDT by onyx (We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
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To: K4Harty

aha
Rove
where's the magnificent bastard pic?


57 posted on 10/03/2006 12:11:08 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: ElkGroveDan
My guess is there are more homo's and pervert Dems in Congress than there are Reps.

Yeah, but ABC will spike the democrat ones.

58 posted on 10/03/2006 12:12:05 PM PDT by Centurion2000 ("Be polite and courteous, but have a plan to KILL everybody you meet.")
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To: onyx
Hillary hitting on the girl pagettes?

;-)

59 posted on 10/03/2006 12:13:17 PM PDT by beyond the sea ( The Shadow of Your Smile --- Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
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To: areafiftyone

These pages remind me of The Children of the Corn!

Geesh they could have told the pervert to get lost.


60 posted on 10/03/2006 12:13:26 PM PDT by lone star annie
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