A BIG FOLEYGATE MASTURGATE ROUNDUP, at Pajamas Media.
Plus, an open secret? And a look at the GOP playbook:
And a look at the blog that started it all. UPDATE: Hmm: "Meanwhile, does anyone think it is ironic that so-called progressives who excoriated eavesdropping on terrorists are feasting on the publication of supposedly confidential email and IMs? You can forget about privacy. It no longer exists, if it ever did."
GAY PATRIOT says that Democrats are descending into "sexual McCarthyism" in the wake of Foleygate, circulating lists of Republican Hill staffers who are presumed to be gay. "I am not surprised that this is where we are headed. But my question is…. why have our national gay organizations (HRC, Log Cabin, NGLTF) not stepped in to stop this witchhunt which originated on the Gay Left in the first place? I think we know the answer."
UPDATE: Eric Scheie writes on when "outing" isn't enough. "Who'd have ever expected to see gays and antigays rejoicing together?"
I guess it's more of that strange-bedfellows stuff.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Not FoleyGate, MasturGate: "This may well be the reverse Monica of the new century; the first time that a remote hand-job has had a hand, so to speak, in bringing down a government. . . . Coming from a party that is first and foremost about advancing gay and lesbian rights on all fronts, it seems especially shameful that -- to settle all their old scores and gripes and grievances -- they are going willing to sacrifice the lives, careers and reputations of their fellow Americans."
MORE: It boils down to "Where were the Republican Taliban when we needed them?"
Foley Scandal: Cybersex Between Two Adults?
If what Passionate America claims to have discovered is accurate, the page to whom Mark Foley sent explicit instant messages was 18 years old at the time: Meet Jordan Edmund One Mark Foley Instant Messenger.
UPDATE at 10/4/06 5:33:11 pm:
This is now the headline at Drudge Report.
UPDATE at 10/4/06 6:02:39 pm:
Allahpundit emails to say there are PDFs of an IM exchange from February 2, 2003. The page in question apparently turned 18 on February 23, 2003.
Does anybody but me think this is the stupidest, most insanely overblown scandal yet?
UPDATE at 10/4/06 6:23:03 pm:
Still there’ll be more: The Bogus Blog Behind Foley’s Fall. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) link: 439 comments "So some Dhims have been sitting on this story for 3 years. Then it gets put in circulation 5 weeks before the election. In the past, Dhims were "smart" enough to wait until days before an election. (TANG, DUI, etc)." "This ranks as one of the most amateuristic and pathetic smear jobs I've ever seen in politics."
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Here are some reasons not to let Dems control congress: Judges: Do we need more Ruth Buzzie Ginsberg ACLU lower the age of consent to 12 types in their? Unions: Instead of voting by ballet, the Dems want to change the law so they only have to have employees sign a card. So you get a knock at your door some night. "Hey there Dave, I brought your card over for you to sign. I'd hate to have something bad happen to you so you'd better sign" (I used to live in a union town and the old stereotypes are still valid) Taxes: See the dow. See the unemployment rate. See the tax revenues. See all three go bad with Dem tax increases Entitlements: You think Bush is bad now. Bush and the Repulicans spent $122,000,000,000 on Katrina, and the Dems say it isn't nearly enough. |
Foley Won't Depress GOP Turnout
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Worst October Suprise EVER--Did anybody see the hysterical Larry Kudlow on CNBC Wednesday at 5 PM? He still thinks the scandal is on. He knew nothing of what the bloggers have been reporting.
Welcome to the Internet, A Tutorial for Reporters - The Old Media is older than we thought.
Istook aide may be victim in page scandal ("Victim" Hires Major Defense Lawyer?)
Longtime Republican was source of e-mails (Rumors, rumors everywhere)--
'KILL BILL' (THE CLINTON-FOLEY NEXUS: A THEORY)
ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER; FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD
GayPatriot:STOP THE GAY STAFFER WITCHHUNT(Gays in Panic Over Foley Backlash!!)--So ... let me get this straight (no pun intended). .. the democrats - WHO CLAIM TO BE THE PARTY OF DIVERSITY - and support a homosexual agenda for our schools... are outing all the gay people they know in govt - regardless of whether they are dem or repub...