Worst October Surprise, EVERPosted on 10/04/2006 9:22:29 PM PDT by knews_hound
Worst October Surprise, EVER
It had all the earmarks of a classic Democrat Party plan to depress Republican turnout. Take a barely disguised homosexual Republican Congressman, add salacious electronic messages that included masturbation, sex and other lurid details, push it to their eager and willing accomplices in the Main Stream Media (MSM) right before an election and as quick as you can say LBJ an instant scandal is created.
The only problem it seems, is that in today’s world of media, with data available to the whole world that was heretofore available only to a select few, the plan didn’t work out quite the way they had expected. An enterprising blogger has done some elemental detective work and discovered that the entire incident is nearly exactly the opposite of what was first reported.
Rather than a case of a pedophile Congressman stalking young men in the corridors of power, it instead turns out to be a case of a closeted homosexual nurturing a relationship with a young man, and making sexual advances once he became an adult. A relationship by the way that the young man, if he felt threatened or chose not to continue, could have ended at any time.
An older homosexual man seeking a relationship with a young man? Who would have thought?
Rather than the Pedophile Politician script we were first being fed, we now know that the real story is far less than we have been lead to believe.
As it turns out, although the young man in question was indeed a Page, was indeed befriended by Congressman Foley and did have sexual discussions with him; it seems everything was perfectly legal. As a signatory of a Bill outlawing Internet sex between adults and minors, Foley was perfectly aware of the legal boundaries and seems to have taken great care to not cross that fine line until the young man became a legal adult.
All I can remember is the Democrats mantra. That the troglodyte Republicans were obsessed by sex between consenting adults. That homosexuals in close working relationships with young people, especially young men, is a good and healthy thing. That some forms of sex, aren’t sex. That what two consenting adults do or say behind closed doors is their business. That intercepting and reading electronic communications between anyone in the US, especially those between two citizens, is never to be tolerated.
And most of all; never be judgmental.
So in the end, what do we end up with?
That the facts at hand were, yet again, revealed by an anonymous Blogger Rather (pardon the pun) that the “professional fact checkers” that the MSM routinely crows about is the death knell to the Democrats traditional scripts. Along with the infamous Texas Air National Guard documents of 2004, this latest attempt by the Democrats is not going according to plan, and I suspect it will have the same result at the Polls in November. It is, without a doubt, the worst October Surprise, EVER.
About the Writer: Patrick Godfrey lives and works in Northern California and blogs at http://knewshound.blogspot.com/ He can be reached at knewshound@yahoo.com. Feedback, criticism and pithy comments are always welcome.
This story is a big yawn. The MSM will overplay their hand.
ROTF!
It only works because about half the voters in this nation are idiots. Shame on them.
I think there might be more to come out about Foley. His resignation was awfully quick for just IMs.
I'm guessing Rove's Surprise probably has something to do with FROG-MARCHING several Dems down the Capital Steps for the Federal Crimes committed in THIER October Surprise....
One Pawn for a Democrat Queen, and a couple of bishops...
Sounds like a good trade to me.
ok...
Where is the obligatory Shatner photo?
RRROOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVE!
DNC Says Foley Tragedy Could’ve Been Avoided
The Democratic National Committee issued a statement alleging that the scandal surrounding Rep Mark Foley (R-Fla) demonstrates a “lack of leadership” in the Republican Party.
“You didn’t see people resigning in disgrace for these kinds of scandals when the Democratic Party was in the majority,” Howard Dean, Chairman of the DNC, said. “We kept things under control.”
The statement went on to list people who were able to avoid resigning in disgrace when Democrats held the majority: Rep. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), Rep Gerry Studds (D-Mass), Rep. Jim Bates (D-Calif), Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass), and Pres. Bill Clinton (D-Ark).
“The careers of these fine men were protected so they could continue their important work in government,” said Dean. “The record clearly shows that it is the Republicans who are so corrupt they have to resign.”
The statement went on to urge voters to vote Democrat “to put an end to the Republican culture of corruption.”
read more...
http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
That's hilarious.
Foley à DU?
I respectfully disagree.
They will get the Pulitzer; a prize awarded to ad copy writers and spokespersons for the DNC posing as credentialed journalists.
The story was an awesome hit piece on a Republican and that is what wins with the judges, not accuracy or depth.
Maybe it was an innoculation for some democrat scandal coming down the pipe?
Have patience.
;-)
Thought you might get a kick out of this.
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1343
Some observers contend that part of Rove’s success is based on his willingness to fight dirty. This tendency expressed itself early, in 1970, when the then-19-year-old Rove made off with sheets of letterhead from the office of Illinois Democrat Alan Dixon, which he then distributed at a campaign rally with the message “free beer, free food, girls and a good time for nothing” printed on them. Rove reportedly owned up to the stunt many years later, saying: “I was nineteen and I got involved in a political prank, but I’m not sorry.”
Rove next went to work for the Nixon campaign, which brought him to the attention of then-CIA director George H.W. Bush, putting Rove on a path he would follow till today. Writes Robert Reich: “It’s no accident that Karl Rove was one of Richard Nixon’s moles. Using techniques developed by his first mentor, dirty-tricks strategist Donald Segretti, Rove infiltrated Democratic organizations on behalf of Nixon’s infamous 1972 campaign.
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LOL
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