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Foley scandal focus of Wetterling campaign (Minn House Race)
KSTP-TV (ABC Affiliate In Mpls-St Paul) ^
| 10/05/06
| AP News Story
Posted on 10/05/2006 9:53:13 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Locked in a hard-fought race in a GOP-leaning district, Democrat Patty Wetterling took to the TV airwaves Tuesday to urge immediate expulsions of members of Congress who knew about or were involved in inappropriate contact with underage pages.
The stark black-and-white ad plays on Wetterling's strongest political asset - her national reputation as a fighter for child protection. Her son Jacob vanished 17 years ago after a masked gunman abducted him on a lonely rural road, prompting her evolution as an advocate.
"It shocks the conscience," a male voice says as headlines from the page scandal flash on screen.
(Excerpt) Read more at kstp.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: congress; markfoley; pagescandal; pattywetterling; removal
I've seen this ad on TV and trust me folks, it's aimed at the unthinking masses. It tells 'em that Patty Wetterling is a take-charge individual who'll demands that Congress get tough on the perverts.
The only thing is that Foley has not molested any children. At least so far, the record shows he has not. This ad makes an accusation that (so far) is not true.
As you'll read, Wetterling is trying anything to pump up her campaign these days. I hope it fails terribly.
If you want to see the ad, click here:
http://pattywetterling.com/media/crimes.php
Comments or opinions - anyone?
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posted on
10/05/2006 9:53:14 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
Locked in a hard-fought race in a GOP-leaning district, Democrat Patty Wetterling took to the TV airwaves Tuesday to urge immediate expulsions of members of Congress who knew about or were involved in inappropriate contact with underage pages. I am betting if people knew they were Democrats.
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posted on
10/05/2006 9:55:41 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: Always Right
What the ad tells me is that democrats will sink to deapths unknown and exploit any personal tradgedy as long as it will win them an election. Why don't we just elect Oprah as Queen and ruler of all and get it over with?
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posted on
10/05/2006 9:57:21 AM PDT
by
marlon
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
10/05/2006 9:58:34 AM PDT
by
msnimje
(Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
To: MplsSteve
"Locked in a hard-fought race in a GOP-leaning district, Democrat Patty Wetterling took to the TV airwaves Tuesday to urge immediate expulsions of members of Congress"
...to urge immediate expulsions of REPUBLICAN members of Congress..
there, fixed it..
To: MplsSteve
The MN GOP ought do some research if Hatch and Amy K. showed any leniency toward child abusers.
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posted on
10/05/2006 10:02:30 AM PDT
by
Kuksool
(Design your Own Polls. Go Vote and Take a Few Others With You)
To: Always Right
Funny how quickly she was able to get this ad on the air,long before most of the facts had come out.....
To: MplsSteve
This stunt just cheapens the memory of her son, IMHO. It is
public knowledge (#99) that she was chosen by the Dems to tackle this issue because of her son's disappearance, it is their MO to push forward people that can't be ridiculed.
To: MplsSteve
to urge immediate expulsions of members of Congress who knew about or were involved in inappropriate contact with underage pages.
That is going way far out on a limb unless she thinks someone is about to put the brakes on an investigation because a thorough investigation is going to turn up more than one problem....and with more than one party.
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posted on
10/05/2006 10:16:01 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: MplsSteve
I liked Dean Barnett's take:
Once again we get an unhindered view of the Democrats campaign philosophy: Offer pure bile, unconstrained by any fidelity to available facts. As has so often been the case in recent history, the last days of a campaign season are revealing the true face of the Democratic Party. It aint pretty.
(Source)
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posted on
10/05/2006 10:30:04 AM PDT
by
Minnesocold
("The public demand to protect our borders will triumph sooner or later." - Tony Blankley)
To: MplsSteve
Ah, yes. Minnesota: the bleeding-edge of politics...
- Jesse
- the Wellstone Memorial / Campaign Rally
- Walter Mondale
- Mark "Sir Robin" Dayton
- ...and now: Patty Wetterling's crusade against (Republican) child molesters.
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posted on
10/05/2006 10:31:48 AM PDT
by
Egon
(I stand beside you as your partner, in front as your defender, behind as... hey! nice butt!)
To: MplsSteve
The democrat party of predators is a joke.
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posted on
10/05/2006 11:05:16 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(The Real Republican (RR) way is sticking to the issues and not finger pointing.)
To: MplsSteve
Maybe Wetterling should first clean her own filthy house before critizing others. Barney Frank had a prostitution ring of teen age boys in his own house!
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posted on
10/05/2006 11:46:13 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(The Real Republican (RR) way is sticking to the issues and not finger pointing.)
To: MplsSteve
Foley's pages weren't underage. We should bring Clinton into the argument.
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posted on
10/05/2006 11:47:29 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: tkathy
We can't prove Frank knew about the prostitution ring. We can prove he hired a prostitute, by his own words. Someone should have thrown him in jail for that.
To: MplsSteve
Just like the 9/11 widows, Max Cleland, Cindy Sheehan and other Dims/liberals who exploit their tragedies for political gain. This woman is no different.
Unfortunately, she'll probably win this seat, because ads like these reasonate with women who sit around watching "The View".
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Unfortunately, she'll probably win this seat
I got a twenty dollar bill that says you're wrong.
Last I heard Michele Bachmann was up 7 points.
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posted on
10/05/2006 9:21:14 PM PDT
by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
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