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Questions of Accountability in the Foley Scandal (Freeper Letter to Editor in Wash. Post)
The Washington Post ^ | Saturday, October 7, 2006 | Kristinn Taylor

Posted on 10/07/2006 8:18:22 AM PDT by kristinn

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In his Oct. 4 op-ed, Joseph A. Califano Jr. bragged of a day "When the House Could Clean Itself" under the Democratic leadership of Speaker Tip O'Neill. The process worked, Mr. Califano claimed.

However, the result stank to high heaven, as neither of the two representatives found in 1983 to have had illicit relationships with House pages was summarily expelled. Instead, they were allowed to remain in the House, with censure their only punishment.

One of the guilty parties, Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.), contemptuously turned his back on Congress when he was censured. Rep. Daniel B. Crane (R-Ill.) was thrown out by voters of his district, who had higher moral standards and more respect for the House than did the Democratic constituents of Mr. O'Neill or Mr. Studds; the unrepentant representative kept winning reelection until his retirement in 1996.

I'll take Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's stewardship of the House over Tip O'Neill's any day.

KRISTINN TAYLOR

Silver Spring

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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foley; hastert; markfoley; studds
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The Post published two other letters on this subject today. One attacking Hastert and one castigating Foley for his claim that he was molested as a youth.

Unmentioned by Califano in his op-ed was that he only recommended a reprimand of Studds and Crane.

The House under the Republicans, even with all their own failings, is a much better place than under the Democrats. I'm old enough to remember the cesspool that the House was under Democratic Speakers Carl Albert, Tip O'Neill, Jim Wright and Tom Foley.

1 posted on 10/07/2006 8:18:27 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Bump


2 posted on 10/07/2006 8:20:15 AM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: kristinn

Good letter, Kristinn.


3 posted on 10/07/2006 8:21:13 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: kristinn

Well said and well done!


4 posted on 10/07/2006 8:23:40 AM PDT by RedRover
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To: kristinn

Thanks for everything that you do, kristinn!


5 posted on 10/07/2006 8:28:57 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: kristinn

Right on the money. I'm shocked -- SHOCKED -- that WaPo printed it. They usually recoil from truth the way vampires of fiction recoil from garlic-laden crucifixes.


6 posted on 10/07/2006 8:29:12 AM PDT by Prime Choice (True Conservatives don't vote for Liberals just because they have an 'R' by their name.)
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To: kristinn

bttt


7 posted on 10/07/2006 8:30:30 AM PDT by Mo1 (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC - BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: kristinn
Rep. Daniel B. Crane (R-Ill.)

Phillip Crane was the rep from Illinois. Daniel was from Indiana.

8 posted on 10/07/2006 8:37:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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....under the Democratic leadership of Speaker Tip O'Neill....

Which means it is all Chris's fault.


9 posted on 10/07/2006 8:40:41 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Foley is why we don't allow queers to be Scoutmasters.)
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To: kristinn
Excellent letter. I looked at the emails that Foley sent, and I find it ironic that how could anyone find these were in anyway sexual. Hastert did the right thing and his hands were limited with this "evidence" on just how much he could do since Foley was an elected member of the House. The only thing, at this point, that Hastert knew was emails to pages might not be the best thing to do. No wonder the FBI said don't bother me with this crap. The IM are another story and Hastert did not know about them until the famous Friday.

You are right, sexual activity that the RATS had, they should have been expelled and charges brought.

10 posted on 10/07/2006 8:41:54 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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"Unmentioned by Califano in his op-ed was that he only recommended a reprimand of Studds and Crane."

I remember the cesspool of Democrats during the first years of Clinton when Republicans weren't allowed to ask questions. It was a mob rule.

11 posted on 10/07/2006 8:46:52 AM PDT by kcvl
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Good letter, and even better that you managed to send the WaPost something they felt obliged to publish.


12 posted on 10/07/2006 8:49:26 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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What was the Democratic response when Congressman Barney Frank was caught running a male brothel out of his townhouse? Granted, homosexuality is repugnant regardless of which side practices it, but the Left's outrage on this issue seems oddly selective.


13 posted on 10/07/2006 8:52:22 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Don Corleone
According to this Congressional site, Dan Crane represented the 19th district in Illinois.
14 posted on 10/07/2006 8:54:24 AM PDT by kristinn
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An excellent letter, and (very rare) kudos to the WP for publishing it.
15 posted on 10/07/2006 8:54:30 AM PDT by Rocko ("Ned Lamont doesn't know anything. You might as well vote for Michael Bolton." -- O'Reilly)
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To: kristinn

Good job!


16 posted on 10/07/2006 8:56:42 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: bert

I hope Matthews reads this.


17 posted on 10/07/2006 8:58:08 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: Logical me

I agree about the emails. And .. since the IM's were a "PRANK" .. do we even know that any of them are legit ..?? They appear to have been a cut and paste job - which to me smells of a hatchet job on what Foley actually said to them.

And .. the 18 yr old has admitted that he and Foley did discuss sexual issues. So .. I'm betting this was more a give and take of information .. and NOT THE SOLICITATION of sex by Foley.

Foley's overly-friendly attitude to young men is totally understandable. I'm not saying I approve of his actions .. which are suspect, but no physical contact was ever made with any of the Pages .. and that tells me he's not a pedophile .. just a gay man.


18 posted on 10/07/2006 9:00:04 AM PDT by CyberAnt (Drive-By Media: Fake news, fake documents, fake polls)
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To: IronJack

They kept reelecting Barney Frank, just like they did Studds. Frank claimed he didn't know what his paramour, Stephen Gobie, was up to. Frank was disciplined for abusing his office to do some favors for Gobie.


19 posted on 10/07/2006 9:02:28 AM PDT by kristinn
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I believe I heard Stephen Gobie on the radio, maybe Mark Levin's or Chris Plante's show, and he said that he was running a heterosexual prostitution ring out of Barney Frank's apartment. I can't remember exactly what he said but he is not gay and was not involved sexually with Frank. He said Barney Frank let him do it because Frank was interested in someone Gobie knew and he was the go-between (or pimp, whatever).


20 posted on 10/07/2006 9:13:41 AM PDT by carola
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