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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
SNIP
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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foley; hastert; markfoley; studds
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To: RedRover
Young bucks,pages, are not there to make FUN of anyone, they are PRIVILEGED to be there!!! IDIOTS...end the damn program for these pages.
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posted on
10/08/2006 3:50:26 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: Enchante
Every Rat is a HACK....that's why they are Rats....Califano is no different....disgusting.
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posted on
10/08/2006 3:52:06 AM PDT
by
Suzy Quzy
("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
To: kristinn; ConservativeMan55; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; JulieRNR21; Cindy; Smartass; MeekOneGOP; ...
(Please FReepmail if you want on, or off, this list. I certainly have no desire to increase anyones stress-level. Thanks!!!)
43
posted on
10/08/2006 12:35:14 PM PDT
by
Seadog Bytes
(OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
To: kristinn
Good letter.
I'm surprised they printed it.
44
posted on
10/08/2006 12:42:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: kristinn
Good letter! Thanks for writing!
We all need to send letters to our local newspapers to get out the facts of this story.
The Dems have been successful in creating the impression that Hastert covered up. They have melded together the friendly emails with the sexually explicit Instant Messages & the gullible public has bought into their scheme!
Even FoxNews repeated the misinformation on Newswatch last night. I emailed them with the facts:
Newswatch@foxnews.com
45
posted on
10/08/2006 12:52:58 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Volunteer Now...to get out the GOP Vote.......or the Dems will be in charge! Yikes!)
To: kristinn; johnny7; TomGuy; maryz; Lonesome in Massachussets; JLO; gidget7; nopardons; Kenny Bunk; ..
46
posted on
10/08/2006 1:10:50 PM PDT
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
To: potlatch; Seadog Bytes; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; dixiechick2000; bitt; Boazo; ...
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posted on
10/08/2006 1:12:54 PM PDT
by
devolve
(now_playing--CLINTON CONFESSION--.wav_parody starring Slick Willie "BJ" Blythe-Clinton)
To: kristinn
To: devolve
49
posted on
10/08/2006 1:18:45 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Seadog Bytes
Good graphic Seadog, thanks for pinging.
50
posted on
10/08/2006 1:20:04 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: bitt
51
posted on
10/08/2006 1:20:43 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: Seadog Bytes; kristinn
I wonder how much anyone has considered how easy it is to log onto AOL/IM as a user and communicate as them? I know plenty of people who knew/guessed others' passwords and would log on as them as spoofers...and cause trouble among their friends...as a joke...
plus, every time I walk by certain pcs, someone is leaving an IM - I could easily respond as the user and who could ever know...
Perhaps date and time of the IMs could be investigated...maybe the FFF was out of town or at another IP address at the times of these IMs...
("Foley the Fag from Florida" was what the Pages called him....nice...)
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posted on
10/08/2006 1:22:21 PM PDT
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
To: bitt
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posted on
10/08/2006 1:30:07 PM PDT
by
bitt
("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
To: kristinn
Good job! And you didn't even cover all their indescetions to do it, only 2 of them.
54
posted on
10/08/2006 2:01:13 PM PDT
by
gidget7
(Political Correctness is Marxism with a nose job)
To: kristinn
One of the guilty parties, Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.), contemptuously turned his back on Congress when he was censured
If memory serves he received 3 standing ovations from the house democrats.
55
posted on
10/08/2006 2:38:04 PM PDT
by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
To: bitt
What we are seeing in this is the difference between how democrats & republicans handle member caught in a sexual scandal.
56
posted on
10/08/2006 2:40:33 PM PDT
by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
To: Prime Choice; kristinn; Grampa Dave; Sam Hill; Howlin; Mo1; Miss Marple; nopardons; AmeriBrit; ...
To: Seadog Bytes; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge; SierraWasp
OH MAN....Excellent Graphic.....
To: Seadog Bytes; kristinn; ConservativeMan55; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; JulieRNR21; Cindy; Smartass; ..
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posted on
10/08/2006 4:42:38 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra [https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate])
To: Valin
Slick willie received a standing ovation from the dems on the day he was impeached.
Yet they and their cohorts in the media dare to criticize the republicans.
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posted on
10/08/2006 4:44:05 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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