Posted on 09/30/2006 12:34:14 PM PDT by Phsstpok
Bump.....
I was just watching Fox News Watch and Jane Hall said she has resigned from FNC. You probably know this....but its an interesting media tid-bit for your sunday tid-bits that we all love so much. Perhaps you have some additional skinny on this subject for tomorrow.
There is secret evidence that the White House is hiding that will prove... PROVE, that George W. Bush is, in fact, the anti-christ!
As I suspected all along!
As an aside, for those who might follow the link like I did and get a "404 not found"
The link
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1711370/posts)
includes the closing parenthesis by mistake.
it should be
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1711370/posts)
Took me a couple of tries to figure that one out.
I am glad you saw that Foxwatch....I thought she said she had already re-signed with Fox...but, my closed captioning said she said she "resigned"....
Didn't know which to believe.
Actually, I wish they would all resign...and get a new group...just like with MNJohnnie's posts above...this group is too "inside the beltway"...they are all starting to sound alike every week...and that is scary considering that idiot Neal Gabler is SO left.
At the risk of getting flamed for getting TOO upset again...I think we should discuss this Foley thingy.
Yesterday, I was disgusted by what he did, and I still am...then I listened to Mark Levin and learned some things I didn't know, about a certain Dem congressman that did the same thing, but did NOT resign, or even apologize---and even continued the relationship with the page...
That man was even re-elected several times after this became known.
I bring this up only as a point of fact that may or may NOT need to be considered.
I heard on Fox News tonight that the dems (naturally) are demanding an investigation..not into what Foley did, but what did the other Reps know..and when did they know it.
It seems that Boehner admitted to someone that he has known for quite a while...and that he told Hastert. This could mean that Delay knew...and heaven only knows how many more knew about it.
If it is true that all of these GOP House members KNEW for a long time..and did nothing, I am as disgusted with them as I am with Foley...
But, I am MORE angry with them...because you all can see the writing on the wall...and this COULD (hyperbole alert) lead to THEM being in trouble about oh, say...election time???
All of this then could for sure turn the House over to Pelosi, Murtha, Rangel and gang....ALL, because they hid this???
That is where the DEM with the similar problems comes in...or does it???
Personally, I don't CARE what the dems allow in their party...and that this guy, like Clinton could still get elected AFTER being found out to be a pervert..it says a LOT about that party.
Therein lies the rub....because of the above I doubly don't want that party to LEAD our Congress against Bush at a very, very delicate time in our history...HOWEVER, do I want to fight...because I am so, so angry and disappointed with however many GOP members had knowledge of..and did nothing about Foley.
All they would have had to do is tell him to RETIRE, back when they found out...and then go to the Ethics Committee and let them know.
I think I would like to discuss this with anyone that would like to.....but, I understand if you all think I am worrying too much.
With the Sunday shows in less than 24 hours...how much of THIS will take the place of other subjects in your great pre-view, Phsstpok?
Would that certain Dem congressman share a name with a Presidential K9?
Even if you're talking about a different Dem, we do need to remember Barney Frank and his live in relationship with a male "aide" (paid with taxpayer dollars) who in turn ran a "callboy" prostitute ring, partly out of ol' Barney's Washington town house, using Barney's help to fend off authorities and the courts for quite some time.
And for any Democrat to bring up sexual impropriety as a campaign issue one week after Little Billy Clinton thrusts himself back into the forefront of the news is truly incredible.
As to the Republican leadership "knowing" anything about Foley, being told an unconfirmed rumor and having facts that one can act on are two very different things. So far we don't know which form of "knowing" we're talking about. Politicians in Washington must hear thousands of tales about people every day, only a tiny fraction of which ever pan out.
Personally, I want to know what Nancy Pelosi knew and when did she know about Juanita Broderick? And knowing that why did she still cover up for the rapist? Why is she still covering up for him? Maybe Nancy ought to put some ice on that thought.
NO...Mark was talking about a Congressman other than Barney Franks...even though he mentioned Franks.
The problem with your Clinton/Brodderick/Pelosi arguement is that whenever anyone brings up Clinton to the dems they automatically hold up a hand and say, "This isn't about Clinton, why do you always bring him up?"
They use that as a shield to have to answer for anything on the dem side of the ledger.
I will go see if I can find the name of the guy that Mark was talking about yesterday.
I won't answer their questions about Foley, who was forced to resign, until they answer the questions about Clinton and rape.
I guess there's nothing left to discuss with them about the issue.
I am still trying to find the name of the Congressman that I referred to in my first post here.
I was looking at the almost 1500 post thread about the Foley resignation that started yesterday afternoon.
In THAT thread, yesterday evening, the posters were asking "what did they know, and when did they know it?"..
Only they were talking about the DEMS...like did the DEMS know about this for a while...and waited until the primary was over...so that the Rep Party in Florida couldn't replace him on the ballot.
I know I read about that congressman somewhere, but his name was one that I didn't recognize...so he isn't a current one.
I will keep checking...
RE: your response about expecting them to answer about Clinton? never gonna happen...but, I bet the GOP loses the House now.
I have no idea why this is so but it sure seems to be that way. All I can say is I tell every congress-critter and senator I visit with to prosecute wrongdoing. Virtually none of them respond in an aggressive manner, other than Joel Hefley who is leaving congress anyway.
I am totally ticked off with Foley but I am just as upset with Republican leadership. When the media compares the inside the beltway mentality, I have nothing to say because our side is just as bad on too many issues.
I realize there's a lot of internal, insider pressure with the GOP, just as there is with the Democrats, but that just means we have to put more pressure on each elected representative and senator. Sadly, I don't think the situation will change until rank and file activists start putting more pressure on each elected congressman. If WE don''t make this a major issue, why should they? Once they are in office other things tend to become more important, even for us.
From Wikipedia for the lack of something better:
Studds is remembered chiefly for his role in the 1983 Congressional page sex scandal, when he and Representative Dan Crane were censured by the House of Representatives for separate sexual relationships with a minor – in Studds's case, a 1973 relationship with a 17-year-old male congressional page.
During the course of the House Ethics Committee's investigation, Studds publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, a disclosure that, according to a Washington Post article, "apparently was not news to many of his constituents." Studds stated in an address to the House, "It is not a simple task for any of us to meet adequately the obligations of either public or private life, let alone both, but these challenges are made substantially more complex when one is, as I am, both an elected public official and gay."
As the House read their censure of him, Studds turned his back and ignored them. Later, at a press conference with the former page standing beside him, the two stated that what had happened between them was nobody's business but their own
Missed this.
1983
Reps. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) and Gerry Studds (D-Mass.)
The congressman violated the trust of a youngster sent to D.C. by his family to be a page, not preyed upon.
Truly, I don't get your point.
I thought that she said she had re - signed her contract.
I just watched it, and enjoyed it. I wasn't by the 'puter, but when I came back in, I was surprised there was not a thread on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Page_sex_scandal_%281983%29
Here is the skinny on the congressman that Mark Levin was talking about:
I was, too. I thought it was very well done.
I just realized that Cong. Jefferson...whose freezer famously had tens of thousands of $$$$$$$ and even has his office raided because of HIS wrongdoing....has had NO ONE talking about whether HE should keep his job....
I wonder why???
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