Come to the Fort Worth Fair and Rodeo!.
No, you most certainly are not.
Some of those names should set off bells and whistles for every member of this party.
Besides, a lof of us do our "best" work when we're loopy!
Settling in for another late night, are you?
-PJ
I think LS was right when it was mentioned we're still missing something, I'm not sure of any of this is along the right track but a theory I'm developing.
The Dems have been fixated on the effect "values voters" played in the 2004 election and the issue of gay marriage being a part of their downfall in 2004. Some of their gay activists were obviously steamed. Upset that some closeted gay Republicans didn't take their side and supported a party whose base was "homophobic, bigotic" etc...according to their mindset. They have been upset these people refused to "out" themselves viewing it as a "sin" in its own right.
Jordan sets Foley up with these IM's. (yes, the obligatory Foley is still sick as he thought it real). Whether on his own or with the DNC's blessing I don't know, though I suspect right now the DNC wasn't initially involved. (Though I think Jordan has his own little side scandel to all this with Foley/Fordham and the Istook campaign.)
Somehow the DNC/MSM gets ahold of the copies of this conversation. Macsmind has captured IM's with friends of Jordan's that suggest he was interested in landing a book deal. Perhaps one of these people he shopped around to was given these IM's and they ended up in the MSM/DNC's hands by this means? Maybe not, but somehow they get ahold of them and I'm not ruling out at some point Jordan became a part of this drama by choice.
They know how the conservative base feels about gay marriage, and some feel about homosexuality. They know these "values voters" are a threat if they turn out to vote in the mid-terms. They know they can't be convinced to vote DEM, they've spent the last couple years trying and failed. And they know the GOP has more "red" areas then they have "blue". In order to takeover the House and the Senate they need to gain ground in "red" districts/states. The only possible way to do that is to depress the GOP base.
When Foley falls into their lap with his IM's, they get in touch with the Executive Director of Crew. They prepare a backstory, such as sending this to the FBI etc...to cover their butts but they leave certain items redacted that would prevent the FBI from having anything to go on in an investigation. They prepare a blog in advance to be the one to break the story, one with very few entries that was obviously set up for this sole purpose, and CREW takes over from there.
I'm not certain how the E-mails fit into this, because that kid and his parents seem to be innocent of any collaboration with anyone. I am assuming Republicans weren't the only ones to know of the E-mails though. Perhaps the E-mails which DID go through Republican hands leading to an admonishment to Foley were just the means for the Dems to introduce into the IM's they had been holding back?
With JUST the IM's the Dems could still play the scandel angle and try to depress evangelical turnout, but coupled with the warning given to Foley by the GOP to leave another former page alone, it sets up a scenario where the DNC can claim there was a coverup?
And this is where Rogers enters into the equasion with his contect to evangelical leaders in an attempts to persuade them call for Hastert's resignation?