The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 127

Motorboat Cruiser · 10-09-2006, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Just another example of a lib who doesn't know what he's talking about and can't get his facts straight.

Says the guy whose trusted news source keeps labeling Foley as a Democrat.

sleepyjeff · 10-09-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Says the guy whose trusted news source keeps labeling Foley as a Democrat.

Foley is a democrat. He used to represent a district in Spokane, WA. Just ask WB

Motorboat Cruiser · 10-09-2006, 10:36 AM

It's too late to edit my last post but here is a link if you want to see for yourself.

wendybeth · 10-09-2006, 01:14 PM

Lol- now, that's what I'm on about! They'll do anything to blame this on the Dems!

Nephythys · 10-09-2006, 01:19 PM

Hey- when something is that easy (and likely correct) why not

besides that- the dems have their own sexual predators they do nothing but protect. I guess it's ok if you are a predator of women- at least if they are over 18. (and no- I am NOT just talking about Clinton)

wendybeth · 10-09-2006, 01:32 PM

No denial there. Not even an attempt to blame the Repubs. It is amusing to watch everyone scurrying around trying to sever ties and send money back to Foley's office. Rats deserting the ship.

Nephythys · 10-09-2006, 01:43 PM

No doubt-

Frankly I am sick of the double standard they all seem to hold. Their moral outrage is a joke.

Prudence · 10-09-2006, 06:12 PM

Really, WB? We must talk more...

CoasterMatt · 10-09-2006, 10:42 PM

NSFW, so I'll put it in spoiler tags

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innerSpaceman · 10-10-2006, 08:51 AM

Now that time has allowed for more comprehensive reporting on the Foley scandal, let me reiterate that the Republicans own this one and the Democrats had absolutely nothing to do with it.

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Originally Posted by Time

The House response was political from the start. Last November, Jeff Trandahl, then clerk of the House, told John Shimkus, the Republican head of the board that oversees the page program, about the less incriminating e-mails. But nobody bothered to inform the board's lone Democrat. Shimkus and Trandahl appear to have done nothing more than give Foley a private warning. When Alexander expanded the circle of those aware of the e-mails the following spring, one of the two people he chose to loop in was Reynolds, head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, whose job is managing the election. Foley wasn't even stripped of his co-chairmanship of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.

And about the canard of shifting blame to the Dems ...

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Originally Posted by Time

G.O.P. leaders are so desperate to find someone else to blame that they have been reduced--with no indication that they see the irony--to blaming a vast left-wing conspiracy. "The people who want to see this thing blow up," Hastert told the Chicago Tribune, "are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros," the liberal financier who has become a bogeyman of the right. Hastert went on to say, without producing any proof, that the revelation was the work of Bill Clinton's operatives. But that line of argument, of course, suggests that Republicans would have preferred to keep Foley's secrets locked away, presumably at the pages' peril. And the Democrats for once are showing the good sense to stay out of the way when the other side is self-destructing. Sighed one of the younger House Republican aides who sits in on key meetings: "Foul play on the Democrats' side? If that is the only card left to play, then we are in serious trouble."

Can the Republicans among us please just man-up and stop casting blame where none lies?

10-09-2006, 10:36 AM	#3
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10-09-2006, 01:19 PM	#5
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Hey- when something is that easy (and likely correct) why not besides that- the dems have their own sexual predators they do nothing but protect. I guess it's ok if you are a predator of women- at least if they are over 18. (and no- I am NOT just talking about Clinton)
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10-09-2006, 01:32 PM	#6
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	No denial there. Not even an attempt to blame the Repubs. It is amusing to watch everyone scurrying around trying to sever ties and send money back to Foley's office. Rats deserting the ship. __________________
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10-09-2006, 01:43 PM	#7
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	No doubt- Frankly I am sick of the double standard they all seem to hold. Their moral outrage is a joke.
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