Boehner is back in the spotlight on the Foley scandal. Now he is in the swing of attempting self survival: ABC’s Teddy Davis reports: In a radio interview with 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) placed responsibility for the Foley matter not being handled properly on House Speaker Dennis Hastert […]
From Raw Story: Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) was still using the America Online screen name now associated with attempts to solicit underage boys, RAW STORY has learned. As recently as 10:50 AM EST today, users of the AOL Instant messaging were surprised to find Foley signed briefly onto the chat service, using the screen name […]
Since this whole Foley thing opened up, I have realized that the Republicans are right. They are right when they say the problem with Foley is his being gay. Of course the reason for me agreeing with the Republicans is probably not what they would expect. For years it has been “rumored” that Foley was […]
That is what many are saying now. Tonight Joe Scarborough and Lawrence O’Donnell echoed those very words. “I know Mark Foley and he is such a nice guy. I would have never known”. Now ask yourselves how many times you have heard that very statement. We hear it with rapists, pedophiles, murderers and even cult […]
Not much information yet, but Sean Hannity just said that the Washington Times is calling for him to resign. The wheels on the GOP machine are off and gone.
I doubt it. Earlier I posted on this article: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States, as a new book claims he did two months before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “What I am quite certain of […]
As if the Foley scandal wasn’t bad enough for the GOP, now you got this new revelation of Frist wanting to negotiate with the Taliban (indirectly), or in other word’s – Frist want’s al Qaeda as part of the Afghan government! The following are some links via DailyKos and are from right-wing bloggers responding to […]
Hastert and Shimkus have talked about this investigation and were saying it was done by the Page Board. The Democratic member of the board said he was not told of any such investigation, or of the emails from Foley. Now the second member, of the three member board, has come forward and said she was […]
This shows how bad things really are: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and called for efforts to bring the Islamic militia and its supporters into the Afghan government. The Tennessee Republican said he learned from briefings that Taliban fighters were […]
Family Research Council – Protecting Family Faith and Freedom. What a damn joke!. Here is the statement they released about Foley: In response to the events surrounding the resignation of Congressman Mark Foley (R- Fla.), Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins released the following statement: “We are all shocked by this spectacle of aberrant […]