This is very sick: A blogger is vowing to reveal the identity of one of the boys Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) communicated with, RAW STORY has learned. William Kerr of Passionate America has pledged to divulge the information at 4 pm Central Time today, October 4. He also plans on discussing the boy’s identity on […]
That’s right. Even after knowing about Foley’s problems, the leadership talked him into running again this year. In another stunning development, Robert Novak today reveals in his column – published in PostOpinion on Page 31 – that even after House GOP leaders knew that Foley had written an inappropriate e-mail to a 16-year-old former male […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Tomorrow’s Washington Post gives us the insight to the meltdown happening within the GOP over Foley: Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership’s silence. A House GOP leadership aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear […]
Josh has been on top of the Foley story and he has found something very alarming: Finally, one detail here isn’t getting enough attention. Rep. Alexander (R-LA), the first member of Congress to be alerted to the problem, says he contacted the NRCC. That’s the House Republicans’ election committee, a political organization entirely separate from […]
Last night I reported about the discrepencies in the story between Hastert and Boehner. Hastert said he was never told of Foley and Boehner said he told Hastert. Now it looks like the story has taken another turn (big ht to Josh Marshall) From the Washington Post The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley’s GOP […]
Not surprisingly, the right side of the blogosphere seems somewhat quiet on the Foley news. There is however a couple of items I do want to bring up. First is this post in Redstate’s comment section: I just posted a blog about this as you were writing your post, apparently, having just seen the Drudge […]
Via Roll Call (via Hunter): Chairman of the House Page Board, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) interviewed Foley last year about some of the contacts with the page. The House clerk who is also a member of the Board was also present. Speaker Hastert’s office was informed of the interview, but according to leadership sources who […]