And it is garbage: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Democratic sex scandals have been far worse than the suggestive Internet messages sent to teenage congressional pages by former Rep. Mark Foley. Gingrich said Democrats have wanted to punish their offenders less than the GOP. “What we don’t have to do is allow […]
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 […]
Today Newt Gingrich told FOX News that if the Republicans investigated Foley then they would have been accused of “gay bashing” (HT TP). This has so many levels of absurd. This also proves the point that Republicans were putting politics above child safety. So if they investigated and the case turned out to be true […]
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 […]
This was reported on Wednesday. I was planning on posting about it and totally forgot. Luckily Larry Johnson didn’t forget. Now the time is appropriate to read: Metropolitan Police today charged the director of human resources at The Washington Times with one count of attempting to entice a minor on the Internet. Randall Casseday, 53, […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today called upon the House of Representatives to appoint an outside counsel to investigate the House leadership’s role in covering up Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-FL) inappropriate email exchanges with a sixteen-year-old former House page. Several members of the Republican leadership have […]
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 […]
In the 90’s, the Republican leadership in Congress decided to engage in a witchhunt against Bill Clinton that last for months and cost taxpayers millions. The witchhunt was about sexual relations between two consenting adults. The Republicans now try to blame Clinton for 9/11 and say it was because he was distracted by the Lewinsky […]