Sunday, October 08, 2006
Holy Foleygate
Caption this muh'f-cker!
The straw that broke the camel's back? Finally? But how many friggin' times have I said something like that on this site so I remain skeptical even in the face of this epic debacle for the GOP. One can only hope people do the right thing in November though and that Hastert and Foley aren't the only fall guys when it's all said and done.
"House GOP Leadership knew about Foley almost a year ago but let him remain in House leadership and as chair of House sex offender caucus." (read more at AMERICAblog)
"U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Morris) suspects Democrats in page scandal leak - Congressman wants investigation into timing." (read more here)
Uh huh... but "the source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide [emphasis added]." (read the full story at The Hill)
Ah, ok! So on a somewhat-related note, why does Fox News keep incorrectly identifying Foley as a Democrat??
And more media f-ckery:
- Conservative "news" website, the Drudge Report spins the claim that the IM transcripts published by ABC were a "prank gone awry." Unbelievable....
- "It's too soon to demand Hastert quit as speaker" WTF?? (from a Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed)
- Foleygate is an "Underwhelming scandal" (!) (from an Op-Ed in the Eugene Register-Guard)
- Rush Limbaugh blames the Pages for Foley’s "misconduct."
But at least one media outlet is doing its job: "ABC debunks claim that Foley scandal was election trick."
Meanwhile, "security moms" desert the Republicans over the Foley scandal. (related: more from The Times of London on how the GOP might be hurt in the upcoming midtern elections by "Foleygate.")
So things are looking good but to top it all off: Dennis Hastert's dodgy real estate deals are "worse than Foleygate." (reg. req'd to read the full story at The New Republic)
