Josh Marshall suggests another major development within the hour. Did Foley flip for the FBI? What else could his lawyers have to hold a presser about? And this is so goddamned wrong. ***Update*** Foley’s lawyer claims that he did bad things because he was molested by a priest. That may well be, but as an …
Archives for October 2006
The Editors Throw Down The Gauntlet
Red State throws down the gauntlet, in a post titled “Ignore the Fools and the Foes”: There are many people dissatisfied with Speaker Hastert’s handling of matters in the House of Representatives in the past year. From the William Jefferson investigation to the Mark Foley investigation, Speaker Hastert has sometimes seemed to have a tin …
Dennie
Completing the circle for recent Republican disasters, the president weighs in: Bush expressed confidence in [Hastert]’s ability to resolve the matter, calling him a “father, teacher, coach.” “I know Denny Hastert. I meet with him a lot. He is a father, teacher, coach who cares about the children of this country,” Bush said. “I know …
In Other News
North Korea to conduct nuclear test SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea triggered global alarm on Tuesday by saying it will conduct a nuclear test, a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it views as a deterrent against any U.S. attack. But the North also said it was committed to nuclear disarmament, …
The Fordham Follies
Below I suggested (via Hilzoy) that Mark Foley Chief of Staff turned Tom Reynolds Chief of Staff turned Mark Foley Harvey Keitel figure Kirk Fordham must have gotten permission from his current employer before freelancing on behalf of his former employer. The NRCC chair’s chief of staff went scandalously AWOL in the middle of a …
A Modest Proposal
Since the Foley issue is a big deal, and people want answers to these serious questions, I have a modest proposal. Let’s waterboard Foley, Hastert, Boehner, Reynolds, and all of their aides, as well as anyone else in the GOP leadership. After all, they all voted for it, it is the best way to get …
Fondlegate Update: Dead-Ender Edition
1.) Gateway Pundit has the real culprit in the Foley scandal: John Aravosis, along with fellow radical gay activist Mike Rogers, worked in tandem but not together, to out members of Congress. Mike Rogers wrote about Foley’s get togethers with young men less than half his age but held on to the information until recently …