Democrats shopped Foley story to papers

[JohnRich 4]

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Democrats shopped Foley story to papers

"Democratic campaign operatives pushed newspapers to write about then-Rep. Mark Foley's e-mails to teenage pages in the hope that a scandal would emerge before the midterm elections, according to a House ethics report.

"The findings were bolstered when an aide to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Democrat, said the congressman also knew about the e-mails, which were dubbed "inappropriate" by the ethics panel. Mr. Emanuel, who was chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee when Mr. Foley's sex scandal broke in late September, had denied knowledge of the Florida Republican's e-mails..."

Source: Washington Times

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Personally, I see nothing wrong with getting the news out about inappropriate conduct of elected representatives.

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[NCclimber 0]

I think the stink is that Emanuel heard about these e-mails back '05.

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So JR...... Please tell us..... since you are the watchdog of all that is good and right and holy in watching those evil democrats in WA..........how many negative stories did your party shop to the press before the election???

Personally I want to see ANYONE who engages in that sort of activity.... for the information to come out... so people can make up their own minds.

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Personally, I see nothing wrong with getting the news out about inappropriate conduct of elected representatives.

Yep. The Republicans did the same thing with Clinton's BJ. (actually I think it WAS the Washington Times that broke the story in January 1998)

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[rushmc 23]

so finding out about this in June and waiting untill a time of what was to be major impact at election time is ethical? as one Dem Senator did and then lied about knowing about it....

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so finding out about this in June and waiting untill a time of what was to be major impact at election time is ethical? as one Dem Senator did and then lied about knowing about it....

Quite right!

The Dem leadership's claim that they were concerned about the kids was pure bullshit. They were concerned about using it at the time that would be best for them politically.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[Amazon 7]

Hello Pot and Kettle....

THis must have been on Lush Rimjobs show today

[Andy9o8 3]

So what? This is war. Not to use all the arrows in one's quiver is idiotic.

[sundevil777 102]

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Hello Pot and Kettle....

Nobody lives here by that name, you must have the wrong number.

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THis must have been on Lush Rimjobs show today

I didn't listen to Rush today, but he likely did talk about it, it is a fine example of the lies and hypocrisy of the Dem leadership.

The Dems supposed concern for the minor pages is simply false. They wanted to use the issue at the most politically advantageous time. Can you admit that?

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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Personally, I see nothing wrong with getting the news out about inappropriate conduct of elected representatives.

Yep. The Republicans did the same thing with Clinton's BJ. (actually I think it WAS the Washington Times that broke the story in January 1998)

I thought it was Drudge. I don't remember though.

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[rushmc 23]

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Personally, I see nothing wrong with getting the news out about inappropriate conduct of elected representatives.

Yep. The Republicans did the same thing with Clinton's BJ. (actually I think it WAS the Washington Times that broke the story in January 1998)

I thought it was Drudge. I don't remember though.

The BJ comment is meant to mislead and re-direct anyway. The Clinton lovers would like his problems to be about a BJ but they (most of them anyway) know better..........

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[sundevil777 102]

I thought it was the National Enquirer that broke the stain on the dress story.

Yes, Clinton did get a BJ from an intern (like a teacher/student relationship, or congressman/page relationship - usually that is not considered acceptable).

He also had credible evidence accusing him of being a rapist, sexual imposition & harassment, making advances to a woman on the day of her husband's death, having the Arkansas state police help him cheat on his wife...

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[billvon 3,132]

>He also had credible evidence accusing him of being a rapist, sexual
> imposition & harassment, making advances to a woman on the day
> of her husband's death, having the Arkansas state police help him
> cheat on his wife...

Right. There's also credible evidence we never landed on the Moon, that Bush ordered 9/11, and that the Mayans were a civilization from outer space. Do a Google search; there's plenty of evidence for all of that no one has refuted.

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>He also had credible evidence accusing him of being a rapist, sexual
> imposition & harassment, making advances to a woman on the day
> of her husband's death, having the Arkansas state police help him
> cheat on his wife...

Right. There's also credible evidence we never landed on the Moon, that Bush ordered 9/11, and that the Mayans were a civilization from outer space. Do a Google search; there's plenty of evidence for all of that no one has refuted.

There is evidence of such things as you mention, but I assert it is not credible. You get 0 debate points from the William Buckley scoring committee for that response.

Really lousy analogy.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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Of course, if Foley, senior member of God's Own Pedophiles and self-appointed guardian of young people, had just behaved correctly there would be nothing to tell to the media.

I guess the Dem took a lesson from Karl Rove's book.

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[sundevil777 102]

Of course, if the Dem leadership had not held on to the story, but had tried to make political points out of it right away, then they wouldn't be a story of hypocrisy to tell the media.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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Of course, if Foley, senior member of God's Own Pedophiles and self-appointed guardian of young people, had just behaved correctly there would be nothing to tell to the media.

I guess the Dem took a lesson from Karl Rove's book.

Ironically I know of a member here, that would consider the minor to have "tasted heaven's delight" with this type of conduct. Isn't this sad?

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[billvon 3,132]

>Really lousy analogy.

Clinton was one of the most hated politicians ever. If there was even a shred of real credible evidence for rape he would have been indicted and convicted. There wasn't, thus putting such accusations in the category of faked moon landings and Bush drunken oval office binges.

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Of course, if the Dem leadership had not held on to the story, but had tried to make political points out of it right away, then they wouldn't be a story of hypocrisy to tell the media.

Coming from a supporter of the party of Karl Rove, that is really funny.

Politicians do what politicians do. Foley did what creeps and pedophiles do.

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Of course, if the Dem leadership had not held on to the story, but had tried to make political points out of it right away, then they wouldn't be a story of hypocrisy to tell the media.

Coming from a supporter of the party of Karl Rove, that is really funny.

Politicians do what politicians do. Foley did what creeps and pedophiles do.

Wow... sending erotic emails to people above the age of consent is pedophilia, now? What are they calling what Studds did, then?

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[rushmc 23]

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>Really lousy analogy.

Clinton was one of the most hated politicians ever.

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You really are not serious here are you? Had he been the most hated the senate would have done thier job and removed him from office for the felony he commited (and admitted) too.

What a dam joke.

But if you are right I woudl have heard him called Hitler, ignorant, stuipid and on and on and on.

You really need to be less sheltered...........

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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>He also had credible evidence accusing him of being a rapist, sexual
> imposition & harassment, making advances to a woman on the day
> of her husband's death, having the Arkansas state police help him
> cheat on his wife...

Right. There's also credible evidence we never landed on the Moon, that Bush ordered 9/11, and that the Mayans were a civilization from outer space. Do a Google search; there's plenty of evidence for all of that no one has refuted.

The operative word here is "credible"... which doesn't apply to any of your examples, but overwhelming does apply to the claims of Clinton a sexual predator.

Your analogy is the poorest I've seen in a while.

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Of course, if the Dem leadership had not held on to the story, but had tried to make political points out of it right away, then they wouldn't be a story of hypocrisy to tell the media.

Coming from a supporter of the party of Karl Rove, that is really funny.

Politicians do what politicians do. Foley did what creeps and pedophiles do.

Wow... sending erotic emails to people above the age of consent is pedophilia, now? What are they calling what Studds did, then?

A couple of months ago you neo-cons were falling all over yourselves trying to get distance from Foley. Now he did nothing wrong? Please explain.

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News:

Democrats shopped Foley story to papers

"Democratic campaign operatives pushed newspapers to write about then-Rep. Mark Foley's e-mails to teenage pages in the hope that a scandal would emerge before the midterm elections, according to a House ethics report.

"The findings were bolstered when an aide to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Democrat, said the congressman also knew about the e-mails, which were dubbed "inappropriate" by the ethics panel. Mr. Emanuel, who was chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee when Mr. Foley's sex scandal broke in late September, had denied knowledge of the Florida Republican's e-mails..."

Source: Washington Times

I can't look it up right now but I believe there was a story that named the REPUBLICAN who originally shopped the story. Regardless of who put it out there, it needed to be put out there and who gives a shit if it hurt the R's in the election. They deserved it for ignoring it in the first place AND they proved a few days ago, when the released the house ethics report that they still don't know a thing about integrity.
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