The Foley scandal
This story is different. Republican congressmembers aren't stonewalling and spewing the usual fog machines of denial and evasion. Rep. Mark Foley resigned within an hour after the story broke. Now Speaker of the House Hasfert has asked the Justice Department to investigate Congress about it. This means he asked Justice to investigate his own party, including him.
Foley resigned from the House on Friday after sexually explicit emails and IMs from him to underage males surfaced. Apparently Republican higher-ups knew about this for years and did nothing.
My blog has a series on posts on this. AmericaBlog is a force of nature on stories like this and they are all over it with dozens of posts so far.
This was unquestionably planned and executed (superbly) by those wanting to torpedo the Republicans, coming as it has just five weeks before the elections. For the Republicans to be reacting with such panic and fear means they are clearly terrified about something. Wayne Madsen reports in his Oct 2 post that insiders tell him this is just the beginning, that a tsumani is coming that will crater dozens of Republicans in Congress.
Watch this story, it looks like it'll get huge.
Foley has resigned and is
Foley has resigned and is "receiving help for alcohol related illness" in the Betty Ford Clinic for lying bastard politicians.
Too many people have too many skeletons in bulging closets for warfare to start. Hastert has called for DOJ enquiry which will report some time before 2010 - if ever.
The Press, will, as ever do as they are told. The WH line is "naughty e-mails".
Move along, nuthin' to see..move along
Dare we, dare we, dare we
Dare we, dare we, dare we hope??
"receiving help for alcohol
"receiving help for alcohol related illness"
So why isn't George..?
How pathetic the US is.
How pathetic the US is. Illegal wars are OK. Destroying civil liberties OK. Mass murder of it own civilians OK.
But queers in Government? Stop the presses, ring the bells
$20 million spent trying to impeach Clinton, $0 spent trying to impeach Bush.
Wat is wrong with that country? How can they have such fucked up values? Oh yeah, I just remembered - they're fundeMENTAL Christians.
"The Press, will, as ever do
"The Press, will, as ever do as they are told. The WH line is "naughty e-mails"."
Who, I wonder, told the press to do this:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/04/bill-oreilly-labels-rep-foley-a-democrat/
Multiple news sources and
Multiple news sources and well-placed blogs have been hinting all day that major new revelations may surface real soon now - that it's not just about Foley.
This isn't about being gay, it's about abuse of power and twisted adults manipulating children.
An internal *Republican* poll today showed that if Hastert doesn't resign as speaker of the House, the Republicans could lose 50 seats (out of 435), a catastrophic loss.
The neocons may try to spin it, but the electorate, including Republicans, clearly doesn't believe them. That's why this one is different.
Quote of the day:
"Somebody sends an email like that to my kid, they are going to deal with the law firm of Smith & Wesson, OK? It ain’t going to go to no Page Board.â€Â
– Democratic strategist Paul Begala, on CNN
There is now a better
There is now a better quality version of "Conspiracy of Silence" available:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4946110250157218995&q=Conspiracy%20of%20Silence&hl=en
This was a documentary made by Yorkshire TV and the Discovery Channel that got suppressed. This was a smuggled out copy I believe.
For more information you can search for it on
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
John DeCamp has just done an interview here:
http://www.iamthewitness.com/DarylBradfordSmith_DeCamp-3Oct2006.html