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	<title>Comments on: Barlett: White House Opposes Independent Probe of Foley Scandal, Praises House Leadership As &#8216;Very Aggressive&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Mexico501 &#187; Blog Archive &#187; White House Opposes Independent Probe Of Foley Predator Scandal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mexico501 &#187; Blog Archive &#187; White House Opposes Independent Probe Of Foley Predator Scandal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Page Summary: The Republican scum only know how to steal elections and divide people. Let this water cooler talk address the repulsive truth about this party. Then when the machines call the Repugs winners?take to the streets and take back our country. There have been child prostitute rings operating in DC in the past, so were the male Pages being recruited for prostitution to satisfy the lusts of perverted Congressmen like Foley.read more&#160;&#124;&#160;digg story [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Page Summary: The Republican scum only know how to steal elections and divide people. Let this water cooler talk address the repulsive truth about this party. Then when the machines call the Repugs winners?take to the streets and take back our country. There have been child prostitute rings operating in DC in the past, so were the male Pages being recruited for prostitution to satisfy the lusts of perverted Congressmen like Foley.read more&nbsp;|&nbsp;digg story [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1036383', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-937176</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe now they&#039;ll take a closer look at Barney Frank&#039;s Gay Porn &amp; Prostitution charges and run that poofter out of congress too!  Right, think progress?...

Oh..you only pile on when it is a conservative who falters.

You Simple minded twits!  See You All in November in the back of the bus!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe now they&#8217;ll take a closer look at Barney Frank&#8217;s Gay Porn &amp; Prostitution charges and run that poofter out of congress too!  Right, think progress?&#8230;</p>
<p>Oh..you only pile on when it is a conservative who falters.</p>
<p>You Simple minded twits!  See You All in November in the back of the bus!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=937176', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CATownsend</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-936336</link>
		<dc:creator>CATownsend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This will not only go down as the worst Presidency in American history, it will also be remembered as the most corrupt, despicable Republican lead congress that has ever served as well.  

These guys are scum.  They act so pristine when caught in a cover-up when all the while they are covering up their dirty little secrets in hopes that nobody catches them in the Act.

Once found out,  they stand at the mic and proclaim they will get to the bottom of things... Then they go to work creating partisan commissions to hide what they can and distort the rest.  



&lt;blockquote&gt;This morning on ABC, top White House aide Dan Bartlett praised the House leadershipâ€™s handling of the Foley scandal as â€œvery aggressive,â€   &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Very aggressive is an understatement and not what this investigation needs.  A honest non-partisan probe needs to be shoved up their behinds and examined through a microscope turning them inside out to get to the bottom of this corruption.   

On a day when children are being assassinated in Amish schools, we hear pages in congress, (young children,) are being exposed to pedophiles and their handlers on capital hill.  This is as low as it gets.  

Hastert should resign.  He stands there and says we need to find out who knew about this when all along he did!  He was lying to the American people. 

I wonder what Bush knew because if Hassert knew you can bet your bottom dollar Bush, Chaney, Rice, Rumsfeld and Rove, (especially Rove) knew.  That by any definition is a cover-up.  High crimes in any book. 

Enough is enough. 

&lt;strong&gt;These Republicans sicken me.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This will not only go down as the worst Presidency in American history, it will also be remembered as the most corrupt, despicable Republican lead congress that has ever served as well.  </p>
<p>These guys are scum.  They act so pristine when caught in a cover-up when all the while they are covering up their dirty little secrets in hopes that nobody catches them in the Act.</p>
<p>Once found out,  they stand at the mic and proclaim they will get to the bottom of things&#8230; Then they go to work creating partisan commissions to hide what they can and distort the rest.  </p>
<blockquote><p>This morning on ABC, top White House aide Dan Bartlett praised the House leadershipâ€™s handling of the Foley scandal as â€œvery aggressive,â€   </p></blockquote>
<p>Very aggressive is an understatement and not what this investigation needs.  A honest non-partisan probe needs to be shoved up their behinds and examined through a microscope turning them inside out to get to the bottom of this corruption.   </p>
<p>On a day when children are being assassinated in Amish schools, we hear pages in congress, (young children,) are being exposed to pedophiles and their handlers on capital hill.  This is as low as it gets.  </p>
<p>Hastert should resign.  He stands there and says we need to find out who knew about this when all along he did!  He was lying to the American people. </p>
<p>I wonder what Bush knew because if Hassert knew you can bet your bottom dollar Bush, Chaney, Rice, Rumsfeld and Rove, (especially Rove) knew.  That by any definition is a cover-up.  High crimes in any book. </p>
<p>Enough is enough. </p>
<p><strong>These Republicans sicken me.</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=936336', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: NBachers</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-933454</link>
		<dc:creator>NBachers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Denny Hastert&#039;s been doing a hell of a job investigating this!

A question that needs to be repeated over and over:  &quot;What if it was your kid?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Denny Hastert&#8217;s been doing a hell of a job investigating this!</p>
<p>A question that needs to be repeated over and over:  &#8220;What if it was your kid?&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=933454', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: spitty</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-928273</link>
		<dc:creator>spitty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This man probably had a PLAYGROUND of KIDS being top of the missing and exploited children RING.

Don&#039;t let this thing die. This is the equivalent of letting a alligator baby sit. you know he is going to bite. A pedophile chairing the missing and exploited children dpt you know he&#039;s going to try and F a child.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This man probably had a PLAYGROUND of KIDS being top of the missing and exploited children RING.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let this thing die. This is the equivalent of letting a alligator baby sit. you know he is going to bite. A pedophile chairing the missing and exploited children dpt you know he&#8217;s going to try and F a child.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=928273', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-927299</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Racketeers?   Foley&#039;s $100,000 &quot;contribution&quot; to the NRCC in July should be suspected to be a payoff to the NRCC &amp; Republican leadership as protection money.

See:  http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1159730867.shtml


    UPDATE: Also: On July 27, 2006, the NRCC, which Reynolds chairs, accepted an unusually large contribution of $100,000 from Foley. Hard to imagine something of that size just slipping past the chairman.

Of course, there could be an explanation (and we are sure we will hear one) for this â€” but this story is going to go on for a while.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racketeers?   Foley&#8217;s $100,000 &#8220;contribution&#8221; to the NRCC in July should be suspected to be a payoff to the NRCC &amp; Republican leadership as protection money.</p>
<p>See:  <a href="http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1159730867.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1159730867.shtml</a></p>
<p>    UPDATE: Also: On July 27, 2006, the NRCC, which Reynolds chairs, accepted an unusually large contribution of $100,000 from Foley. Hard to imagine something of that size just slipping past the chairman.</p>
<p>Of course, there could be an explanation (and we are sure we will hear one) for this â€” but this story is going to go on for a while.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=927299', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ohio 2nd Blog &#187; Simply Naughty Emails (UPDATED)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ohio 2nd Blog &#187; Simply Naughty Emails (UPDATED)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] UPDATE: the White House officially opposes an independent investigation of the issue.    &#160; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] UPDATE: the White House officially opposes an independent investigation of the issue.    &nbsp; [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=926874', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RUCerious</title>
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		<dc:creator>RUCerious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One and only one comment,

BWAAAHAHAAAHAAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA~!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One and only one comment,</p>
<p>BWAAAHAHAAAHAAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA~!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923852', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-923837</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We need to push back on this by blogging about &lt;a href=&quot;http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2006/10/foleys-hush-money-requires-special.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the need for an outside special counsel&lt;/a&gt; to get to the bottom of this and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/organizationsCOM/WFP/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1823&amp;t=TBC.dwt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;emailing the AG and Congress&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need to push back on this by blogging about <a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2006/10/foleys-hush-money-requires-special.html" rel="nofollow">the need for an outside special counsel</a> to get to the bottom of this and <a href="http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/organizationsCOM/WFP/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1823&amp;t=TBC.dwt" rel="nofollow">emailing the AG and Congress</a>.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923837', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John+Gilpins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-923538</link>
		<dc:creator>John+Gilpins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I crossed my fingers that I didn&#039;t misssssppppell any words. I did!

&quot;CongressMEN&quot; is the correct sppppellling.

John</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I crossed my fingers that I didn&#8217;t misssssppppell any words. I did!</p>
<p>&#8220;CongressMEN&#8221; is the correct sppppellling.</p>
<p>John<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923538', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John+Gilpins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-923478</link>
		<dc:creator>John+Gilpins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I definitely agree with a previous poster&#039;s comments in reference to power.

How many have actually read the e-mails? I was not only appalled at the subject matter, but equally appalled at Mark Foley&#039;s grammatical mistakes. Foley refers to the boy&#039;s &quot;BULDGE.&quot; Bulge is misssssspellllllllled.

OBVIOUSLY, MARK FOLEY IS HOOKED ON PHALLUSES MORE THAN HE&#039;S HOOKED ON PHONICS. 

It should be noted that, as a congressional representative, Mark Foley has had little interest in the huge escalating deficit. Don&#039;t you think that as a well-respected, trusted politician he should have been crunching deficit NUMBERS quite a bit? I think so! Obviously, again, deficit NUMBERS weren&#039;t floating around in his pea-sized brain.

However, the boy&#039;s penis size NUMBER was floating around in his pea-sized brain. No wonder we have such a huge deficit. Homosexual Republicans are focusing on the wrong NUMBERS. Darn! Darn! No wonder Jeff Gannon is such a good, fabulous friend to many Republicans in p-o-s-i-t-i-o-n-s of power.

It&#039;s also interesting to note that Mark Foley has been voted as one of the best-dressed congressman. Let&#039;s get real folks!!! I didn&#039;t know that being in your &quot;birthday suit&quot; classifies as being well-dressed. Where do these homosexual Republicans HANG OUT? They must HANG OUT at nudist colonies.

When Mark Foley returns to Florida, I suggest he consult, Neil Bush. Neil Bush can spruce up not only Foley&#039;s questionable writing skills, but his questionable morals as well. We&#039;re counting on you, Neil. Thanks, Neil.

John</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I definitely agree with a previous poster&#8217;s comments in reference to power.</p>
<p>How many have actually read the e-mails? I was not only appalled at the subject matter, but equally appalled at Mark Foley&#8217;s grammatical mistakes. Foley refers to the boy&#8217;s &#8220;BULDGE.&#8221; Bulge is misssssspellllllllled.</p>
<p>OBVIOUSLY, MARK FOLEY IS HOOKED ON PHALLUSES MORE THAN HE&#8217;S HOOKED ON PHONICS. </p>
<p>It should be noted that, as a congressional representative, Mark Foley has had little interest in the huge escalating deficit. Don&#8217;t you think that as a well-respected, trusted politician he should have been crunching deficit NUMBERS quite a bit? I think so! Obviously, again, deficit NUMBERS weren&#8217;t floating around in his pea-sized brain.</p>
<p>However, the boy&#8217;s penis size NUMBER was floating around in his pea-sized brain. No wonder we have such a huge deficit. Homosexual Republicans are focusing on the wrong NUMBERS. Darn! Darn! No wonder Jeff Gannon is such a good, fabulous friend to many Republicans in p-o-s-i-t-i-o-n-s of power.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also interesting to note that Mark Foley has been voted as one of the best-dressed congressman. Let&#8217;s get real folks!!! I didn&#8217;t know that being in your &#8220;birthday suit&#8221; classifies as being well-dressed. Where do these homosexual Republicans HANG OUT? They must HANG OUT at nudist colonies.</p>
<p>When Mark Foley returns to Florida, I suggest he consult, Neil Bush. Neil Bush can spruce up not only Foley&#8217;s questionable writing skills, but his questionable morals as well. We&#8217;re counting on you, Neil. Thanks, Neil.</p>
<p>John<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923478', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-923196</link>
		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Bartlett claims that Bush wasn&#039;t aware of it. Apparently the White House thinks the entire country just fell off the truck. The problem is that half the country (the right) did fall off the truck and believe the lies these perverts spew. Yeah, right, Bush is in the WH basement hiding out from any outside news.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Bartlett claims that Bush wasn&#8217;t aware of it. Apparently the White House thinks the entire country just fell off the truck. The problem is that half the country (the right) did fall off the truck and believe the lies these perverts spew. Yeah, right, Bush is in the WH basement hiding out from any outside news.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923196', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#35..WOW, that quote is so telling of the old &quot;pot calling the kettle black.&quot;

What is amazing to me is that I&#039;ve yet to hear anyone descibe the instant messaging for what is was...Foley was cybersexing with the boy. Foley was getting his rocks off chatting in the IM about masterbation. I guess no one wants to say it was cybersex because of the picture that begins to form in ones mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#35..WOW, that quote is so telling of the old &#8220;pot calling the kettle black.&#8221;</p>
<p>What is amazing to me is that I&#8217;ve yet to hear anyone descibe the instant messaging for what is was&#8230;Foley was cybersexing with the boy. Foley was getting his rocks off chatting in the IM about masterbation. I guess no one wants to say it was cybersex because of the picture that begins to form in ones mind.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923169', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: The Moderate Voice</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-923083</link>
		<dc:creator>The Moderate Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The White House&#039;s Position On The Foley Page Scandal...&lt;/strong&gt;

The link below speaks volumes about whether there was an attempt to keep the scandal about Rep. Mark Foley and a teenage male page under wraps:

The White House is ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The White House&#8217;s Position On The Foley Page Scandal&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>The link below speaks volumes about whether there was an attempt to keep the scandal about Rep. Mark Foley and a teenage male page under wraps:</p>
<p>The White House is &#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=923083', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: p.n.a.c</title>
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		<dc:creator>p.n.a.c</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;â€œItâ€™s vile,â€ said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. â€œItâ€™s more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction.â€&lt;/em&gt; â€” On Bill Clinton â€” 1998</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>â€œItâ€™s vile,â€ said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. â€œItâ€™s more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction.â€</em> â€” On Bill Clinton â€” 1998<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=922996', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh+na+Faire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-922622</link>
		<dc:creator>Briseadh+na+Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this just in:

&lt;strong&gt;Hastert requests criminal probe of Foley&lt;/strong&gt;

AP  - 9 minutes ago...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this just in:</p>
<p><strong>Hastert requests criminal probe of Foley</strong></p>
<p>AP  &#8211; 9 minutes ago&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=922622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JustJohn</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-922605</link>
		<dc:creator>JustJohn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the repukes were just waiting to get the torture bill passed so they could water board the young lads and get to the bottom of it all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the repukes were just waiting to get the torture bill passed so they could water board the young lads and get to the bottom of it all.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=922605', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CyraBrown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-922099</link>
		<dc:creator>CyraBrown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, Dan, Dan. SIGH... What are we going to do with you? For starters, if all you do is tell a Congressman not to send anymore naughty e-mails to children, and just assume that no more needs to be done, well that hardly qualifies as an &quot;aggressive&quot; investigation on the part of House Leadership. They did not &#039;get busy&#039; until they got busted, as usual. And Republicans are notoriously unable to investigate themselves. They like to pretend that they will do it, but they NEVER follow through. And since we all know that they did absolutely nothing since they first knew about all this, why should we think for a moment that they would do anything now? Forget it, Zippy. Oh, one other thing, your answer here was so pathetically, obviously a lie. Karl is not going to be very happy with you! Perhaps you should take a vacation, a really long one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan, Dan, Dan. SIGH&#8230; What are we going to do with you? For starters, if all you do is tell a Congressman not to send anymore naughty e-mails to children, and just assume that no more needs to be done, well that hardly qualifies as an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; investigation on the part of House Leadership. They did not &#8216;get busy&#8217; until they got busted, as usual. And Republicans are notoriously unable to investigate themselves. They like to pretend that they will do it, but they NEVER follow through. And since we all know that they did absolutely nothing since they first knew about all this, why should we think for a moment that they would do anything now? Forget it, Zippy. Oh, one other thing, your answer here was so pathetically, obviously a lie. Karl is not going to be very happy with you! Perhaps you should take a vacation, a really long one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=922099', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: CLK</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-922022</link>
		<dc:creator>CLK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Bartlett, 
Newt says the &quot;investigation&quot; by House Leaders was NOT aggressive. 
They just couldn&#039;t investigate aggressively, ya know? 
Newt says House Leaders cound not investigate aggressively so as not to upset &quot;gays.&quot;

To Bartlett-get ready for an independent prosecutor.
To Newt-Republicans never worry about offending &quot;gays.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Bartlett,<br />
Newt says the &#8220;investigation&#8221; by House Leaders was NOT aggressive.<br />
They just couldn&#8217;t investigate aggressively, ya know?<br />
Newt says House Leaders cound not investigate aggressively so as not to upset &#8220;gays.&#8221;</p>
<p>To Bartlett-get ready for an independent prosecutor.<br />
To Newt-Republicans never worry about offending &#8220;gays.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=922022', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dog+named+Boo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/01/white-house-opposes-independent-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-921788</link>
		<dc:creator>Dog+named+Boo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We in the White are only agressive when it comes to people outside of the White House!!

IOKIYAN!!

It&#039;s okay if your a Neo-Con  pervert or pedophile or drug addict or even a plagiarist!

Limabugh [drug addict hypocrite] is OK!, 
O&#039;Reilly [falafel pervert] is OK!, 
Anne Coulter [Plagiarist is OK!,
Condi Rice [mushroom cloud] is OK!,
Foley, [pedophile] is OK!,
Cunningham [corruption] is OK!,
Abramoff [corruption] is OK!,
Safavian [corruption] is Ok!,
Ney [drunk corrupt] is OK!,

We do not need an investigation, Ok?

NEY WAY!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We in the White are only agressive when it comes to people outside of the White House!!</p>
<p>IOKIYAN!!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s okay if your a Neo-Con  pervert or pedophile or drug addict or even a plagiarist!</p>
<p>Limabugh [drug addict hypocrite] is OK!,<br />
O&#8217;Reilly [falafel pervert] is OK!,<br />
Anne Coulter [Plagiarist is OK!,<br />
Condi Rice [mushroom cloud] is OK!,<br />
Foley, [pedophile] is OK!,<br />
Cunningham [corruption] is OK!,<br />
Abramoff [corruption] is OK!,<br />
Safavian [corruption] is Ok!,<br />
Ney [drunk corrupt] is OK!,</p>
<p>We do not need an investigation, Ok?</p>
<p>NEY WAY!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=921788', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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