Comments on: Snow on Foley Coverup: Even If Congressional Leaders Knew, White House Won’t Call For Resignations http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:46:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: on democrats’ reaction to mark foley :: all-encompassingly :: blog http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-992872 on democrats’ reaction to mark foley :: all-encompassingly :: blog Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:16:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-992872 [...] then a comment at thinkprogress.org: Can you imagine if something like this had happened during the Clinton years with a Democratic congressman? They would be thundering Cartagena delenda est! Blood, prison, resignations. We’d never hear the end of it–there would be 24/7 scandal scandal scandal, cover-up cover-up cover-up. Comment by Taurus — October 2, 2006 @ 9:58 am [...] [...] then a comment at thinkprogress.org: Can you imagine if something like this had happened during the Clinton years with a Democratic congressman? They would be thundering Cartagena delenda est! Blood, prison, resignations. We’d never hear the end of it–there would be 24/7 scandal scandal scandal, cover-up cover-up cover-up. Comment by Taurus — October 2, 2006 @ 9:58 am [...]

]]> By: Truthdetector http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-943023 Truthdetector Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:39:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-943023 Can I ask a simple question? What teenager sits on sexually explicit e-mails for two-three years let alone a few months? Especially if they or their families wanted to go after the pervert who sent them? Why would they save these things for so long? The dem attack dog media doesn't bother to ask these questions because it hurts their agenda to get republicans. They cannot win on the REAL issues like terrorism, the economy, etc so, they sit on this infor for a few months or years and then reveal it as a "sudden" revelation of misconduct and a cover up by the GOP leaders. 1st- If the pages wanted to go after Foley, why did they wait for 3 years in some cases? 2nd- If they felt the GOP was covering this up, why didn't they release these E-mails/Ims to the Democrats? If they did? When? and why was it sat on? 3rd- Where was the outcry for resignations during the Stubbs scandal, The Barney Frank basement brothel? and why did Clinton commute the sentence of Reynolds who was convicted of sleeping with a minor campaign worker? Does anyone really believe the democrats give a damn about these pages? They are being used by a political party that has no credibility on any of the major issues. Foley is out of office and under investigation while democrats who have actually had sex with minors get a free pass and commuted sentences. Can I ask a simple question? What teenager sits on sexually explicit e-mails for two-three years let alone a few months? Especially if they or their families wanted to go after the pervert who sent them? Why would they save these things for so long? The dem attack dog media doesn’t bother to ask these questions because it hurts their agenda to get republicans. They cannot win on the REAL issues like terrorism, the economy, etc so, they sit on this infor for a few months or years and then reveal it as a “sudden” revelation of misconduct and a cover up by the GOP leaders.

1st- If the pages wanted to go after Foley, why did they wait for 3 years in some cases?

2nd- If they felt the GOP was covering this up, why didn’t they release these E-mails/Ims to the Democrats? If they did? When? and why was it sat on?

3rd- Where was the outcry for resignations during the Stubbs scandal, The Barney Frank basement brothel? and why did Clinton commute the sentence of Reynolds who was convicted of sleeping with a minor campaign worker?

Does anyone really believe the democrats give a damn about these pages? They are being used by a political party that has no credibility on any of the major issues.

Foley is out of office and under investigation while democrats who have actually had sex with minors get a free pass and commuted sentences.

]]> By: Truthdetector http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-942850 Truthdetector Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:00:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-942850 Stubbs, keeps his job and is reelected Reynolds gets a commuted sentence from Clinton Barney Frank gets a pass Foley resigns and is under investigation See the difference libs? Your double standard is showing Stubbs, keeps his job and is reelected

Reynolds gets a commuted sentence from Clinton

Barney Frank gets a pass

Foley resigns and is under investigation

See the difference libs? Your double standard is showing

]]> By: Truthdetector http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-942831 Truthdetector Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:55:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-942831 Democrat Soldier, More republicans caught as pedophiles? LOL I guess you forgot Stubbs and Reynolds Democrat Soldier, More republicans caught as pedophiles? LOL

I guess you forgot Stubbs and Reynolds

]]> By: Truthdetector http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-942824 Truthdetector Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:53:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-942824 Foley has resigned and is under investigation. Barney Frank was given a pass for his basement brothel, Stubbs was given a pass for actually having sex wih a minor Page, he was even reelected. and Reynolds had sex with a minor campaign worker, got convicted and Clinton commuted his sentence. So libs please don't act all high and mighty on this because you guys have a history of ignoring actuall sex between democrats and minors working as pages. Foley has resigned and is under investigation. Barney Frank was given a pass for his basement brothel, Stubbs was given a pass for actually having sex wih a minor Page, he was even reelected. and Reynolds had sex with a minor campaign worker, got convicted and Clinton commuted his sentence.

So libs please don’t act all high and mighty on this because you guys have a history of ignoring actuall sex between democrats and minors working as pages.

]]> By: raymond winesburgh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-940466 raymond winesburgh Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:28:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-940466 Is the the family values party who wanted Clinton to resign over a blow job. Is the the family values party who wanted Clinton to resign over a blow job.

]]> By: David L Young http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-931661 David L Young Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:00:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-931661 With the Foley incident sound like the US Attorney General needed to start at home with his GOOGLE search and Domestic spying. To start filtering within his own party and mine its government political emails for Don’t ask Don’t tell hidden political closet door secrets. Maybe we need to start asking politicians more civilian questions that is if we could get them out of the dark of what is going on in America. I think they need a little red blooded transfusion of Free Speech patriotism, but how in the hell do you get into their green blooded country clubs that dishes out those five star treats as daily benefits. I guess one must dream to have a ticket to be an American; But alas, I am just a poor poet who dreams of a past being allowed the fruits of Constitutional Freedom and Democracy where everyone has an equal voice, and no label. David L Young "We the people" Liberal poet davelyoung1@hotmail.com but you must be Republican to recieve unfiltered email, mine are filtered into the Land of Oz With the Foley incident sound like the US Attorney General needed to start at home with his GOOGLE search and Domestic spying. To start filtering within his own party and mine its government political emails for Don’t ask Don’t tell hidden political closet door secrets. Maybe we need to start asking politicians more civilian questions that is if we could get them out of the dark of what is going on in America. I think they need a little red blooded transfusion of Free Speech patriotism, but how in the hell do you get into their green blooded country clubs that dishes out those five star treats as daily benefits. I guess one must dream to have a ticket to be an American; But alas, I am just a poor poet who dreams of a past being allowed the fruits of Constitutional Freedom and Democracy where everyone has an equal voice, and no label.

David L Young “We the people” Liberal poet davelyoung1@hotmail.com but you must be Republican to recieve unfiltered email, mine are filtered into the Land of Oz

]]> By: Wretched+Refuse http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-930889 Wretched+Refuse Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:34:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-930889 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG TIME http://www.thelawparty.com/FranklinCoverup/franklin.htm THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG TIME

http://www.thelawparty.com/FranklinCoverup/franklin.htm

]]> By: NeverVoteRepublicanAgain http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-929528 NeverVoteRepublicanAgain Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:10:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-929528 Happy+Guy, what are you happy about? Love your history lesson, even though it is inaccurate. What we're dealing with at this moment (can you stay in the NOW for just a minute) PEDOPHILIA. That means preying on children and in this case, a 53 year old Republican Congressman sent some very inappropriate e mails to 16 year old boys. Can you tell there's one bit of difference here? No double standard. Beside now we have the pagegate. The Republicon leadership knew about this for at least a year and maybe longer. Now we need to deal with that issue. Secondly, we need to see if he really has molested young boys working as pages in the Congress. They were warning Republicon pages for the past 5 years about Mr. Foley's interest in boys. All these things just add up to a pedophile was in Congress and it was common knowledge that Mr. Foley was after young boys. Who is responsible for this? Looks to me like the House leadership. Happy+Guy, what are you happy about? Love your history lesson, even though it is inaccurate. What we’re dealing with at this moment (can you stay in the NOW for just a minute) PEDOPHILIA. That means preying on children and in this case, a 53 year old Republican Congressman sent some very inappropriate e mails to 16 year old boys. Can you tell there’s one bit of difference here? No double standard.

Beside now we have the pagegate. The Republicon leadership knew about this for at least a year and maybe longer. Now we need to deal with that issue. Secondly, we need to see if he really has molested young boys working as pages in the Congress. They were warning Republicon pages for the past 5 years about Mr. Foley’s interest in boys.

All these things just add up to a pedophile was in Congress and it was common knowledge that Mr. Foley was after young boys. Who is responsible for this? Looks to me like the House leadership.

]]> By: Uncle_Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-929291 Uncle_Ho Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:26:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-929291 Bush is more interested in protecting his ass than in protecting children. Bush coddles pedophiles. Bush is more interested in protecting his ass than in protecting children. Bush coddles pedophiles.

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-928068 big papa Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:03:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-928068 The public might as well forget about the White House purging the government of incompetent, corrupt, criminals... ...in order to do that... ...one has to have the moral high ground... ...be a respected role model... ...or at least innocent and blameless... ...there's NO ONE in the BUSH White House... ...who can even remotely claim to have the gravitas to ask for ANYONE's resignation... ...which is all the more reason we the people MUST change the government in November... ...we need IMPEACHMENTS... The public might as well forget about the White House purging the government of incompetent, corrupt, criminals…

…in order to do that…

…one has to have the moral high ground…

…be a respected role model…

…or at least innocent and blameless…

…there’s NO ONE in the BUSH White House…

…who can even remotely claim to have the gravitas to ask for ANYONE’s resignation…

…which is all the more reason we the people MUST change the government in November…

…we need IMPEACHMENTS…

]]> By: Happy+Guy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-928004 Happy+Guy Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:51:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-928004 Hey you big bunch of idiots. I am not saying he shouldn't be kicked out. I think he should. I am just saying you have a double standard when it comes to calling for resignations or dismissal. Ted Kennedy – Kick the drunken murderer out and lock him up. KKK Byrd – Kick him out, then tar and feather him. Slick Willy – Laugh at him in the history books for years to come. Hey you big bunch of idiots. I am not saying he shouldn’t be kicked out. I think he should. I am just saying you have a double standard when it comes to calling for resignations or dismissal.

Ted Kennedy – Kick the drunken murderer out and lock him up.

KKK Byrd – Kick him out, then tar and feather him.

Slick Willy – Laugh at him in the history books for years to come.

]]> By: powkat http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927915 powkat Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:34:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927915 Of course this White House won't call for resignations. When will Hastert, et.al. receive their medals? Of course this White House won’t call for resignations. When will Hastert, et.al. receive their medals?

]]> By: bs http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927769 bs Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:07:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927769 snow was busy making snowies for all the page boys. snow was busy making snowies for all the page boys.

]]> By: jimni http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927681 jimni Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:50:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927681 GOP-Grand Old Pedophiles GOP-Grand Old Pedophiles

]]> By: Solitaire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927604 Solitaire Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:33:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927604 It looks like the GOP leadership and the papal see have a lot in common. The members of their elite club like to jump on adolescent boys, and the leadership likes to cover it up. Hey, men will be men, and little boys have soft butts. What can they do?! It's just the way the world works, eh fellas? Gotta have a little "down" time, fighting child abuse and maintaining power is such "hard work." It looks like the GOP leadership and the papal see have a lot in common.
The members of their elite club like to jump on adolescent boys, and the leadership likes to cover it up. Hey, men will be men, and little boys have soft butts. What can they do?! It’s just the way the world works, eh fellas?
Gotta have a little “down” time, fighting child abuse and maintaining power is such “hard work.”

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927545 Jay Randal Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:25:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927545 Karl Rove is doing everything he can think of to spin this scandal out of the news, but the press loves to report about sex crimes in Washington! Karl Rove is doing everything he can think of to spin this scandal out of the news, but the press loves to report about sex crimes in Washington!

]]> By: bluefish http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927462 bluefish Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:10:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927462 So they know that there's been warnings about this guy for <strong>five</strong> years?!? That's a couple of Congressional election cycles. And thus another new GOP formula is revealed. keeping a House seat > protecting children from sexual predators So they know that there’s been warnings about this guy for five years?!? That’s a couple of Congressional election cycles. And thus another new GOP formula is revealed.

keeping a House seat > protecting children from sexual predators

]]> By: sba http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927345 sba Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:49:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927345 You know, I like TP, and all, but I've seen this one too many times: The headline implies that Snow indicated that the "White House Won't Call For Resignations." But the closest his quote gets to that is "I don’t get into the calls for resignation." At best this sounds like "no comment" and at worst sounds like "gee, that's not my job." But it's not "we won't do it." This government can dig its own holes, TP. Don't cheapen your front page with misleading headlines. You know, I like TP, and all, but I’ve seen this one too many times:

The headline implies that Snow indicated that the “White House Won’t Call For Resignations.”

But the closest his quote gets to that is “I don’t get into the calls for resignation.”

At best this sounds like “no comment” and at worst sounds like “gee, that’s not my job.” But it’s not “we won’t do it.”

This government can dig its own holes, TP. Don’t cheapen your front page with misleading headlines.

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley/comment-page-2/#comment-927338 Keith H. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:48:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/snow-on-foley-coverup-even-if-congressional-leaders-knew-i-dont-get-the-calls-for-resignation/#comment-927338 Shit-o-dear . . . . . these worthless, greedy, scum-sucking war-pigs will do or say anything for a dollar. I say we bury them up to their ears in the yard and try our skills at lawn bowling. Shit-o-dear . . . . . these worthless, greedy, scum-sucking war-pigs will do or say anything for a dollar.
I say we bury them up to their ears in the yard and try our skills at lawn bowling.

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