Blunt attacks Hastert’s mishandling of Foley scandal.
By on Oct 4th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Blunt attacks Hastert’s mishandling of Foley scandal.
House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) said today “he would have handled [the Foley scandal] differently if he’d known about it.” “I think I could have given some good advice here, which is you have to be curious, you have to ask all the questions you can think of,” Blunt said. “You absolutely can’t decide not to look into activities because one individual’s parents don’t want you to.”
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any word on the damage to the bus?
October 4th, 2006 at 2:08 pmGood for you Blunt, a little ass cover there…
Mr. Todd, if were lucky the bumper and front axel will go before day’s end……Blessings
October 4th, 2006 at 2:13 pmWOO HOO! They’re all at each other’s throats in a power grab!
October 4th, 2006 at 2:15 pmGive that man the speakers seat!
Hasert, hit the wide road and don’t look back no more no more….
Sickening, the whole episode is.
Texas Juice
October 4th, 2006 at 2:19 pmI see the though police are at it again. So here goes a slightly sweetened version of my previous post…
I understand how important it is to note the pedophile behaviour of the Republican party. I’m all for it. But this droning on and on about who “paged” underage whom has just gotten old. Sorry.
Shouldn’t we care more that America just died. Shouldn’t we morn her passing and note that Amerika is born?
The Military Commissions Act is totalitarian police-state legislation that has just been enacted by the U.S. Congress. It provides, among other things, that the President can decide U.S. citizens are enemy combatants. It strips foreign born enemy combatants of habeas corpus. Charges and evidence are secret and the person so termed can be held in secret and can even be executed in secret (through a “presidential finding†signed on 9/17/01). There is no recourse.
I don’t think these laws are aimed at terrorists. I think they are aimed at political dissenters (peace activists?) and will be used accordingly. It must be noted that the media has omitted the crucial details related to U.S. citizens in their scanty coverage of this Act.
[from: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1004-32.htm ]
October 4th, 2006 at 2:22 pmBlunt: “…you have to be curious, you have to ask all the questions you can think of…” – - Who’s Blunt kidding? When has anyone in this administration been the least bit curious about anything?
October 4th, 2006 at 2:24 pmWe’re going to see a new “million man march” to throw Hastert under the bus. Some of them pushing should be pulling.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:24 pmJerome Bettis has got to be tired of all of these people being thrown under him.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:24 pmHastert is the closest thing we’ve seen to Republicant road kill since Ollie North blew the Iran Contra affair.
Fox Interviewer: So how long have you been covering up the perverted sexual activities of the Republicans in Congress?
Hastert: As long as I can remember. After all, it’s my patriotic duty to keep all Republican scandals out of the public eye. Too much information is not a good thing for one-party Christian-fascist rule. Besides, what’s a little pedophilia — it’s not like we tortured the teens (yet).
October 4th, 2006 at 2:24 pmWith a little luck, Hastert’s ample corpse will jolt the bus over the edge of the canyon…
October 4th, 2006 at 2:24 pmBlood is in the water.
The long knives are coming out.
It’s a competition in distraction: look at him and not at me.
Noble, don’t you think?
Reminds me of what happens when cruel boys tie two cat’s tails together and toss the rope over a clotheline. In their panic, they tear each other to shreds…
ooh ooh, someone’s gunning for Fat Hastert’s job…
October 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pmOnce again, the GOP (through Blunt) are upset about how the Foley scandal was handled and how it hurts them politically–not how it shows their lack of oversight and accountability. This is a Republican scandal just like Abramoff is a Republlican scandal.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:32 pmI haven’t seen anyone question why the parents didn’t want anything done about it. Why would a parent let this go unpunished?
October 4th, 2006 at 2:33 pmFoley’s Folly
October 3, 2006
The article “Foley scandal could cost GOP the House†in the Press Democrat newspaper reveals the moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party. In the past few days Rep. Mark Foley’s sexual misconduct with a House page seem to have embroiled the top leadership of the Republican controlled House. Foley is out of the picture since he resigned but the GOP House leader, Dennis Hastert, as well as others is making excuses for Foley transgression: he was molested as a child. Since when Republicans start defending child molesters? When Ronald Reagan was president, Attorney General Edwin Meese attacked sexual improprieties, like pornography and sexual predators. And now they’re circling the wagons? You bet. The leadership was aware of Foley’s email contact with the pages for some years. Even President Bush publicly supports Hastert while spouting that Democrats can’t be trusted. Say what? Again, the specter of the November elections loom closer as the media firestorm rages on. Hastert’s reasoning for not resigning is that he’s calling for accountability, trying to quietly resolve the incident. If Hastert is demanding accountability then he should resign; had he taken action against Foley several years back the entire incident would not have occur.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:34 pmOK this is an interesting subject and all TP but come on already. How many thread can you have on this subject? Isn’t there anything else going on? Like the loss of habeus corpus to the citizens of the US maybe? This place is starting to look like a gossip mag.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:43 pmthis will be funny until he realizes he knew about it as well, and is reminded. then the story will change like the rest of them do
I have land for anyone that thinks this isn’t common knowledge in the party in power, and something they hide with a vengeance. There are obviously a lot of gays in the republican congress. There are so many in the white house that we may have the highest percentage in history.
where is Ralph Hall, R-TX in all of this? Is he getting breathing room for his adventures in child sex? he helped jackie boy slander a child sex victim in the congressional record. Is he too a pedophile? Is he complicit in the sex slavery industry?
October 4th, 2006 at 2:45 pmI am getting gleeful – but only because the exploitation of the American citizens by the likes of Hastert has been standard operating political procedure for BushCo and I am enjoying seeing its unraveling. I guess it took some “sexy” exploitation for that unraveling to happen.
I hope the pages survive this – that’s the only discomfort and worry I have.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:46 pm#13 — The answer to your question could be:
“They have already received payment — problem solved!”
If Foley can write a check for another Congressman’s campaign, he surely can write one for the boy(s) that were involved.” The republicans are good at writing checks as payment for wrongdoings.
October 4th, 2006 at 2:49 pmThis is beginning to sound like a Republican power struggle. I’m beginning to believe that the Republicans themselves leaked this story so that they could get rid of Hastert and outmaneuver each other into the leadership. Besides, does anyone really believe the Democrats could organize a campaign issue this efficiently?
October 4th, 2006 at 2:50 pmIsn’t there anything else going on? Like the loss of habeus corpus to the citizens of the US maybe? This place is starting to look like a gossip mag.
Comment by dlet
Well, I guess we could talk about how 18 soldiers have died in Iraq in the past 96 hours or how the news reported today that a unit of over 1,000 Iraqi police had to be disbanded in Baghdad because of their links to death squads and terrorism. Or we could talk about how the big hedge funds and oil revenues are propping up the market for the administration as a way of saying “thanks” for the tax cuts and other political favors.
But frankly, dlet, I rather enjoy watching the Republican party scramble, blame, and point fingers, all the while scurrying like rats, while their credibilty goes down Hastert’s toilet.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:00 pmJoe,
October 4th, 2006 at 3:12 pmDon’t get me wrong, I like watching the evil buggers squirm for the position they have put themselves in. But thread after thread after thread….. I want fresh discontent….Actually I would lie to see a story of some progressive doing some good things more often. Some positive discussion is always nice.
Comment by Mikey — October 4, 2006 @ 2:33 pm
First off, we have not heard from the parents, only the House leadership saying that the parents didn’t want anything done about this.
Secondly, who are we to second guess the parents’ concerns here? There is a HUGE privacy issue involved. And who are we to judge parents who may not want to see their son become a national figure as a victim of pedophelia? It takes a great deal of courage to come forward at all, as this boy apparently did. But to come forward publicly? To be willing to be attacked by Fox News pundits eager to Swift Boat the victim?
Yes, I am praying that more individuals come forward with testimony and evidence of the crimes of this Administration. And, yes, I am aware of the courage and support those individuals will need, and I and they are aware of the attacks they must endure. I also pray for their protection and safety as they bring light to truth.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:13 pmAs NY Times Magazine ethics columnist Randy Cohen said Monday on CNN, “If you can’t delight in the fall of a hypocrite, you have no zest for life.” The Foley scandal is resulting in the fall of a whole host of Republican hypocrites, and it is fit and proper for us to delight in it!
However, the most delightful aspect of this is that it will most likely result in Democrats taking over the House and possibly the Senate, giving us a chance to undo the destruction of our Constitution perpetrated by Republicans for the last five years, including the loss of habeas corpus.
When you get outraged by the press fixation on Foley and the Republican cover-up instead of more serious matters, repeat the mantra, “John Conyers with subpoena power,” and you’ll feel better about it.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:19 pmActually I would lie to see a story of some progressive doing some good things more often. Some positive discussion is always nice.
Comment by dlet
I absolutely agree with this – It might be nice if we highlighted some of the progressive candidates, especially those who might benefit from some free exposure. Or maybe a daily “Progressive Action” segment highlighting any American putting progressive values into action in their community. It would be interesting to see the troll posts on these.
Of course, I also like the neoconservative hypocrisy threads, too!
October 4th, 2006 at 3:20 pmI agree with Briseadh: Are we supposed to hear from Randolph and Amanda Whitehurst of Metairie, Louisiana about the torture their anonymous son went through?
And to the others lamenting the end of the republic: Just as the Republicans’ Great Global American Empire seems to have laster a total of 3 months, I am of the perhaps prematurely but what the hell gleeful opinion that the New Republican American Fascist State lasted a grand total of forty-eight hours before being hit with a well-aimed hollow-nose round to the gut.
My hat is off to the lone gunman.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:31 pmIntellectual curiosity is dead within the current GOP “leaders”, starts at the top with king moron
October 4th, 2006 at 3:34 pmI’ve always enjoyed that Blunt guy. He’s really good on “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” on NPR.
I hear he’s a large animal vet, too.
Seriously, back when DeLay was being wrenched, kicking and screaming, from the Majority Leader’s post, there was a guy who was supposed to get the job before Boner, but he wasn’t allowed to because there were rumors he was gay.
Who was that Republican? I can’t remember. Was it Foley?
October 4th, 2006 at 3:43 pmThe House GOP Caucus is intent on doing to itself (and possibly to the rest of the GOP) what it allowed George W. Bush and his PNAC Platoon to do to Iraq: Send it spiraling into bitter factional warfare that paralyzes it and threatens to destroy it utterly.
There are at least two distinct factions in the GOP House right now, the Hastert faction (aka the Ba’athist insurgency) and the Reynolds faction (aka the Badrists), and when they’re not busy holding unbelievably silly press conferences, they’re busy sticking knives in each other’s back. Blunt’s apparently allied himself with the Reynolds Badrists. (There’s also John Boehner, but he doesn’t really have anyone behind him, and he can’t decide whether he fears Hastert’s capacity for revenge more than he fears destroying what’s left of his tattered credibility by changing his story yet again.)
The latest hit was made by the Hastert insurgency, on the Reynolds Badrists:
Expect to see a retaliatory hit by the Reynolds Badrists before the sun sets over the Potomac tonight. Reynolds is the head of the NRCC. He’s not going to let a guy who he thinks of as Tom DeLay’s waterboy get away with thinking he can diss Reynolds with impunity.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:45 pmBlunt wants the job since Boner got Blunt’s.
They’re eating each other!
October 4th, 2006 at 3:47 pmThis place is starting to look like a gossip mag.
Comment by dlet
I’m with you dlet.
This story obviously needs to be investigated, and resignations should be flying, but it doesn’t have to be the ONLY story anywhere.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:48 pmThrowing Hastert under a bus…imagine how traumatic that is to the bus.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:48 pm#27 – That was David Drier
October 4th, 2006 at 3:51 pm#27 – That was David Drier.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:52 pmI’m sorry, which version of Hastert’s story are we talking about here?
There have been so many, all in less than a week.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:59 pm.
youtube is exploding over the foley pedophile scandal
check my homepage for a vid
October 4th, 2006 at 4:02 pmBlunt is Hastert’s likely replacement. No ulterior motives here. Move along. God I love it when the powerful fight amongt themselves for more power.
October 4th, 2006 at 6:05 pmI say parents who send their 16 and 17 year olds to these cretins are asking for it. I wouldn’t trust a Senator or Congresscritter with my sons for ALL the tea in China.
If people don’t recognize the corruption and amoral constitution of these cretins, it’s a hell of a price to pay to learn. Americans are as dumb as dirt. No one has realized yet that our political system screens out all honor.
October 4th, 2006 at 6:10 pm#21 dlet – “I want fresh discontent!” LOL
October 4th, 2006 at 6:10 pmOh, jeez, Blunt is so full of it! He wants to be Majority Leader so badly, the lobbyists can taste it. To paraphrase the Chicks, “I’m ashamed he’s from Missouri.”
October 4th, 2006 at 6:27 pmRepublicans pass the buck!
October 4th, 2006 at 7:17 pmRepublicans pass the buck!
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