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McHenry Speechless When Asked To Provide Evidence That Foley Scandal Was Election Ploy

Freshman Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has been appearing on television shows all week suggesting that the Foley scandal was engineered by Democrats for electoral advantage. Today on CNN’s Late Edition, he said “all the fact points lead to one question”: whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) timed the release of the Foley emails.

In response to his talk of “fact points,” Wolf Blitzer asked McHenry five separate times whether he had any evidence whatsoever to support his conspiracy theory. McHenry had no answer. Watch it:

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The Hill reported last week that the source who gave Foley’s emails to news media says the documents came from a congressional aide “who has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote.”

Full transcript:

MCHENRY: The question remains, though: What person, group or political entity had these nasty instant messages and possessed the e-mails in order to solicit this story? And in a partisan environment like we’re in right now in Washington, four weeks out from a national election, that question must be asked.

BLITZER: So what you’re suggesting — and correct me if I’m wrong, because you’ve been doing this for the last few days — that Democrats are behind the timing of the release of this information? Is that your accusation?

MCHENRY: Well, look, all the fact points lead to one question: Did Rahm Emanuel or Nancy Pelosi have any involvement on the strategic or tactical level? This morning on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” the question was asked of Rahm Emanuel. His reaction was he did not see the instant messages or e-mails. He repeatedly said, he did not see. I’ve asked him to testify under oath to assure the American people that he was not involved in this issue in any way, shape or form.

BLITZER: Do you have any evidence at all that Democrats or others might have been behind the timing of this scandal?

MCHENRY: Look, let’s be honest…

BLITZER: Do you have any evidence to back that charge up?

MCHENRY: No, no, actually, if the Democrats had any issue with saying this, putting all the facts out on the table, they would say, certainly, I’ll testify under oath that I had no involvement in it. They’ve said no.

BLITZER: Well, you don’t have any evidence, though, right?

MCHENRY: Well, look at the fact points.

BLITZER: Yes or no, do you have any evidence, Congressman?

MCHENRY: Do you have any evidence that they weren’t involved?

BLITZER: I’m just asking if you’re just throwing out an accusation or if you have any hard evidence.

MCHENRY: No. It’s a question, Wolf. The question remains, were they involved? And if they were not involved, they need to say clearly. And it’s a question. It’s not an accusation.



189 Responses to “McHenry Speechless When Asked To Provide Evidence That Foley Scandal Was Election Ploy”

  1. Heterodoxy says:

    Both McHenry & Kingston were spinning that wretched laughable dribble so I sent them off an e-mail.

    Poor, poor wretched Representative McHenry,

    How utterly pathetic of you to try to hold others accountable for your parties failures. It does you no justice to try to blame Democrats or others for your own failings. Where is your sense of dignity, ethics, principles?

    Personally I, as would many other Americans, LOVE to see one iota of proof that any Democrats or legislative representatives, other than guilty Republicans, intentionally held this information for political gain.

    Any man of an ounce of credibility can back up such a claim. Before making such a gross liable claim I am sure you have evidence. What PROOF do you have????????? Waiting…………..Yeah that’s what we thought.

    YOU CANNOT. What we all see is your side of the aisle and so called “leaders” did know and alone knew BUT DID NOTHING. The slightest of investigations, scrutiny, or inquiry would have revealed the lurid despicable Republican predatory behaviors.

    Your transparent and desperate spin does not fool Americans. The do nothing, no oversight GOP congress is hopefully soon to end as this country can no longer bear such larceny, corruption, immorality, and incompetence.

    Good luck on K street.

    E-mail for Kingston;
    Jack.Kingston@mail.house.gov

    E-mail for McHenry- Too dumb to have one. Message link through his site
    http://mchenry.house.gov/

    Feel free to send your own FAN mail, they love hearing from their EMPLOYERS.


  2. Clyde+the+Ripper says:

    Shame on Wolf for expecting a Rethuglican to have a factual answer for anything. Rethuglicans lie. Rethuglicans lie about their lying. Rethuglicns cannot answer if they can’t lie. Hence, no answer from McHerny.


  3. Mizbhaven says:

    It was a repuglican who leaked the story let’s not forget this! It’s really disgusting to try and pin this disgraceful behavior on dems. Dems weren’t im’ing these teens… now suck it up *no pun intended* and accept your punishment


  4. Demdude says:

    This is a cheap little political trick. I watched that sleazeball Tony Perkins from “Family” Research Council do the same thing. “We just need to ask the question if the Gay Staffers covered up for Mark Foley”. It puts it out there without having to actually provide any evidence to back it up. These people live in the gutter.


  5. DSouth says:

    This is ridiculous. They are blaming the Dem’s and the children for the scandal leaking. That’s why you have to wonder if the rght wing christian american Taliban will still vote for them because they are so hypocrtical. They probably feel it is there “moral” obligation to vote the Grand Ol Pervs back in office.


  6. barfly says:

    MCHENRY: No. It’s a question, Wolf. The question remains, were they involved? And if they were not involved, they need to say clearly. And it’s a question. It’s not an accusation.

    The “do you still beat your wife?” routine?

    Another enabler of perverts.


  7. Karim says:

    Just another cog in the Republican sleaze machine.


  8. Jim+Source says:

    You want the truth? Okay, you asked for it.

    Foley was a mole planted by the Democratic Party to infiltrate and ultimately undermine the GOP’s credibility with the electorate. He’s not even gay. He just closed his eyes and thought of November.

    Now you Republicans have to ask yourselves… How well do you know George W. Bush. Is anybody really that incompetent? Could he be a Democratic mole too?


  9. motherlowman says:

    I don’t have any evidence that McHenry has been frolicking nude through my neighborhood at every full moon, but he hasn’t offered to testify that he hasn’t.


  10. katy says:

    … LIE and CONFUSE…
    it’s what they do… are we seeing the press beginning to expose that?

    subversively, maybe, because the “boss” wouldn’t approve, but it gets the righties “on record”…

    i’ve a new appreciation of that since hearing of that job discription attributed to tim, chris, et al…


  11. Dog_named_Boo says:

    These guys just won’t stop lying will they?

    Lie, after Lie, after Lie.


  12. DonS says:

    BLITZER: Yes or no, do you have any evidence, Congressman?

    MCHENRY: Do you have any evidence that they weren’t involved?

    . . . doesn’t even rise to the level of a fallacy, just more fear, slime, and seeing how much mud you can sling and hope it sticks . . . .

    http://www.logicalfallacies.info/


  13. yangho says:

    BLITZER: Do you have any evidence at all that Repugs might like to sleep with young boys.

    yangho: Look, let’s be honest…

    BLITZER: Do you have any evidence to back that charge up?

    yangho: No, no, actually, if the Regups had any issue with saying this, putting all the facts out on the table, they would say, certainly, I’ll testify under oath that I sick with this. They’ve said no.

    BLITZER: Well, you don’t have any evidence, though, right?

    yangho: Well, look at the fact points.

    BLITZER: Yes or no, do you have any evidence, yangho?

    yangho: Do you have any evidence that they not like to sleep with young boys?

    BLITZER: I’m just asking if you’re just throwing out an accusation or if you have any hard evidence.

    yangho: No. It’s a question, Wolf. The question remains, do they like it? And if they not like it, they need to not defend sick Foley and Foley defenders. And it’s a question. It’s not an accusation.


  14. Dog_named_Boo says:

    It’s a question, is the GOP the worst bunch of liars and weasel word users ever?

    Look at the fact points!!
    [Conspiracy theory]

    bwahahahhaa!!!!


  15. Jamie says:

    I’m not accusing McHenry of anything, but i do have a question: Did he break into my house last night, help himself to a beer from my refrigerator without my permission, and then piss on the floor? I’m not saying he did… I just wonder why he won’t deny this under oath. The question remains.


  16. RealScientist says:

    Just another lying Republican piece of garbage. The lying is automatic now with these people. How can GOP supporters countenance their party’s way of lying about everything all the time? Is it because Republicans have a win-at-all-costs mentality? Is it their philosophy that the ends justify almost any means?


  17. s says:

    Anyone notice that the “it’s just a question tactic” is the foundation of Fox News? They can spew out any slander, lie, or outrage by just putting it at the bottom of their screen with a ? Question mark after it. It is slander. Fox and the Bush Crime family know that all you have to do is put the idea in people’s heads through suggestion–over and over again. A question draws in the viewer/listener and yet can hide through saying” I or We did not accuse…we JUST ASKED.” Ya think the MSM and people are starting to see through this little ploy? Have we had enough of Repulsive Repugs shouting fire in a crowed theater when there is never any fire? ….i.e. shouting ” Is the theater on fire?!!!! ” Same result….people still stamped out of the theater. It’s the question form/suggestion that gets the traction for them because it SEEMS to preserve their propriety…..And the NEOCONS KNOW THIS AND USE IT. Had enough?


  18. Pee Wee from Crawford,Tx says:

    Patty-Boy looks like he’d hold one in his mouth until it went soft!


  19. Dog_named_Boo says:

    Freshman (R-FL) Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has been appearing on television shows all week suggesting that the (R-FL) Foley scandal was engineered by Democrats for electoral advantage. Today on CNN’s Late Edition, he said “all the conpiracy theories lead to one question”: whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rahm Emanuel timed the release of the Foley emails.

    Bwaaaahahahahaa!
    Get the (R-FL) man a tin-foil hat!!
    The fact-point, which isn’t fact or point, really means ‘wild-guess’
    =======

    BLITZER: Do you have any evidence at all that Democrats or others might have been behind the timing of this scandal?

    MCHENRY: Look, let’s not be honest…let’s use wild-guesses.

    BLITZER: Do you have any evidence, wild-guess to back that charge up?

    MCHENRY: No, no, actually, I don’t. If the Democrats had any issue with saying this, putting all the wild-guesses out on the table, they would say, certainly, I’ll will not testify under oath that I had involvement in it. They’ve said so, it’s a wild guess..

    BLITZER: Well, you don’t have any evidence, just wild-guesses, right?

    MCHENRY: Well, look at the wild-guesses.

    BLITZER: Yes or no, do you have any wild-guesses, Congressman?

    MCHENRY: Do you have any wild guesses that they weren’t involved?

    BLITZER: I’m just asking if you’re just throwing out an wild-guess or if you have any hard evidence.

    MCHENRY: No. It’s a wild-guess, Wolf. The wild-guess remains, were they involved? And if they were not involved, they need to say clearly I am making wild-guesses. And it’s a wild-guess. It’s not an accusation because it’s a wild guess.


  20. James says:

    Even NPR has broadcast this bullsh*t charge (that democrats were behind the disclosure of Foley’s emails). Friday morning on Morning Edition, they had a soundbite from Gingrich blaming the whole thing in “liberals or Democrats.” The NPR reporter didn’t challenge the lie, even though ABC, the NYT, and the Hill have all reported that it was a Republican who brought the emails forward.

    I expect more from NPR, and I have emailed them to say so. Balanced reporting means you ask questions like Wolf Blitzer did. Being part of the GOP spin machine means that you broadcast known lies. nfortunately, NPR has veered to the right.


  21. Art says:

    Wasn’t the republican leadership instrumental, if not just complicent, in the Foley cover up?
    It’s not an accusation. It’s just a question.


  22. Crystal W. says:

    Oh I love that, that’s the entire republican and bush party platform for staying in power:

    “Is there any evidence that they were NOT involved?”

    And these people are supposed to be lawmakers?


  23. Alan says:

    You have to feel sorry for them.

    It’s always worked in the past. They could say anything they want and it would be carried an a big part of the media as truth.

    For some reason now it doesn’t work. Poor critters.


  24. Dog_named_Boo says:

    The GOP was for sexual Predators before they were not


  25. ann says:

    Let’s hope that this year the voters are clever enough to know when they’re being lied to.

    Has anyone noticed that the party of personal responsibility is never responsible for anything? How can the Reps control all branches of government and the media and be such unwitting victims of those clever Dems? Why is it the Dems are never clever enough to go after Reps and actually win elections? It must be a part of a larger conspiracy by the Dems that we just don’t know about yet.


  26. Joe Sixpack says:

    McHenry is the youngest member of Congress. His voting record is considered extremely conservative. Among other things, he voted against renewal of the Voting Rights Act earlier this year.

    It should not be forgotten that this puke was one of 20 members who voted against reinstating the House ethics rules after they were changed, allegedly in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. DeLay was so grateful to McHenry that he was quoted by the Washington Times as saying that McHenry could be “the next Tom DeLay.” From the sounds of things, he’s decided to throw his hat into the ring and get his name out there.

    Oh, and outside of being a lying-assed, baby-faced, 30 year old puke, he is also running for relection next month in a heavily republican district in North Carolina. His opponent is democrat Richard Carsner.

    His seat basically secure, I find it odd that McHenry suddenly has an unfounded, bullshit theory on this issue, when he as REPEATEDLY REFUSED to provide any responses to citizens on issues through the 2006 National Political Awareness Test. Of course, even though he is a lot like Foley, being catholic, unmarried and apparently without a girlfriend and all, I am sure he himself is a straight up guy without any sexual hangups or boys in his closet. Its just that its strange that no one seems to know of any gals he might have porked.


  27. Dog_named_Boo says:

    “Is there any evidence that they were NOT involved?”
    And these people are supposed to be lawmakers?

    Actually to me, they all sound like sleazy lawyers, like the kind that chase ambulances with ‘fact points’ and dollar signs running thru their greedy little minds.

    These (R-FL) GOP Rep. schills are interested in three things; authority and money and slipping as much legislation past the nose of their own party as they can.

    It’s a media smokescreen, lawyer style.


  28. Dog_named_Boo says:

    Hey Joe,did Mchenry graduate from one of the Falwellian schools of law? He sure sounds like one of those extremist closet haters.


  29. Dog_named_Boo says:

    His seat basically secure, I find it odd that McHenry suddenly has an unfounded, bullshit theory on this issue,

    Who better to use to fall on their sword for the greater evil? Bwahahhaahaa!


  30. Aaron+Brook says:

    Watching these Sunday shows, I cannot understand why the GOP hacks keep saying they made Foley resign. And why are the “journalists” allowing them to get away with it?

    “I think Foley resigned almost immediately upon the outbreak of this information, and so we really didn’t have a chance to ask him to resign, and I left at the very end of the session, almost, before the very last vote.” — Dennis Hastert 10/2/2006 6:40:00 PM

    http://releases.usnewswire.com/G….com/ G…se.asp? id=73625

    Every single time a righty says “we made Foley resign” they need to be confronted directly with this quote.


  31. paul says:

    #20. s. You make a great point. Now look up to the top of the page. CNN screen: Pelosi’s Office: “Republicans Still Don’t Get It”. Is this the kind of thing you are accusing Fox of? Does that look unbiased to you?


  32. db says:

    I think they tried the same tactic with Sadam. Prove you don’t have WMD. Worked then, and maybe it will work now.

    Anyway, what a douche.


  33. Joe Sixpack says:

    Hey Joe,did Mchenry graduate from one of the Falwellian schools of law?
    Comment by Dog_named_Boo

    No, not even close, Dog. He earned a B.A. in history in 1999 from the University of N.C. I can’t attack him for that, as I have a history degree too. It was a lot easier to get a BS in history degree than one in engineering, math, science, pre-law, or education. You know the kind of degree: a Bull Shit degree, similar to the degree Bush “earned” at Yale. After graduation, McHenry worked for a media consulting firm DCI/New Media and on George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign before running for office himself.

    With all that experience and solid educational background, you can understand why the rednecks in the 10th District of North Carolina were so impressed with him they would want him as their Representative.


  34. Marie says:

    I could hardly believe my ears that Blitzer was pushing for an answer – not his usual m.o. when iterviewing a Republiscum – but maybe even the reporters are having their eyes opened now after years of lies and stonewalling, bullshit and blame, they are asking tough questions – had they been doing their job for the past 6 years, we might not be where we are today.


  35. paul says:

    McHenry needs some evidence to investigate Pelosi and Emanuel. Has Wolf ever questioned what evidence libs had before they began the witchhunt on republican leadership?


  36. Joe Sixpack says:

    Has Wolf ever questioned what evidence libs had before they began the witchhunt on republican leadership?
    Comment by paul

    Isn’t that just tough shit? I mean, it just frosts your ass to see the tables turned, huh?


  37. Bill McKern says:

    Republicans keep claiming that they forced Foley to resign as soon as they found out about his bad acts. In fact, he resigned in 2006 after being confronted by ABC News with copies of some of the e-mails he’d exchanged with male pages. Also in fact, the House Republican leadership knew about Foley’s misdeeds as long ago as 2002 or 2003. There are also published reports that pages were warned to stay away from Foley almost as soon as he became a House Member in 1995. The GOP leadership did not force Foley to resign — they enabled him to continue his illicit behavior. If anyone “forced” Foley out it was ABC News.

    In addition, continuing to bring up former Democratic Congressman Gerry Studds is laughable. Studds was accused in 1983 of having been involved with a male page in 1973. The only reason he was accused at all more than 10 years after the fact was that he was the “throw in” by the House Ethics Committee when it punished Republican Congressman Dan Crane for having sex with a female page — the Ethics Committee wanted to appear bipartisan.

    In addition to that, Studds and Crane were both punished to the extent that they could be at the time — they were both censured.

    In addition to that, Crane and Studds were investigated and punished as soon as their actions became known — no one has ever suggested that the House leadership of either party enabled them or covered up for them as the Republicans did for Foley.

    The notion that the Foley e-mails were released now as part of a Democratic plot is laughable. Brian Ross says he got the information from a Republican. Other media outlets that know the source all confirm he is a Republican. In addition, the information was sent to a number of media outlets and the FBI, all of whom declined to act until ABC made the information public, so there’s no issue as to whether the timing was arranged by Democrats as part of a conspiracy.

    The Republicans are lying and their friends in the media are enabling them. This marriage of convenience needs to be stopped and the individuals who committed bad acts and those who enabled them — all REPUBLICANS — need to be held accountable.


  38. Dog_named_Boo says:

    While a student at North Carolina State University and Belmont Abbey College, McHenry chaired the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans, Treasurer for the College Republican National CommitteeMcHenry worked for a media consulting firm DCI/New Media,

    [Is Mchenry a media hack? Fact Point!]

    Oh well that explains where this latest propaganda came from, the same place Rove and Abramoff and the other non-logical Neo-cons learned how to lie so well, The College Republican corrupt society of liars, or just DARVO.
    [He employs the typical "DARVO" style attack that conscienceless, logically-impaired neo-con liars are famous for:
    Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender]

    No wonder our little lawyer trolls, whom imitate Rove and Abramoff [Mighty Aphrodite] are so confused and lie so much and so often! Bwahahhahhaaaa! They don’t know how to think for themselves!!

    Bwahahahaa!

    DARVO: Deny; Attack; Reverse Victim & Offender.


  39. Dog_named_Boo says:

    With all that experience and solid educational background, you can understand why the rednecks in the 10th District of North Carolina were so impressed with him they would want him as their Representative. It was a lot easier to get a BS in history degree than one in engineering, math, science, pre-law, or education. You know the kind of degree: a Bull Shit degree
    Comment by Joe Sixpack

    Aye thanks Joe! I wasn’t impressed with the BS in history either. Not much logic needed to learn history I agree, and that logic seems to be lacking in Neo-con land. I don’t hold any degrees but am licensed technician. Maybe thats why our logic is different.


  40. Chet Scoville says:

    “the BS in history”

    There’s no such thing. History majors get a BA. And history does require logic, although being a politician doesn’t.


  41. paul says:

    #40. I agree with most of what you say. However, you may have missed it, but many here are righteously indignant about Foley’s behavior. If that indignation was sincere, would Studds have been re-elected, something like 8 times?


  42. Dog_named_Boo says:

    “the BS in history”

    There’s no such thing. History majors get a BA. And history does require logic, although being a politician doesn’t.

    Comment by Chet Scoville

    Please note that the ‘BS’ came from Joe Sixpacks post, I know that a BS in history doesn’t exist, please read the post again,[Joes] and you will see why I used ‘BS’ instead of ‘BA’


  43. yangho says:

    McHenry needs some evidence to investigate Pelosi and Emanuel. Has Wolf ever questioned what evidence libs had before they began the witchhunt on republican leadership?

    Comment by paul — October 8, 2006 @ 3:23 pm

    Paul read #14 – Wolf really interview me about witchhunt stuffs. I think I did better MacHenry.


  44. Dog_named_Boo says:

    One of the great ironies here is that the porn subsidiaries of so many of these big media companies (ie: Directv, news corp FOX News, Murdoch) are their biggest profit drivers. Of course, none of them want to talk about it but the fact is – -the porn subsidizes the rest of their programming.
    The “adult entertainment industry” made more than $8 billion in 1996. More than mainstream Hollywood or the music industry. Its a neat little shell game and now Congress gets to jump in to legislate morality during an election year.

    Theres your FOX Neo-con, porno profitting media Paul, yah that Idiot on TV Oreilly is a falafel pervert, wonder why?


  45. Chet+Scoville says:

    Ah. Sorry about that, Dog named Boo; missed that the first time.


  46. Dog_named_Boo says:

    Ah. Sorry about that, Dog named Boo; missed that the first time.

    Comment by Chet+Scoville —

    Aint nuthin but a thing Chet! Kudos!


  47. Taurus says:

    So, even if Pelosi and Emmanuel DID leak this story, exposing a long-standing sexual harassment problem in the House is a bad thing? Puh-leeze.

    What’s sad is Blitzer can badger this Republican shrimp for “evidence,” but when has he done that in more serious situations?


  48. paul says:

    #46. Dog. I know you have a very important point here. Please expound.


  49. paul says:

    #48. yangho. very nice. I could only hope to be the yingho to your yangho.


  50. S.D. says:

    Now the press starts to Grow A Backbone?!?!

    Where the F___ was this backbone with the BS spewed forth by The Swiftboaters?

    Where the F___ was this backbone with the BS spewed forth by the Sitting President of the US?

    Unbelevable!


  51. barfly says:

    Bernie Goldberg, ex-CBS media wrote a book, Bias, you should read it.
    Comment by paul

    Bob Somerby’s Daily Howler thoroughly debunked Goldberg. You should read it.


  52. steve says:

    McHenry’s comments are the stuff of arrogance borne of a sense of invincibility. But if you’ll look a little closer at the youngster from Gaston Co. you’ll find that he walks a very fine line.


  53. steve says:

    McHenry voted to drill off the NC coast, to not extend the deadline for seniors to sign up for prescription drug benefits and and to allow banks to purchase credit unions. He’s not a friend to his constituency and is obviously chasing bigger dreams. Will someone volunteer to start keeping tabs on this runaway train?


  54. cynic says:

    The GOP has apparently been watching The Daily Show recently, and didn’t pick up on the snark when Jon discussed the wingers’ use of The Question Mark as a cute way of asserting the unsupportable…


  55. Pete_Bogs says:

    hey, smell that? it’s called “desperation”

    (it’s also called “bullshit”)


  56. paul says:

    #59. cynic. I think Jon Stewart is hilarious. He’s right about the question mark. Here’s how Jack Cafferty (CNN) uses it every night with poll questions.
    Some examples:

    What does it mean when senior Republicans, such as Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, begin to question President Bush’s strategy in Iraq?

    What does it mean when a majority of Iraq and Afghan war veterans say the military is stretched too thin?

    Is now the time to set aside $20 million to celebrate victory in Iraq?

    What does it mean if the U.S. project to build the largest police academy in Iraq is being called a “disaster”?

    What does it mean if the U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the Stone Age” unless it cooperated in the war on terror?

    Is Congress’ voting to build a fence along the Mexican border 7 days before adjourning for the election campaign an empty political gesture?

    Vice President Cheney says the Bush administration has done “a helluva job” with homeland security. Do you agree?

    Do you think the Bush administration has deliberately misled Americans about the war in Iraq?

    Do you agree with President Bush that the war in Iraq will be recorded as nothing more than a “comma” in the history books?

    I guess it works great for both parties, I mean networks.


  57. s says:

    RE:#20. s. You make a great point. Now look up to the top of the page. CNN screen: Pelosi’s Office: “Republicans Still Don’t Get It”. Is this the kind of thing you are accusing Fox of? Does that look unbiased to you? Paul

    No, Paul this is not what I’m accusing Fox of. Pelosi made a STATEMENT……STATED A VIEW. She is not implying, hinting, or planting seeds without making herself open to attack. She is out front. Get it now? Fox’s screen bullshit often ends with a question and is very much like slander and/or spreading gossip. They don’t stand by it unless it sticks……otherwise they say…”It was just a question” Re-read my post…#20. See the dif Paul?? :)


  58. s says:

  59. Lou Raskin says:

    Freshman Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), welcome to the major league. Spin may play well in NC, but not today with Wolf Blitzer and CNN. “Its those damm talking points Rove gave me—its Karl’s fault I choked on my talking point!”


  60. Keith Gore Wiseman says:

    Blitzer acts tough for asking in the Repugs have evidence of their accusation. The tough question, which pops the Repugs’ balloon, is why does it matter. Who would agree to testisfy under oath as to whether they did something that would not only be legal, but which they have a duty to their party to do. The impeachment of Clinton was a set up engineered by the Repugs. If the Democrats had pulled such, they’d be rightfully crowing about it. Dems should demand that Repugs testify under oath regarding the impeachment of Clinton, the 2000 election, the 2004 election, the Iraq war, etc., etc., etc.


  61. what now toons.com says:

    The Grand Old Pervert Party ( a new cartoon)
    Pedophile’s are generally family members, and most are heterosexual. This is the party that uses Gay Marriage as a bogey man, while covering up crimes against minors. Shame on these hate mongers. Then there’s the lies, blaming the Democrats?!!!! When I saw the Fox news picture of Foley, with a (D)below his face, and then the Right Wing Blogs that were brought to my attention by http://www.democraticwarrior.com , my blood started to boil. Damn these Lies and lying liars. I’ve had enough of this disinformation, and attacks on gays, minorties, imigrants, and a host of others. That’s why I tackled these Family Values hypocrites in my latest toon. Including the lies from Fox news that Foley was a Democrat! (arggg)! It’s my hope that these brainwashed Family Value Voters will wake up and see the light, and either vote these monsters out of office or stay home hiding in shame over the fact that they decided to vote for someone over a few crummy slogans.
    to see my Folly GOP cartoon, go to my website
    http://www.whatnowtoons.com


  62. JGF says:

    Wow, “rethuglican” 4x in the second post. That must be a record. Intelligent discourse is gone by the second post.

    I come to this site from cross-linked posts from other sites. I agree with most everyone that posts here, but the name calling is unbearable.


  63. dumbstruck says:

    Unfortunately McHenry represents my district. He is a joke and while I am not poking fun at height challeneged people….he is about 4′11″ and looks like a character from the “Dilbert” comic strip in person.

    Just another lying chickenhawk rubberstamp and a very short one at that.


  64. Candymarl says:

    Forget it people. The children aren’t important. Facts aren’t important. There are actual IMs/emails that show what Foley did and didn’t say. What does that have to do with democrats? Well they send out the young and the stupid to fling feces with no proof. Notice paul shows absolutely no conern for the children targeted. His concern is with :1. How to blame democrats. 2. That even though Hastert is the speaker of the house, somehow it becomes Nancy Pelosi’s responsibility to make sure Hastert does his job. 3. The “party of personal responsibility” suddenly has no power or responsibility. 4. Ignores the fact that the committee that oversees the page program “forgot” to tell the lone democrat on the committee but somehow Pelosi knew. This is the party of “family values”? I guess stopping a fellow republican who preys on underage pages is not a “family value”. That’s the democrats job. I guess we are more moral.


  65. Jodi says:

    Wolf Blitzer was really upset that McHenry attacked one of his own: A fellow journalist.


  66. paul says:

    I may have miscommunicated. Pelosi has no responsibility here. My beef is the double standard were it is okay for media to witchhunt republicans with no proof and Wolf demanding proof of McHenry’s instigations. This is a media bias issue.


  67. steve says:

    Patrick has a boyfriend who has just finished school. The two live together and have for three years. He was a student of about 22 years old when he and Patrick began living together. Look at the voter registration. It’s all public record. No one seems to care when a Republican commits a felony under the roof of a Congressman, but last time I looked it is against the law to register to vote in a district when you are a resident of different state.


  68. chimpeach says:

    It’s quite simple. Pelosi and Emanuel should agree to take a polygraph, as soon as Hastert, Boehner, and Reynolds have taken theirs and the results come back. Oh yeah, and Hastert, Boehner, and Reynolds don’t get to pick their own personal polygraph expert, either.

    By the way, someone should ask McHenry if he agrees with the angry religious right types who are calling for all gays in Congress to be outed. He should probably be hooked up to a polygraph when he answers that question, too. Word’s been goin’ around.


  69. Nell+Reece says:

    Would Hastert et al. be less culpable if Satan himself exposed them?

    Personally I think it was God’s work.


  70. wisedup says:

    When did ’swearing under oath’ ever stop a lier in the bush gang. Bloody knife in hand over the dead body,all on video tape, and it would be: “It’s wasn’t ME?!”


  71. Harry 3 Lime says:

    Blitzer should have shut that kid up several times, especially when he insisted that Hastert had acted quickly on Foley’s resignation.
    The resignation had been in effect an hour and a half before Hastert knew about it.
    Blitzer should have known and said as much.


  72. cynic says:

    I think the entire Democratic leadership, including the Clintons, Jimmy Carter, and the late Adlai Stevenson, should agree to be waterboarded in order to determine if they had any knowledge of this disgusting affair. They also should be asked if they are responsible for exposing the information that the Administration’s Iraq policy is a catastrophe, that New Orleans is still a mess, and that G.W. Bush is an idiot.


  73. WhiffleballTony says:

    Blitzer confronted a Republican? That’s kind of…really weird. Anyway, how can this idiot (McHenry) go around pointing at Democrats saying they’re using this for political means? I don’t think the fact that most democrats are sitting on their hands on this one is proof that they had nothing to do with it. Not like any of that matters, Foley is a predator and if the republicans had any sense they’d distance themselves from that creep.


  74. s says:

    Paul, there is plenty of proof that Hastert was told about Foley. The right is just trying to change reality by shouting louder. And Paul, the media has given Republican carny men a pass so many times in the last 6 years it’s about time things began to balance.
    Go to media matters and just see how many times the networks give out neocon passes. It’s astounding and it is, I think, changing.
    When the facts are compiled, the myth of the liberal media will be exposed once and for all. The MSM has become largely a propaganda tool of the right in the last few years. Screaming that the MSM has a liberal bias today is not going to work for wingers this time. It wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now. Myths are no longer cutting it……no matter how often and loudly RePubs repeat them. Decent Americans are tired. Tired of the bullshit.


  75. FDR says:

    Hang down your head, Mark Foley
    Hang down your head and cry
    Hang down your head, Mark Foley
    Poor boy, you’re bound to lie

    I met him at the White House, there I took his bloom
    Met him at the White House, stabbed him with my plume

    Hang down your head, Mark Foley
    Hang down your head and cry
    Hang down your head, Mark Foley
    Poor boy, you’re bound to fly

    This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be
    Hadn’t-a been for Brian, I’d-a been sitt’n pret-i-ly (well now boy)


  76. Lou says:

    Is there any evidence that Patrick McHorny–er–McHenry is indeed a heterosexual? No there is not. Ken Mehlman, David Drier, Scott Palmer(Denny Hastert’s roommate) are all anti-gay gays.


  77. Vincennes says:

    Hey can we then ask if McHeny is a sexual predator preying on young boys? I mean if Foley’s a sex predator and he’s a Republican and Republicans tacitly approved of it since they obviously covered it up then logically McHenry must also be a sex predator.

    Do I have any evidence? Do you have any evidence that he isn’t?


  78. Martin says:

    Subpoena Foley ! ! !


  79. Harry+3+Lime says:

    Blitzer should have shut the kid up on Hestert’s moving quickly on Foley’s resignation.
    The facts: Foley resigned before Hastert first even heard about it, 90 minutes later.
    Blitzer should have known and said as much.


  80. SKdeA says:

    So strange to read about people homphobia right after coming home from a lesbian wedding…


  81. SKdeA says:

    Correction “people’s homophobia” – what a couple glasses of champagne will do!


  82. doug says:

    No one is obliged to answer stupid questions?

    Mr. McHenry I have a question for you. All the facts lead to this one question.

    Is your clearly limited intellect a result of your Mother and you having an unseemly relationship?

    Will you or will you not give your answer under oath?

    It is an essential you answer this question so we know if your mental gyrations are a political ploy or a result of trauma. All the fact points lead to this one question.

    There is another question which 99% of the fact points lead to which you should also answer under oath.

    Do you sweat at night?

    Oh, yes and there is the other question that 98% of the fact points lead to that you need to swear under oath to.

    Have you ever been institutionalize?

    97% of the fact points leads to another question that you ought to swear to under oath. If the answer to the 98% fact point question is “yes” is it as a result of either the answer given under oath to the 100% fact point question or to the 97% fact point question or both?

    Mr. McHenry, I await your sworn affidavits in reply. I have many more questions of you that the fact points lead to.


  83. Ronald Brown says:

    I think Rahm should agree to testify under oath, right after dennis Hastert does.


  84. Marie says:

    I can’t believe that #38 asked such a stupid question when the answer is — there is a mountain of evidence!!!


  85. OCPatriot says:

    It’s the old Republican ploy. Make an accusation, don’t worry about backing it up. So, if you want to be a victim, protest. It seems to me that the press and the media and the Liberals and Democrats have been playing the victim, as in “Poor me!”, for much too long. First, they let the Republicans mount an attack on them and their positions or do something unjust like imprisoning your employee. Then they act surprised at the “bad” Republicans for doing this. Then they protest, calling what the Republicans do “despicable” or “dirty tricks” or “untrue” or, worse yet, as you do, “unfair”. All of which only makes you, the press and your organization look even more like victims. And so you dig your own fate. I also sense that, when you do this and ring your hands, you are hoping the Republicans will receive their comeuppance from some mysterious force, and that they will self-destruct of their own accord. The Democrats have been out of power for so long they’re afraid to lose any handhold they have, and the press and media have become so used to truckling to the Administration, it is almost a lost battle. It is important to recognize that, if you are ever to restore any semblance of dignity you and your organization have, you need to vote for the Democrats this time around, nevertheless, to balance the Republicans who have lived up to Lord Acton’s maxim: “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”


  86. Marie says:

    Joe Sixpack
    I see that your nemesis on this thread, Paul, is using as his authority, the book written by Bernie Goldberg. So, consider his source.


  87. doug says:

    It is no one else’s business what someone else’s sexual orientation is unless there is a mutual interest between them in having a relationship that may lead to their having a sexual relationship.

    Folley’s error has nothing to do with his sexual orientation nor that of the Page’s with whom he was in contact. It has everything to do with his breaching the trust of his office.

    The social rules and legislated laws that cover sexual relations are complex and distorted. When the “law” comes into play it usually refers to one person as using power over another to obtain sex from that other person. This is clear in the case of violent rape.

    However, there is a lot of room for error in judgement as sexual relations always have some kind of “power” difference. We say “money is power.” Does that mean that a person should never have a sexual relationship with someone who has less money than themselves? Clearly, the answer to that question by many would be “no!”

    However, Folley breached the trust that the public vested in him. In other words he took advantage of the position and trust the People placed in him. It is for this that he needed to resign. It is yet to be see if he will be charged with a crime?

    Hastert, on the other, has also breached the trust of the People who elected him by making a conscious decision to not perform his duty in order to retain a benefit. The benefit to him is the continuation of the Republican regime in Washington from which he and all his associates benefit greatly. Hastert also lied to the American People. For either of these transgressions he must resign from or be removed from his office.


  88. Cynic says:

    Check out the Freepers going bonkers over this. I love how they think the “blame Democrats” strategy is a winner:

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1715977/posts?q=1&&page=51


  89. Moses says:

    What an ignorant little pile of horse manure.


  90. BlueGregInRedFlorida says:

    Sure he has NO evidence of Dem involvement, but the Repugs have learned that if you repeat a lie enough, the American Public believes it….remember the Swift Boaters? Remember WMD?


  91. katy says:

    Check out the Freepers…
    Comment by Cynic — October 8, 2006 @ 7:55 pm

    no way! :-)
    there’s a site, http://www.newshounds.us/ – we watch fox so you don’t have to…
    there should be one for the freepers et al…


  92. liz says:

    looks to me like the scarlet R party had to pull some newbee freshmen out to take a few hits….. and neither of them faired very well. You suppose they are out of jobs now? The two R goons today were as pitiful an excuse for a lawmaker as I have ever seen in my entire life….. yuck


  93. JaneESchneider says:

    I have a question. Foley’s lawyer gave the excuse that Foley is an alcoholic, and, I believe (correct me if I’m wrong [sorry, Joe Sixpack:-)]), stated that Foley only sent the emails and IMs when he was under the influence. We know that Foley sent one of the IMs from the floor of the House during a vote. Does that mean that Foley was voting drunk?


  94. PeteG says:

    That would be one of the funniest SNL skits ever, if it weren’t for the fact that those words actually came out of McHenry’s mouth, and he appears to believe them. What a compete and utter moron. Hey MChenry…there have been a series of attacks on women in my neighborhood over the last few months…pretty scary stuff….are you willing to state under oath that you are NOT the sicko responsible for these attacks? Because I think you might be, and the very fact that you haven’t testifed under oath proves it.

    A-hole…


  95. mamazboy says:

    Hilarious! “Do you have any evidence that they’re not?” It’s deep desperation time for the Repubs when they make these mindless assertions and even the mainstream media calls ‘em on it. McHenry’s so typical of these fools. Happy times ahead!


  96. Above+the+Clouds says:

    McHenry might be on to something–if Democrats or anyone besides the GOP leadership did release the Republican child predator sex scandal emails, wouldn’t they be doing what the GOP leadership with Hastert at the helm failed to do?–which was look to out for the welfare of children? Seems McHenry is more upset with GOP incompetence in dealing with the cover-up is more troubling to him then helping kids avoid a Republican child predator?


  97. Marie says:

    BlueGregInRedFlorida
    You are absolutely right — the Dems had better not let this latest spin of lies get out of hand or people will believe them regardless that there is not one bit of proof nor evidence, and this is simply making up a lie and repeating it over and over again.


  98. unbelievable says:

    BLITZER: Yes or no, do you have any evidence, Congressman?

    Wow, sounds like a journalist asking some real questions. About damn time…


  99. Kevin Burton says:

    Wow. The frightening thing is when he asked Blitzer if he had any evidence that they WERE NOT involved. Innocent until proven guilty ….. I guess there’s a reason he’s a freshman.


  100. Zooey says:

    I’m just blown away by the fact that Wolfie asked the same question five times, and didn’t give up. Even getting the little crank to use the “It’s a question” bullshit.

    By the way, ya’ll are frickin’ hilarious.


  101. um_yeah_right says:

    I think KKKarl Rove keeps tighter tabs on his playbook for this to be a Democratic party planned conspiracy.


  102. Vaughn+D.+Taylor says:

    I saw this live, and I wanted to throw my TV out the window. Let’s summarize — the Republicans can fabricate ANY story they want without any evidence AT ALL to back their story. Then it’s the responsibility of the Democrats to prove the fabricated story wrong. If the Democrats don’t prove the story wrong, then they are guilty of the accusation. WTF … over!

    This guy is the biggest moron I’ve seen on TV in a long time. He reminded me of Jon Lovitz in the pathological liar skit from Saturday Night Live.

    I read this in a Time magazine story today — “Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when clinging to power is the only idea left.” This will become the epitaph on the Republican grave stone.


  103. Publicus says:

    Someone who will repeat an unsupported charge without ANY evidence is a scumbag.


  104. Publicus says:

    “he said” “she said” is not journalism; it’s stenography. Until we have journalists, we can’t expect them to report the news.

    I expect actual journalists to find out information and to say, outright, when someone is either lying or saying something without any evidence. But I don’t expect to find any actual journalists.

    We used to have Mike Wallace. Now we have Chris Wallace…


  105. buzzbomb says:

    I think this is the same puke that was on O reilly a day or so ago. Even O’reilly was calling him out repeatedly asking him why this was of any importance. Not sure why i was watching Fox news?


  106. Uosdwis says:

    I am reminded of the time Elaine Benes was heard to exclaim: “I’m speechless! I am without speech!” and later, George Costanza further remarked, “I’m speechless. I have no speech!” Apropos, indeed.


  107. nokoolaid says:

    From the desk of Ken Mellman:
    It has come to my attention that there are 16 yr. old gay Democratic operatives posing as christian conservative pedophiles. They call themselves “the gay conservative pedophiles for truth”. It is closely modeled after the swift boat program, and we all know how sucessful that was. At any rate they are trying with the help of Nancy Pelosi to make our fine ,young, single, God fearing, congressmen look like…………… well not nice people.
    We won’t stand for this prank any longer and we will fight back, in Jesus name we pray! So until this all blows over( damn poor choice words) please remember to keep your lips and zippers closed.
    Kenny boy (not to be confused with Lay)
    cc: Jeff Gannon, Karl Rove, maybe “w” Andy Card maybe Denny
    ps: don’t worry about me there ’s plenty of light in my closet I ain’t afraid


  108. mary says:

    I went onto this weasels website and his district in North Carolina is in the middle of nowhere. There was hardly any decent size cities. It looked like a cross between Mayberry and Red Neck Nation.
    No wonder they have this idiot representing them.
    Ever notice when one of these southern rednecks get on television they sound like Gomer Pyle-and the sad thing is that these are the people in power currently.


  109. Elijah says:

    Why do Republicans always have to molest kids?


  110. newjesustimes says:

    #114 – because it’s all about the power for them


  111. Dana says:

    Typical repugnants…never taking responsibility for ANYTHING and blaming others for EVERYTHING.


  112. Bruce says:

    The question was asked why Republicans continue to stay in power, despite all the public outcry. They do it because their people are quietly voting, while those of us crying out are busy blogging and crying out.

    Make the biggest impact in November and every election: push yourself away from the keyboard and vote. Maybe we won’t have to worry about our children becoming cheap security for war profiteers like Haliburton. Maybe we can keep some of the rights Dub and Co want to take from us and give the Iraquis. Maybe we can continue to breathe without a mask, walk outside without a coat of white-out to keep from getting radiation burns, and drink from a stream that’s only polluted with fish pee.

    Vote, and encourage as many as you can to vote.

    Remember that you won’t have to remind your Republican friends to vote: they know the process else we wouldn’t be saddled with the current administration, congress, and court.

    B


  113. Brother Tim says:

    I love it when polititians squirm.


  114. Dennis says:

    McHenry looked like an idiot. Any ninth-grade debating student could have kicked his sorry ass. I almost felt sorry for the poor bastard. Clearly, these people will say or do anything to remain in power.


  115. FitzWilly says:

    “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
    So much for posting those 10 commandments in the courthouses. Obviously those who put them there don’t bother to abide by them themselves.


  116. Ohio says:

    McHenry, one of the youngest members of the House, is a big supporter of the war in Iraq. He is quite willing to let other people’s sons and daughters die in Iraq. Since the Army now takes people up to age 42, he should volunteer. McHenry is twerp. He is just trying to cover up the misdeeds of the GOP.


  117. cheryl says:

    What a bunch of pathetic losers!!!! So, let me get this right. They are blaming the Dems for the perversion and cover up of their members. So, according to their versions, it was the Dems who made that perverted Congressman e mail disgusting comments to those young boys. These Republicans are sensing the heat and they are lashing out at what has worked in the past-blaming Dems for everything!!!! Well, guess what!!! It is not working anymore and Republicans are responsible for their own behavior-disgusting at that!!!!! The knives are out and God is not helping any of those sickos who protected this dangeroud predator anymore!!!!! You guys are all a bunch of losers who wrap yourselves around a flag and blame everyone around you but your own sorry assess!!!


  118. omaha says:

    where is skank ann coulter (starts with a “c” and ryhmes with punt) in all of this? where is hannity (gaelic for no talent)?i guess they will just hide out until the election and then run the big flapping mouths for a few sheckles.

    this is the most delicous thing that i have ever seen. beautiful!


  119. Anais says:

    Wolf Blitzer is finally doing his job.


  120. Rich Miles says:

    I have no proof I wasn’t involved in the Kennedy assassination! I can’t stand it any more! Come arrest me!

    Good heavens, are there really people in America who will buy this twaddle?

    Sadly, I know the answer to that question.

    I was slightly heartened in the video to see Blitzer actually pretend to be a journalist for a few minutes. Wish he’d be as tough with the Bushies as he was with this poor shmuck. Naaaahhhh, never happen


  121. liberal says:

    Jim+Source wrote, Now you Republicans have to ask yourselves… How well do you know George W. Bush. Is anybody really that incompetent? Could he be a Democratic mole too?

    Of course he’s not a Democratic mole—he’s an Iranian mole.


  122. Taurus says:

    What exactly is a “fact point”?

    McHenry kept using that phrase. Is it like a bullet point–was he misquoting somehow from the memo Rove sent his army of illusionists?

    Or are they trying to spread confusion and blur what a “fact” is?


  123. chimpeach says:

    McHenry is the kind of liar that knows people don’t believe him but he gets off on the fact that he’s annoying them. Every time he speaks it’s with that little half grin that says “I’m so full of shit. I know it. You know it. I know you know it. And you know I know you know it. But I’m going to keep on lying, because there’s nothing you can do about it.” He looks up to Bush and Rove in that regard. Like them, he doesn’t care about credibility. He sees it as a form of power over people to be able to tell outrageous lies like that and not get his face punched in for it.

    Actually, he reminds me of a lot our trolls.


  124. larry sturgill says:

    Proving a negative is essentially impossible. A similiar question could be asked, ” do you have any evidence that George W. Bush was not behind this, or the pope or santa clause”. “Should they be required to answer under oath.” It’s just a slimy smear trick, that unfortunately, some will parrot.


  125. Sperm Donor says:

    If I was McHenry’s Democratic opponent, I’d edit this exchange down to a 20 second spot, and introduce it with, “Congressman McHenry protects those who protect child molestors by making false accusations without any evidence in order to deflect blame from the Republicans.” Then I’d have the 20 second spot run. Then I’d say, “I’m _____________ and I approved this message.”


  126. Patriot says:

    The Republicans preyed on pages. The Republicans knew that a Republicans preyed on pages. The Republicans did nothing to stop the Republican from preying on pages.

    I’ve got an idea. Let’s put the Democrats under oath to answer questions about it. What a douche bag.


  127. theExile says:

    Mr. McHenry probably claims to have a penis, so let’s see it on TV…….oh then you must not have one (or a brain).

    Anyone that has ever studied logic, or been fortunate enough to naturally have some, knows that it is pretty well impossible to prove a negative, or the non-existence of something. You can say that it isn’t in this box, or that you can’t see it, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist elsewhere or can’t be seen by those with the ability to see it, maybe even in this box.

    Was Mr. McHenry mastubating while being interviewed by Wolf? I didn’t hear him deny it, so will assume that he was.


  128. Audrey says:

    #71 Paul – You said “My beef is the double standard were (sp? did you mean where?) it is okay for media to witchhunt……. My, my how soon we forget. Obviously you’ve put out of your mind the Swiftboat episode. For weeks Blitzer kept up the drumbeat and never asked hard questions of the Repubs. Has Wolf turned the corner and now leans a little the other way? It seems that a few other well-knowns are blowing with the wind. Reportedly Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson have both said Who, ME Republican? Also heard that Dennis Miller has admitted to being a mistake.
    Chris Matthews also.


  129. kaviraj says:

    So Pelosi has to prove she didn’t release the story. I’d like this little R-Loser to prove he didn’t repeatedly rape 16 year old pages.


  130. yangho says:

    I may have miscommunicated. Pelosi has no responsibility here. My beef is the double standard were it is okay for media to witchhunt republicans with no proof and Wolf demanding proof of McHenry’s instigations. This is a media bias issue.

    Comment by paul — October 8, 2006 @ 6:29 pm

    Not be hurt paul. Let I tell you about ancient Chinese culture. You know all Chinese kings were bloody dictators. You and your familly were beheaded if you’d said any oppose their words. How ppl resisted the unjust, they spreaded “witchhunt” by word of mouth. And the “witchhunts” last for thounds years. Now we able to know who king killed his father, who king sleep with his mother, who king was gay and sleep with young boys. “Witchhunt” is weapon of powerless ppl against man in power. So no double standard here, you have power, money, whitetap bill & torture bill, and I only have “witchhunt”.


  131. Cole... says:

    The ‘Pug defense is that the Foley material was outed to close to the election. They try to blame the ‘Crats. The ‘Pug defense of the bush DUI was it was released to close to the 2000 election, so it was a dirty trick. And they tried to blame Al Gore and bush never answered the fact.

    The Osama tape came out just days before the 2004 election and it was verified and released in record time. The tape ‘helped’ the GOP, is that a surprise?

    Only items which help the ‘Pugs should be released just before an election!

    Another thing about the Osama 2004 tape, here was Osama in a cave (?) with white sheets tossed about? To drape off an interior of a cave(?), what for? Looked to me like a Disney photo set. With the release of the Dizzy 911 revision of history as an unfactual ‘documentary’ brought back to me the Osama cave. Yes maybe Dizzy works in strange ways.

    Only items useful to the ‘Pugs should be released just before an election?


  132. Feverdream says:

    I kept watching that young Congressional twit with the feeling that I had seen him before, and then it struck me… Eddie Deezen! The likeness is uncanny…

    http://www.eddiedeezen.com/


  133. what+now+toons.com says:

    Boy, the Repugnant party spin on this Foley-Gate is amazing. Blame the Democrats?????!!!! Shameless liars! And any moderate Republicans better wake up and change their part, cause this putrid bunch of scum is on a downward slide.
    and the children are important.
    http://www.whatnowtoons.com


  134. sherry says:

    #128. Chimpeach
    I think you are on to something here. I met him at a “town hall” (yes, he is my congressman) and I thought the same thing. He knows he is lying, he is a puppet being groomed. There are some independent thinkers here in western NC, it’s just that we are outnumbered with red voters. Also, the Dem. opponent is invisible.


  135. Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Patrick McHenry: Totally full of Shit says:

    [...] Take a look at this post and the link to the video of Blitzer trying to get a straight answer of this waste of skin. It’s like the bad old days of Sixty Minutes, when people really knew how to make guy squirm. [...]


  136. paul says:

    #135. yangho. Do you believe Democrats will take back the House and maybe the Senate in November? If you do, then you are vastly understating the power of the people and the media in this country. It is what makes this country great. Many here are fond of putting forth the idea that Bush has or is turning this country into some type of V for Vendetta world. The truth is, you can say and do basically anything you want.

    Another thing. The addition of Fox News (a definitely bias news show) to the mix, has highlighted the fact that there really is no unbias news source. As easy is it for you to see Fox bias (because you are liberal) I see CNN bias (because I am conservative). I admittedly am still forming many opinions. The idea that everything we hear is biased; I believe is important.


  137. rpppolyp says:

    Sorry, I’m a little hung up on this fact point thingy. What the hell is that? Like a sound bite? A slander vertex? A query hole?

    How long before AP/Fox starts putting a ‘D’ beside this Rep’s name?


  138. yangho says:

    #135: Hey paul, I don’t like Demorats either. But I think the country need the change, need new idea of Democracy. We’re living in stuffy. We’re nothing in “Stay of the course” of Democracy. We’re going back Dark Age. What I can say so? I think that in fear of 9/11, you ppl have an idea to WIN TERRORIST, we should be MORE TERRORIST. You ppl cry out that our Democracy don’t have tools to deal with terrorist and require to apply Terrorist/Communist tools: torture, whitetap. In fear of 9/11, you ppl cry out that our country require a strong presisdent who protect the country. More exactly, you guys need a PROTECTOR. Benjamin Franklin said “The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either”.
    I think terrorist wining, they keep us in fear in angry in separate and willing to trade our freedom for some ineffective security. They winning because they have new terrorist FRIEND – American. They winning because they bring down our Democracy Value. What you guys called us “Why you hate America?”, I can tell you it is similar with communist call their opposers. They communist equate with the country. I escaped from a communist state, now fall into other. What the hell.



  139. Karen says:

    Following 9/11 Bush stated on 9/25/01, “if you harbor a terrorist you are as guilty as the terrorist.” So on 10/2/06 if you harbor a pedophile are you as guilty as the pedophile?


  140. Zenseeker says:

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  141. Idiotprogrammer » Blog Archive » Do Partisans Prevaricate with Leading Questions? says:

    [...] Is the asking of questions in media outlets a kind of political slander? One commenter thinks so: Anyone notice that the “it’s just a question tactic” is the foundation of Fox News? They can spew out any slander, lie, or outrage by just putting it at the bottom of their screen with a ? Question mark after it. It is slander. Fox and the Bush Crime family know that all you have to do is put the idea in people’s heads through suggestion–over and over again. A question draws in the viewer/listener and yet can hide through saying” I or We did not accuse…we JUST ASKED.” Ya think the MSM and people are starting to see through this little ploy? Have we had enough of Repulsive Repugs shouting fire in a crowed theater when there is never any fire? ….i.e. shouting ” Is the theater on fire?!!!! ” Same result….people still stamped out of the theater. It’s the question form/suggestion that gets the traction for them because it SEEMS to preserve their propriety…..And the NEOCONS KNOW THIS AND USE IT. Had enough? [...]


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