J.C. WATTS...POSTER BOY!

[iplaw]

The most likely perpetrator is his opponent.  What is so evil is that ABC could have found this out LONG before they posted the story.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

The most likely perpetrator is his opponent.  What is so evil is that ABC could have found this out LONG before they posted the story.

Brian Ross has even said that he knew about it in August- I've found that through several sources, he was too busy with the Katrina annniversary and 9/11 anniv.

I say that makes ABC equally culpable- putting profits, and manipulating elections over the well-being and safety of minors, wouldn't you IP?  TSSSK, TSSSK.

[Bledsoe]

Longtime Republican was source of e-mails

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/100506/news2.html

[iplaw]

You're too quick to believe anything Bledsoe, lets look at the first paragraph:

The source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide.

1.  Unnamed Source.
2.  Unnamed House GOP aide.

I don't buy anything I read on the internet until it's corroborated anymore.

[snopes]

This whole thing gets more twisted and disgusting as time passes. It's a sad state when the news media, leadership, and everyone else seems to want to spin this thing to their advantage. It must be an election year!

[Conan71]

"The explosive disclosures about Foley's communications with teenage pages have overshadowed Republican legislative accomplishments during their final week in town. They have become the preoccupation of a capital press corps that has little else to write about now that Congress is in recess and Election Day is still a month away."

Timing is everything when it comes to scandal.  Democrats can try to deflect it by pointing to a GOP aide.  What's the point in Pelosi, et. al. testifying?  All they will do is lie and deflect.  They engineered a masterpiece here.

I'm truly curious how much money has changed hands over this deal.  Money is pretty good for changing allegiances.  I'm also curious how much money is changing hands at the moment with GOP operatives to come up with a counter-scandal.

The whole thing is sickening, instead of the mid-term elections being over what is and isn't being done legislatively, it's going to turn into a "what did you know and when did you know it?" contest.

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