New Plan - Foley Was a Democrat All Along
One week ago Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from his Congressional post among allegations that he had inappropriately solicited a young male page. The Republicans, in a break from form, decided not to defend Foley’s actions as part of the larger “War on Terror.” Imagine, if you will, Denny Hastert ducking questions about what he knew of Foley’s IMs and implying a link between the page and Al-Qaeda. A few years ago that would have gotten the page a free ride Guantanamo or some undisclosed location in Eastern Europe.
Instead, Hastert has to defend his job as Speaker of the House, while various Democrats call for his ouster, and Republicans are secretly hopeful this will succeed. Just imagine all of the Republican Senators jockeying for the Majority Leader position when Trent Lott envisioned a Strom Thurmond presidency as some segregationalist Gilead. If Republicans really wanted to help Hastert, they would claim that Foley was really a Democrat all along, while ignoring the Log Cabin in their midst. |
Instead, Hastert has to defend his job as Speaker of the House, while various Democrats call for his ouster, and Republicans are secretly hopeful this will succeed. Just imagine all of the Republican Senators jockeying for the Majority Leader position when Trent Lott envisioned a Strom Thurmond presidency as some segregationalist Gilead. If Republicans really wanted to help Hastert, they would claim that Foley was really a Democrat all along, while ignoring the Log Cabin in their midst. |
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