NYT.
Among those who became aware earlier this year of the fall 2005 communications between Mr. Foley and the 16-year-old page, who worked for Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican of Louisiana, were Representative John A. Boehner, the majority leader, and Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Mr. Reynolds said in a statement Saturday that he had also personally raised the issue with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert.
Oh yes, let's just watch this one unfold. Watch the rats scurry.
Did I say rats? Maybe I meant roaches.
Vermin.
Posted by binky at October 1, 2006 12:37 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics | Shame | Shine the Light on ItAm I the only person who finds it odd no one is running with a "how the House Republicans are like the Vatican" thing this weekend? I mean between the incessant moralizing, trying to make their publicly-stated morality the law all must follow (even to Schiavo extremes) and conspiring to cover up the wrongdoings of a "sexual predator" (that seems the popular term for Foley at the moment) the story would almost write itself.
Posted by: Armand at October 1, 2006 11:00 AM | PERMALINKWell over on DailyKos has bumped up a big of spooky frameship magic from one of the diaries on his page - it features a strikingly (sickeningly) similar pair of photos, one of Denny Hastert and one of Cardinal (yup, remember he's STILL a cardinal of the church) Law.
Posted by: Armand at October 1, 2006 03:30 PM | PERMALINKHere's a good one... just now in the car I was listening to Rush, who said suggested that the whole thing was a set up, and that it's entirely possible ("you know with the kind of people we're dealing with ehre") that the teen was threatened or paid for the setup, because really, who saves their IM conversations...
Posted by: binky at October 2, 2006 02:44 PM | PERMALINK