In defensive move, Reynolds launches ads on scandal

[jefferson_dem]

We know candidates only respond to critics IF the attacks are hurtin' and you just *know* Tommy boy is feeling big pain right about now. :spank:

*****

October 7, 2006, 2:04 PM EDT

In defensive move, Reynolds launches ads on scandal

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- With his actions in the Mark Foley page scandal under attack, Rep. Thomas Reynolds launched an ad campaign to defend himself.

"Nobody's angrier and more disappointed that I didn't catch his lies," Reynolds, R-Clarence, says in the television commercial that ran on Buffalo and Rochester stations Saturday. "I trusted that others had investigated. Looking back, more should have been done, and for that, I am sorry."

Reynolds aides said his campaign will spend about $200,000 on the new commercial, which also is being telephoned to residents in his district.

A call to Reynolds spokesman L.D. Platt was not immediately returned Saturday.

In an editorial board meeting Friday with The Buffalo News, Reynolds said he could not remember several details about his involvement in the scandal, including exactly when he learned of Foley's e-mails to teenage Congressional pages or when he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert about them.

Reynolds, the chairman of Republican re-election efforts, also said he couldn't remember when he asked Foley, R-Fla., to run for another term.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--foley-nygop1007oct07,0,5348914.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

View the lying sleazbag ad here ->
http://blogs.nydailynews.com/dailypolitics/archives/2006/10/reynolds_straig.php

[movonne]

1. Don't believe anything a repub has to say...

[Beetwasher]

When It Comes To Protecting Children, YOU DON'T GET A SECOND CHANCE!!

Take your apology and shove it up your ass. You failed to protect children under your care and you don't get a second chance to fuck up again.

[rocktivity]

20. Oh, but Reynolds DID get "a second chance to fuck it up again"

and--guess what?--HE FUCKED IT UP AGAIN!

:rofl:
rocknation

[habitual]

2. throwing others under the bus to save himself.

"Nobody's angrier and more disappointed that I didn't catch his lies," Reynolds, R-Clarence, says in the television commercial that ran on Buffalo and Rochester stations Saturday. "I trusted that others had investigated. Looking back, more should have been done, and for that, I am sorry."

EDIT: added emphasis

[Vincardog]

3. BEE U TI FULL when they are defending their immoral lying asses they are

not attacking US. :toast: :bounce: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :hi: :dem: :kick: :grouphug: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[eleny]

4. His Jimmy Sweigert moment

I'm sorry that I didn't get it soon enough.

Oh, brother. He's throwing himself on the mercy of the voters to forgive him. I hope they catapult his ass out of office.

Bottom line - it's all about youngsters and he put the Party before youngsters.

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. Exactly.....

and I hope his opponent strikes & strikes hard, especially considering the fact the he had knowledge of foley's inappropriate contact, and insisted he run again? OMG. That's the most devastating part of all this, is that he asked a known predator to run again to save their majority.

The one silver lining in all this is that he's so preoccupied trying to save his own seat, he probably doesn't have much time to help others save theirs....

[eleny]

13. The ad just played on CNN this minute

He's claiming that he didn't know about the later emails. That's where his opponent needs to focus. If it can be proved that he knew or even if it was likely that he knew, his opponent can drive that stake into the heart of his campaign. I'd like to see Reynolds have a Jackie Gleason "Hamina-Hamina-Hamina" moment, too.

[rocktivity]

19. DING DING DING! Eleny, you're our grand prize winner!

Bottom line...he put the Party before youngsters.

And if his recent press conference is any indication, he hasn't figured that out yet. There's more than one way to prey upon children, Mr. Reynolds.

:mad:
rocknation

P.S. That's Jimmy SWAGGART, by the way...

[Maeve]

5. This is the guy who hid behind children to duck questions

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o946ObydUO8

[Missy M]

6. I saw the ad and he looks desperate......

now he conveniently can't remember several details about his involvement. It is amazing what poor memories the Republicans have.

[jefferson_dem]

8. The ad is not on his shitty site but i found a link.

EDIT: Here -> http://blogs.nydailynews.com/dailypolitics/archives/2006/10/reynolds_straig.php

[Missy M]

9. Hope you get to see it.....

the camera is strictly on his face the whole time and it looks like he is going to choke on his lies.

[jefferson_dem]

11. Link just above. Thanks. And you're right. What a schmuck! n/t

[goldberry740]

7. Fed up with the hypocrisy

http://www.cafepress.com/suicide_dove.79545960

Whether it's DeLay, praying to God on TV as he's being fingerprinted, or Foley going after on-line predators; I'm sick of the hypocrisy.

[MADem]

10. Wow, two hundred grand to say you screwed up, eh?

Well, Foley paid for half of that, so what the hell!!!!!

Idiotic idea. Self-destructive, IMO. Demonstrates that the guy exercised POOR JUDGMENT that ENDANGERED CHILDREN!!!!!! Way to burn the whole mess into the minds of the voting public a month before the election!!!!!

That said, I hope he airs the thing in HEAVY rotation!

[David K.]

14. Reynolds covcering for FOX News - again

If anyone here reading this has any access to Rep. Reynolds, please strongly advise him to also mention that FOX News also received the info at the same time as the two Florida papers. Why does FOX hate the truth? Why does Rep. Reynolds cover for them? Here's the link:

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6211216>

[Eugene]

15. I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

I trusted others and they let me down! Wah! :nopity:

Reynolds spent $200,000 for this? Desperation defined.

Interesting though how his memory fails him about the details.

:dem:

[vixengrl]

16. I really have to wonder about the brains behind this strategy--

it's akin to jumping up and down going "See? This is our Republican screw-up I was kind of involved in...Are you looking?!! And I feel really bad about it! See?"


:shrug:

[rocktivity]

17. What about those children you had at your press conference

So the press couldn't ask any particularly tough questions? You're almost as good as exploiting children as Foley is!

:headbang:
rocknation

[JI7]

18. if he is really sorry he would refuse to run since he showed incompetence

in his ability to do his job.

[1932]

21. He's the RNCC Chairmen. He's supposed to be spending his time

helping other Republicans win their congressional races and now he's behind in his own and has to spend all his time on this.

That's gotta be hurting the team right now.

[Monkeyman]

22. Preview he down by 8 points guys Newspapers will post that in Morn.

[daleo]

23. A man with such a bad memory shouldn't be entrusted to public office

"...Reynolds said he could not remember several details about his involvement in the scandal, including exactly when he learned of Foley's e-mails to teenage Congressional pages or when he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert about them.

Reynolds, the chairman of Republican re-election efforts, also said he couldn't remember when he asked Foley, R-Fla., to run for another term."

Once a person's memory gets this bad, they really shouldn't hold down an important job like Representative. It would be a kindness to vote him out of office.

[rodeodance]

24. GOP campaign chief: Sorry for not catching Foley's 'lies'

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/07/foley.fallout/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&eref=yahoo

GOP campaign chief: Sorry for not catching Foley's 'lies'

POSTED: 4:15 a.m. EDT, October 8, 2006

Story Highlights
• Rep. Tom Reynolds: "More should have been done" about Foley e-mails
• Democrats' radio address attacks GOP on integrity
• Candidate Wetterling: House leaders ignored Foley's "predatory signals"
• Bush does not mention Foley in Saturday radio address


(CNN) -- The head of the Republican House campaign committee apologized Saturday for not catching Rep. Mark Foley in alleged lies about his Internet exchanges with teen pages.

Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-New York, issued the apology in a TV commercial aired in his Buffalo-area district.

He also reiterated his assertion that he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, about Foley's behavior in the spring. (Watch how the Foley scandal has changed the political landscape -- 2:10 Video)

"I trusted that others had investigated. Looking back, more should have been done, and for that, I'm sorry," Reynolds said.

"I was told about odd but not explicit e-mails between Mark Foley and a page," he said. "I never saw a single e-mail, not one. Even so, I reported what I had been told to the speaker of the House. ..........

[rodeodance]

25. Reynolds was suspose to be on George S. show today but will not be as

they said ealier he cancelled.

[rodeodance]

26. abc also said Reynols behind 'double digits' in the polls-was suppose

to be a secure seat.

[maddezmom]

27. kick

[NVMojo]

28. GOP campaign chief: Sorry for not catching Foley's 'lies'

(CNN) -- The head of the Republican House campaign committee apologized Saturday for not catching Rep. Mark Foley in alleged lies about his Internet exchanges with teen pages.

Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-New York, issued the apology in a TV commercial aired in his Buffalo-area district.

He also reiterated his assertion that he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, about Foley's behavior in the spring. (Watch how the Foley scandal has changed the political landscape -- 2:10 )

"I trusted that others had investigated. Looking back, more should have been done, and for that, I'm sorry," Reynolds said.

"I was told about odd but not explicit e-mails between Mark Foley and a page," he said. "I never saw a single e-mail, not one. Even so, I reported what I had been told to the speaker of the House.

more...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/07/foley.fallout/index.html

[Erika]

29. Neither he nor Hastert did anything to stop Foley

Now Foley's hiding in rehab and the rest of the GOP is running, again, with their tails in between their legs.

A replay of Livingston and Newt.

[Fridays Child]

30. So not only is he calling Hastert a liar, he took out an ad to do it.

:popcorn: