Hotline: The Democrats' Foley Playbook

[DeepModem Mom]

October 02, 2006
Foley: The Democratic Playbook

....Here's Dems' playbook:

1. Pay no heed to the distinction between the e-mails and IMs. There's no evidence (yet) that any Republican leaders knew about Foley's cybersex IMs. There's plenty of evidence that they knew how uncomfortable the "overly friendly" e-mails made at least one page. So the Dems will press the GOP on what they knew about the former and will constantly, in their press releases, refer to the "GOP's knowledge of the sexually explicit e-mails."

2. Enlarge the wedge between House leaders. The tension this weekend between Speaker Dennis Hastert and NRCC chair Tom Reynolds was thick. Dems want it to suffocate the party and throw the Republicans even further off their game.

3. Be aggressive about how Dems will -- and are -- protecting children. Dems want to keep the issue poisonous in a way that's clear and direct to middle America. (In other words: this ain't earmarks.)

4. Choose unimpeachable spokespeople to be their public face. The DCCC has enlisted Patty Wetterling, its candidate for MN 06, to call for "a thorough investigation" of the House leadership over Foley. Wetterling's son, Jacob, was kidnapped in 1989....

(NOTE: Four more points follow, and then four goals to be accomplished.)

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/10/now_dems_try_to.html

[calimary]

1. Great find, DMM!

May I show you mine?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2859867

And we ALL need to be resurrecting that oldie-but-goodie: What did (fill in republi-CON's name here) know and when did he/she know it?

Come to think of it, that could apply to ANY republi-CON scandal that now exists, from foleygate - do we dare call it Diddle-gate? - to anything out of the mouth of contradicta, her "husband," and all their lying, scheming, cheating, torturing, criminal warmonger pals.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Great piece -- and much better written than Hotline's! I gave it...

a K&R!

[calimary]

4. Thanks, as always, DMM!

:toast:

[TheDonkey]

3. HOWARD DEAN READ THIS MEMO!

and the rest of the party. WE've got to work this.