REID DEMANDS ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATE FOLEY SCANDAL

[ProSense]

(October 01, 2006 -- 03:37 PM EDT)

Sen. Reid (D-NV) releases a statement ...

Date: Sunday, October 1, 2006

REID DEMANDS ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATE FOLEY SCANDAL

Washington, DC—Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today released the following statement on the developing scandal involving Congressman Mark Foley and the House Republican Leadership.

“The American people have a right to feel confident that their Congressional leaders are committed not just to the best interest of the nation as a whole, but also to the safety of the young people who every year travel to Washington to work on Capitol Hill. The allegations against Congressman Foley are repugnant, but equally as bad is the possibility that Republican leaders in the House of Representatives knew there was a problem and ignored it to preserve a Congressional seat this election year.

“Under laws that Congressman Foley helped write, soliciting sex from a minor online is a federal crime. The American people expect and deserve a full accounting for this despicable episode. The alleged crimes here are far outside the scope of any Congressional Committee, and the Attorney General should open a full-scale investigation immediately. We have a responsibility to the long-term safety of every child who will work in Congress that must not be sacrificed to the short-term interest of any one political Party.”

Ignored it to save a seat.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/010095.php

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Oh this should be good

BTW: Where is Gonzo Boy?

If this was a DEM there would be an APB out on him and the FBI would have already confiscated all of his computer equipment.

[sallyseven]

5. Never mind the Attorney General

lets have a real investigation. Then throw Hastert, Reynolds, Boehner, (Page over seer) the heck out on their asses.

[mom cat]

24. This definately calls for a special investigator, not Gonzales who

thinks that torture is quite OK!

[Mz Pip]

2. Like that will happen

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Didn't they already "investigate" him? Didn't they ask him if he was a pedophile and he said "no" so that was that?

Mz Pip
:dem:

[ProSense]

7. That's what I thought about when the admin appointed Fitzgerald!

This is the right thing for Reid to do. The Ethics Committee that Pelosi is writing are the rubber stamp Republicans.

[Robbien]

3. The same Attorney General who threatened the Supremes

telling them to not infringe on a War President's omnipotent status?

Oh well, at least Reid is trying.

[shance]

15. The same Attorney General who threatened the Democrats last week.

About "interfering" (that's their job) with the elimination of Habeus Corpus.

[bluestateguy]

4. But what if Foley won't talk?

Oh, right! It's now legal to use waterboarding and drugging to get the information we need.

We need to test out these techniques some way.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

8. Hastert seems to need some...

help remembering... I say he should be the first in line, for a little physical persuasion, since he pushed so hard to get the bill through.

[NOLADEM]

6. PFFFT.....Worthless....Thanks Reid

Alberto probably has a Central American poolboy of his own.

Why not just draft a resolution demanding the House expel anyone with knowledge who did not report it (Hastert, Reynolds, et al) and have the resolution call for the evidence to be turned over to the proper authorities for a criminal investigation, since the party in power has shown an inability to investigate itself.

Yeah, Reid, good job, ask the bastard who helped draft torture regulation, the Patriot Act, and who allowed illegal wiretaps and the effective suspension of habeus corpus.

Let's ask the Cookie Monster to investigate the shortage of sweets on Seseme Street tomorrow.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. Just like Valerie Plame, Bush said the leakers would be

"takin care of" And they have been. Medls of freedom, retroactive laws freeing them from criminal charges, Extreem profits from their Halliburton stock, and on and on. Don't worry, Foley will be "taken care of" too.

[shance]

14. ROFL ! That was good Nola.

Thanks for the laugh and the good point.

[rodeodance]

9. good for Reid.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

11. True ... Gonzales is bought and paid for

They should demand an independent investigation.


Either that or ... turn him over to Nancy Grace. :hide:

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. LOL!

Either that or ... turn him over to Nancy Grace. :evilgrin:

[nevergiveup]

12. The Speaker of the House

was told that a Republican Congressman was sending inappropriate emails to a 16 year old page and he doesn't remember? Yeah right!

[bigtree]

13. nice move

good escalation

[stella]

16. The Democrats are falling for it

it is just what the white house and the gop wants them to do to keep iraq and woodward book out of the news

[Imagevision]

17. falling for it? - Iraq & Woodward on 60 minutes & Larry King Interviews

For Inquiring Minds

[NNN0LHI]

18. Yea sure, having Republicans caught protecting Republican pedophiles...

...is just the story the Republicans want splashed all over the news.

That makes sense.

Don

[stella]

20. HE IS 1 CONGRESSMAN

iraq is worst for the GOP and the White House. It makes a lot of sense to me.

[ProSense]

22. No, it involves a criminal cover-up by the House GOP leadership.

And people are still focused on Iraq.

[stella]

25. I WANT IRAQ IN THE FRONT PAGE

Go after the Congressman sinner later after the eclection

[ProSense]

26. Write to the media!

http://www.democrats.org/page/content/partybuilderLTE

[seabeyond]

21. but if the dems did nothing and focused on those two, the would be

spineless, do nothings.

[stella]

23. 70 soldiers dead in iraq in sept

when the GOP use the cut and run the Democrats should come back with stay the course and stay and bleed is not working, we need change.

[seabeyond]

28. yes we do. and they are saying it. did you read dean and kerry

over the weekend and biden and i dont know who else. we can do more than one thing.

[spanone]

27. Great Idea Harry....Where the hell is Gonzales? Mum's the word.

Isn't Gonzales & gang the anit-porn folks?

Where's the outrage?