Foley Fallout Spurs Finger-Pointing Among Republicans

[CatWoman]

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House Republicans are grappling with political fallout from a lurid scandal and the way leaders dealt with Mark Foley and the now-former congressman’s salacious electronic messages to teen-age congressional pages.

Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said on Sept. 30 that he brought Foley’s behavior to the attention of Speaker J. Dennis Hastert.

Just a day earlier, Hastert, R-Ill., had described himself as having been in the dark, so the New Yorker’s declaration directly raised questions about the veracity of his party’s top leader in the House.

But later Sept. 30, the speaker’s office issued a detailed timeline and Hastert revised his position, saying he has no reason to dispute Reynolds’ version of events even as he insisted he “does not explicitly recall this conversation.”

Under fire by critics who say he did not respond adequately to allegations of Foley’s inappropriate e-mails to a 16-year old former page and more sexually explicit instant messages to other male pages, Hastert late Sunday called for two separate criminal investigations into the matter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/foleyfalloutspursfingerpointingamongrepublicans

[Hav]

1. .

I remember how big Repubs are always about "personal accountability" or responsibility. It's so funny how the "personal responsibility" thing gets thrown from one guy to the other. It's always the other person.

[Blackhatjack]

2. Get Your Popcorn, Sit Back, And Watch THe Show !!!

There are some contradictions that cannot be corrected without someone taking the fall for the others to survive. THis may very well be one of those occasions.

I suspect there is much more to this story than has yet come to light.

[StrictlyRockers]

3. Yes! Yes! Yes! "Queston, Mr. Speaker..."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker, how long have you been covering up your colleague's pedophilia and sexual harrassment of his congressional staff? Has it been longer than one year? Has it been longer than two years? Has it been longer than FIVE YEARS???!!! OH MY FUNKING GODDESS!!!"