B*sh in 2004: "I enjoy working with... Congressman Mark Foley"

[npincus]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040108-5.html

B*sh lauding Foley, among others, in a speech at a Bush-Cheney Reception in 2004.

B*sh refers to the "endless back-biting" in Washington. Didn't he mean "endless backside-biting"? :rofl:




I know my friend and former colleague in the Cabinet, Mel Martinez, is with us. Mel, thank you for being here today. (Applause.) I know Congressman Mark Foley is with us. Mr. Congressman, I'm glad you're here. (Applause.) I'm sorry Congressman Clay Shaw is not here. This is his district, I understand, but he is traveling with Speaker Denny Hastert. He made a good choice -- when the Speaker calls, it's probably a pretty good thing to travel with him. (Applause.) I know the Lt. Governor Toni Jennings is here. (Applause.) Attorney General Charlie Crist is here. Tom Gallagher is here. Where's Gallagher? I appreciate you coming. (Applause.)

<snip>

On issue after issue, this administration has acted on principle, has kept its word, and has made progress for the American people. The Congress gets a lot of credit. I enjoy working with Majority Leader Bill Frist, Speaker Denny Hastert, Congressman Mark Foley. We're working hard in Washington, D.C., to change the tone of the Nation's Capital. There's too much politics, endless back-biting, zero-sum attitudes. And the best way to do that is to stay focused on the people's business and on results. And we have delivered results over the last three years. (Applause.)



(on edit: here's another speech... B*sh calls Foley "my friend": http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041023-3.html)

[bryant69]

1. This blows the whole thing wide open. What a shocker!

The President praised a republican pedophile in public? Why he must have known all about it! If ever there was an impeachable offense, this is it!

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[npincus]

8. his perversion was known 'for years'

http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/florida_news/article/0,2820,TCP_24432_5034317,00.html

Chimpy is reputed to have a photographic mnind when it comes to people he meets, and knowing quite a bit about them. Even if Chimp did not hear the 'rumors', the juxtiposition of these quotes with what we now know to be true tickles my funny bone!

[bryant69]

10. Tickles your funny bone? You have the President up there

knowingly praising a pedophile and it tickles your funny bone? That's an interesting reaction.

Bryant

[npincus]

11. IF Chimp was unaware (ignorant) of his activities

the view of him praising him, in hindsight, was funny- to me. That's a supposition.

If Chimp KNEW of his innapropriate behavior, then I don't find his effusive remarks funny at all.

[bryant69]

12. Aren't you arguing that President Bush KNEW of the Pedophile?

I mean isn't that the implication? Certainly you've convinced me.

[npincus]

13. He may or may not

as I said he is supposed to be sharp about people he knows or knows of, but I wouldn't know if Foley's MO reached him. Thankfully, I don't live in his pea-brain.

[Demit]

2. I'll just bet he did. They both liked working hard.

[Missy M]

3. Foley was working hard to change the tone of the....

Nation's capital. He changed it from too much politics to his idea of fun on the internet. It is hard work thinking up vile things to write to young pages, his imagination was working overtime.

[cynatnite]

4. .

[texasleo]

5. In no way will this be scrubbed

O8)

[npincus]

6. "I want to thank my friend, Congressman Mark Foley, for joining us today."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041023-3.html

another B*sh speech- calls Foley "my friend".... :rofl:

[npincus]

7. MORE praise..."I'm honored you're here" (to the Perv)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030630-2.html

I also want to thank Congressman Mark Foley for joining us today. Congressman, thank you for being here. I'm honored you're here. I appreciate your time. (Applause.) Terry White is here, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. Terry, thank you for coming. (Applause.) Seor Blanco. Dr. Rhonda Medows is with us today. I'm honored that the doc is here. (Applause.)

[louis-t]

9. God, he is such an idiot!