Dean Barnett has the lowdown on a new and very deceptive ad on the Foley scandal being run by Patty Wetterling, the Democratic candidate for Minnesota’s 6th Congressionial district. Here’s the money quote from the ad:
“It shocks the conscience. Congressional leaders have admitted to covering up the predatory behavior of a congressman who used the internet to molest children.”
Molest children??? Barnett rightly takes Wetterling - and the Dems - to task for this outright lie (unless Wetterling and Co. are privy to info we aren’t, which I highly doubt). 1) A 16 year old is not a child (unless you want to claim children drive cars) and 2) how did we go from inappropriate emails and instant messages to molestation?
Once again, when it comes down to it, the ends justify the means to Democrats hungry to take control of Congress. And if they have to lie to do it, they will. Afterall, it’s all part of the Democratic playbook.
More: See this post by Jim Hoft and these two posts from Macsmind for the latest developments into who knew what and when, and what the FBI is investigating.
PM Update I: Kirk Fordham, Rep. Tom Reynolds chief of staff, has resigned over Foleygate. Brian Ross is characterizing Fordham’s resignation as one where he was “forced out” but it doesn’t sound like it, from the statement Fordham issued. MK Ham has links galore on this latest development.
PM Update II: Hotline On Call tries to answer the question some still have on why Fordham resigned:
According to a senior Republican official in Washington, Fordham, in the spring of 2006, promised both Rep. John Shimkus, the chairman of the page board as well as a staff member in Speaker Dennis Hastert’s office, that he would make sure Foley kept his nose clean. Fordham had spent ten years as Foley’s chief of staff and is one of his closest friends. He was acting here in two capacities: as a representative of Reynolds, the chair of the campaign committee, and as a friend to Foley.
His assurances were enough to prevent Hastert’s staff from recommending any further action. Shimkus decided not to inform the full page board in part because of Fordham’s intercession, according to these sources.
Two Republicans said that Reynolds was not aware of the extent to which Fordham helped Foley deal with the initial set of accusations. But Reynolds accepted Fordham’s explanantion. Fordham gave three interviews yesterday in the hope that the spotlight would shift from his boss. But the questions continued today.
In a statement, Fordham said that he “never attempted to prevent any inquiries or investigation of Foley’s conduct by House officials or any other authorities.”
Stay tuned …
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Goodbye, Rich. –ST
Comment by RichB @ 10/4/2006 - 9:59 am
- Along with this effort to mine the Folley affair for political benefit, also ment to deflect voters attention from the total lack of any Democratic party platform or idea’s, FOX is reporting there’s a plan in the works for protesters to try to use the funeral of the little girls killed by the nutcase in the Penn. schoolhouse attack. Although they’re saying it’s a Baptist group, I’m suspicious since it’s also an anti-war bunch.
- At some point I’m hoping all of this lust for power that drives these idiots severely backfires on them. The best way to stop all the anti-American craziness, either from the Left or Right extremists, is to body slam them at the ballot box. If they keep losing in elections eventually the press and money sources will lose interest.
- Bang
Comment by Big Bang Hunter @ 10/4/2006 - 11:02 am
I find the ad hilarious coming from the party that gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation.
Comment by J Rob @ 10/4/2006 - 11:27 am
Haha, this from a party that morphed a veteran who lost his limbs fighting for this country into Osama Bin Laden. I’m really sure that this hugh new ad buy by the RNC will stick to the issues and make no outlandish claims about your opponents. These are the times that Karl Rove has wrought, and I’m sorry if you don’t like it when it comes back to bite you in the butt.
Comment by Derrick @ 10/4/2006 - 12:11 pm
Thanks for so expertly proving my point, Derrick.
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 10/4/2006 - 12:13 pm
Well Derrick, the Democrats are a party that will wheel out a limbless veteran to get sympathy as a substitute for actually having a clue or a plan. Besides, said limbless veteran blew his own limbs off thru carelessness, not enemy action. Remarkably like Kerry’s “noble war wounds.” Maybe this is why Democrats are so in favor of gun control, they aren’t competent to handle weapons.
Comment by Severian @ 10/4/2006 - 12:24 pm
The dems are pretty excited about the Foley thing. I guess they should be. They finally have something to talk about. But, they do have a more than a few members in thier party that were involved in scandals.
Comment by G Monster @ 10/4/2006 - 1:21 pm
There is another lie ST. When the ad said, “Congressional leaders have admitted to covering up.
Which Congressional leaders admitted to covering up? As far as I have seen the Miami Hearld another paper and the FBI all had the same emails that Republican leaders have and all dismissed a broader investigation. It wasn’t until Friday when the IM’s came out that people learned of the crimes. By that time Foley stepped down and now criminal charges are being looked into. Meanwhile we have Democrats LYING about leaders admitting to covering things up?
I’m so sorry we even have to talk about this ONE guy being held accountable for his actions. All a way to shift from the WOT talk I suppose.
Any Democrat who held on to evidence (the IM’s) is liable and can be held criminally responsible for timing the hit job. Criminally liable. I hope they are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law just like Foley should be.
Comment by Baklava @ 10/4/2006 - 2:06 pm
ROOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE! Just when you thought it was safe to go outside……..
How many of y’all thought that derricks were just tools for pumping fossil fools?
Comment by forest hunter @ 10/4/2006 - 4:52 pm
It may be important (or not?) to note that Wetterling founded the Jacob Wetterling foundation after her own child was abducted many years ago. So she touts “child safety” as an issue near and dear to her heart. Does this excuse her misrepesentation of the Congressman as a child molester. Most certainly not. I don’t think it will be used by many Dems in campaign ads so blatantly. I can’t quibble with her use of the term coverup.
If a hunter babbles nonsense in the forest, will anyone hear a sound?
Comment by tom @ 10/4/2006 - 6:47 pm
This is very interesting:
The Blog That Started It All
Foley deserves whatever happens to him, but more and more this appears to be a well orchestrated and well timed “October Surprise” from the Democrats, which is about as disgusting as the acts Foley is accused of committing. Unable to win on the basis of what they believe in, what they’d do, Democrats appear to have decided that anything goes in order to get victory. Well, at least they aren’t planting IEDs to generate more troop casualties to get into office, though this is not that much better.
I smell Soros’ hand in all this…
Comment by Severian @ 10/4/2006 - 8:59 pm
Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly already covered the soros hand in this and he does have a hand in this, he is funding this smear on all our leaders, Foley is GONE, yall supported your perps, we told ours to take a hike, GIVE IT UP derrick.
Comment by Drewsmom @ 10/4/2006 - 9:18 pm