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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Another lying ad about Foleygate
(Note: the original title of this post was inaccurate – the ad in question is not the ad Baron Hill [Democrat in Indiana] is running.)
It’s happening again. Back on the 4th, I blogged about the lying ad Democrat Patty Wetterling was running against her opponent, Minnesota State Senator Michele Bachmann in the race for Minnesota’s 6th Congressionial district seat, currently occupied by Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy (Kennedy’s running for Senate).
Towards the beginning of the ad, you hear this ominous voice saying in response to the Foleygate scandal:
“It shocks the conscience. Congressional leaders have admitted to covering up the predatory behavior of a congressman who used the internet to molest children.”
I noted in my post that 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? The ad was outrageously false, but it’s still up on Wetterling’s site as of the writing of this post.
Well now the Democrats are running another lying Foleygate ad, this one against Representative Tom Reynolds, from NY’s 26th Congressional district, who is also the Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). About 40 or so seconds into this ABCNews video (Note: if that link doesn’t take you directly to the ABC News story, you should see the link somewhere on that page), you’ll see what one radio ad says about Reynolds and how his”failure to act” as well as him encouraging Foley to run again could have meant that Reynolds was “possibly putting more kids at risk” which translates into: Tom Reynolds knew Mark Foley was a “sexual predator towards kids” and even knowing that encouraged Foley to run again. As we all know by now, Foley had this sick obsession with male teenage (16+ years) pages, not “kids” or “children.” That’s an important distinction to make. Neither type of behavior is even remotely condonable, but that audio ad makes it sound like Foley hung around elementary school playgrounds stalking 7 year old boys. Reynolds did not know about Foley’s sexual fascination with those teenage males, and there is no way in hell he would have encouraged him to run if he did. That is an outright false assertion made on the part of Democrats who have already said the facts really don’t matter in this case.
I’ve checked to see if this ad is on his opponent’s website, but as of right now it’s not. The ads targeting Reynolds are having an impact, if polls are any indication – the latest Zogby poll has Reynolds now trailing Davis by 15 points, in what was once considered a safe Republican seat. Congrats, Dems: you’re proving that your lack of honesty and respect for the actual facts that we know so far about Mark Foley and the controversy surrounding what the House leadership did and did not know about him are working. Foley is slime in one regard; you guys who are lying about what he did as well as lying about what the House knew are slimes of a different kind.
In the meantime, the LATimes reports today of an alleged sexual encounter between Mark Foley and a former page – who stated he was 21 years old at the time of the alleged encounter. Why the hell is this news? Hugh Hewitt wonders, too, as does Gateway Pundit.
Update: Nail, meet hammer. (Hat tip: Dean Barnett)
Prior:
- Three former pages make claims against Foley
- Hastert press conference
- Fraudian slip?
- If Foley were convicted of [insert sex charge here] and Bush pardoned him …
- Wash Times to call for Hastert’s resignation as House speaker
- Foleygate: The Democrats’ October surprise?
- US Rep. Mark Foley: Good riddance
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Typical Democrat lies and misrepresentation. Remember, they are the ones that, in trying to push gun control, talk about all the “children” being killed in the US each year, which conveniently includes all the 15-18 year old gang bangers shooting each other over crack distribution rights. Gives the impression that thousands of little children are being gunned down on playgrounds and in their sandboxes, which isn’t the same thing as violent street thugs getting killed in drug territorial battles, it certainly sounds “better.” Bah.
Meanwhile, a baby one month or less from birth is still a foetus when you halfway birth it and such its brains out, and it’s just fine for gays to run Boy Scout troops and take them to the remote woods to go camping.
At least as far as the Democrats are concerned. But they care for the children! 
Democrats lying shouldn’t be a surprise. Until Americans care enough about their government to actually pay attention, these types of slime jobs will continue to “win” votes.
- The Demdorks have no problem with gay bashing when it suits their purpose’s, refferring to the encounter with a 21 year old. That’s why I keep saying their whole party is a bunch of lie whores, as they use the race card, and race baiting, at every opportunity, and now to complete the hat trick, they use gay bashing to keep the distraction alive as long as possible, trying everything they can think of to steer the national debate away from their “weak on terrorism” label.
- This will run out of steam, and I have a feeling Rove has some more surprises in the works, but he’s keeping his powder dry til the right moment. When it happens I’m going to take great pleasure in laughing in the slime-ball Lefties faces. Once again they’re going to be taught, you live by the lie, you fall by the lie,
- Bang
Time will tell Bang. They may have peaked too early again, kind of a premature electionation, just like they did with the fake National Guard memo story. They get sooo excited that they are going to really teach those evil conservatives a lesson that they get impatient and shoot their lip off too early.
Its news because it shows his pickups were working.
Its news because it shows his pickups were working.
But Brad, it was with a 21 year old. Don’t the liberals always tell us that sex between consenting adults is OK and no one should interfere or cast judgement? Unless it can be milked for hypocritical partisan advantage that is. Principles, only when expedient eh?
Ok does not mean its not news. Like I said: its news because his pickups were working. People are concerned about his pickups.
Also in hte article it states that the 21-year old says that the congressmen didn’t have sex with minors, but waited. Thats an important piece of information.
But certainly. Lets not cast judgment. The GOP should run foley for president.
So, I’m watching Chris Mathews.(First time in ten years) He looked pretty giddy about the Foley stuff. I think in Chris Mathews mind, the dems have already taken back control of both houses. He might be right, but we still have to go through with the election process. Sorry Chris.
First, this isn’t running out of steam anytime soon, despite your deepest wishes. Look at the Post, and you see confirmation that a Republican representative knew about Foley in 2000. Hate to say it, but you better hope that Rove can pull OBL out of his hat.
Second,you people have to be kidding me. Have you seen Republican ads this cycle. You know the ones that equate being against torture with wanting to have tea parties and spa treatments for terrorists. If you guys think for a second that Republicans are vetting their ads for accuracy, then you’ve really drunk the Kool-Aid. Your side created ads that about suggested that a Vietnam vet was looking to partner with OBL because he wanted union rights for airport screeners. Republicans have lost any right to complain about unfair charges in ads.
- Ok derrick….Name me ONE thing, one, that the Liberals have cooperated with the administration on in the WOT.
- Oh and BTW. You are in desperate need of a new crystal ball. Even the feckless Left can’t afford to go on yammering about a gay ex-congressman, now that the NK has tested the bomb. I kind of hope you idiots do though. It’s so You. Negotiating/talking while Rome burns, and gay bashing for political profit, busily ignoring the important events. Idiotarians, 24/7.
- Bang