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Sunday, October 08, 2006
The Politics of Sticks and Stones
CGG gets Lieberman's emails. Funny.
Almost as funny as outfitting Young Republicans in light-bulb hats. But not quite.
And, on an only slightly related note, not nearly as funny as this:
Almost as funny as outfitting Young Republicans in light-bulb hats. But not quite.
And, on an only slightly related note, not nearly as funny as this:
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Ned Lamont has to make a pledge that if he is elected that he will not support Frist or any other Republicans for the leadership of the Senate. Then he has to challenge alleged Democrat Joe Lieberman to make the same pledge. If Joe Lieberman is a real Democrat he will, of course, make the pledge. If he won't it will show that he can't be trusted to remain a Democrat if he wins the election. Will he risk angering Republicans by being the Democrat he claims he is or whill he slap Democrats in the face, even those prepared to vote for him next month to please Republican voters?
Some Connecticut voter has to get Ned Lamont to make the pledge. He has to be asked to make the pledge so Joe Lieberman can't whine about a double standard. If Lamont goes first there is no way for him to do that. Connecticut voters have to then challenge alleged Democrat, Joe Lieberman to make this pledge to Democratic and independent voters. You would think it would be the easiest possible thing in the world for a genuine Democrat to do.
Some Connecticut voter has to get Ned Lamont to make the pledge. He has to be asked to make the pledge so Joe Lieberman can't whine about a double standard. If Lamont goes first there is no way for him to do that. Connecticut voters have to then challenge alleged Democrat, Joe Lieberman to make this pledge to Democratic and independent voters. You would think it would be the easiest possible thing in the world for a genuine Democrat to do.
energyanalyst, if Lieberman could be the swing vote this could be crucial. And if you read how it was written, I didn't give Lieberman wiggle room. Back to remedial reading for you.
Besides, there are many more political implications in the questions than just the control of the Senate. Loyalty to Democratic Voters being the most important of all.
Besides, there are many more political implications in the questions than just the control of the Senate. Loyalty to Democratic Voters being the most important of all.
Crumbling Support for GOP
All year, CQPolitics.com’s ratings of House and Senate races have been a virtual one-way street: Almost all rating changes show improved chances for the Democrats to capture seats — a reflection of the year’s toxic political environment for the Republicans who control both chambers of Congress and the White House.
Reynolds lags behind Davis after connection to Foley scandal
CNN summary of this week's Time magazine cover story
But after controlling both houses of Congress for most of President Bush's six years in office, the GOP has a governing record that has dismayed those who fantasized about what Newt Gingrich and his band of rebels might accomplish.
YeeeHa!
To win votes back home, lawmakers in session have been spending like sailors on leave, producing the biggest budget deficits in history. The party's approach to national security has taken the country into a war that most Americans now believe was a mistake and that the government's own intelligence experts say has shaped "a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives."
The current crisis arrived with a sex scandal that has muddied one of the GOP's few remaining patches of moral high ground -- their defense of family values and personal accountability.
Though Hastert and other Republican leaders say they heard last fall about the "over-friendly" approaches of a not-so-secretly gay congressman to a 16-year-old former page, they insist they never imagined anything like the more graphic instant messages that subsequently came to light.
But shouldn't they have gotten chills at learning that a 52-year-old man had sent a teenager a creepy e-mail asking for a "pic of you"? Certainly, the page understood what the emails meant, which is why he forwarded it in August 2005 to the office of Louisiana Congressman Rodney Alexander, who had sponsored him for the page program.
"This freaked me out," the teenager wrote. "Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick."
Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000
A spokeswoman for Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) confirmed yesterday that a former page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel uncomfortable with the direction Foley (R-Fla.) was taking their e-mail relationship.
A source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read the contents to The Washington Post under the condition that they not be reprinted.
Kolbe once invited four former pages to make use of his Washington home while he was out of town, according to an instant message between Foley and another former page, Jordan Edmund, in January 2002.
[Kolbe spokeswoman] Cline said one of the youths invited was a former page of Kolbe's.
Cline said one of the youths invited was a former page of Kolbe's. Because the congressman frequently travels on weekends, either to his Arizona ranch or abroad, the house is often available to friends, constituents, staffers and former staff members, such as a former page, she said.
Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in Congress, is retiring at the end of the year.
Bingo.
All year, CQPolitics.com’s ratings of House and Senate races have been a virtual one-way street: Almost all rating changes show improved chances for the Democrats to capture seats — a reflection of the year’s toxic political environment for the Republicans who control both chambers of Congress and the White House.
Reynolds lags behind Davis after connection to Foley scandal
CNN summary of this week's Time magazine cover story
But after controlling both houses of Congress for most of President Bush's six years in office, the GOP has a governing record that has dismayed those who fantasized about what Newt Gingrich and his band of rebels might accomplish.
YeeeHa!
To win votes back home, lawmakers in session have been spending like sailors on leave, producing the biggest budget deficits in history. The party's approach to national security has taken the country into a war that most Americans now believe was a mistake and that the government's own intelligence experts say has shaped "a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives."
The current crisis arrived with a sex scandal that has muddied one of the GOP's few remaining patches of moral high ground -- their defense of family values and personal accountability.
Though Hastert and other Republican leaders say they heard last fall about the "over-friendly" approaches of a not-so-secretly gay congressman to a 16-year-old former page, they insist they never imagined anything like the more graphic instant messages that subsequently came to light.
But shouldn't they have gotten chills at learning that a 52-year-old man had sent a teenager a creepy e-mail asking for a "pic of you"? Certainly, the page understood what the emails meant, which is why he forwarded it in August 2005 to the office of Louisiana Congressman Rodney Alexander, who had sponsored him for the page program.
"This freaked me out," the teenager wrote. "Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick."
Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000
A spokeswoman for Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) confirmed yesterday that a former page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel uncomfortable with the direction Foley (R-Fla.) was taking their e-mail relationship.
A source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read the contents to The Washington Post under the condition that they not be reprinted.
Kolbe once invited four former pages to make use of his Washington home while he was out of town, according to an instant message between Foley and another former page, Jordan Edmund, in January 2002.
[Kolbe spokeswoman] Cline said one of the youths invited was a former page of Kolbe's.
Cline said one of the youths invited was a former page of Kolbe's. Because the congressman frequently travels on weekends, either to his Arizona ranch or abroad, the house is often available to friends, constituents, staffers and former staff members, such as a former page, she said.
Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in Congress, is retiring at the end of the year.
Bingo.
energyanalyst, one obligation, that to the voters doesn't negate obligations of someone asking Democrats for THEIR nomination. The Democratic nomination doesn't belong to members of other parties it belongs to DEMOCRATIC voters.
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