Oct 04 2006
Democrats Hid Similar Complaints?
The Democrats may have stepped into it big time if what The Prowler is reporting tonight is true:
Just as troubling are concerns among some House Democrat staff that there are potential scandals lurking of a similar vein for them. According to another Democrat source, “I’ve been warning my people to stay away from this story because you just don’t know what will come back to bite you.”
Of concern: that House Democrat leadership or Rep. Dale Kildee (Mich.), the Democrat member of the page board, who has served on it since 1985, or his staff have received complaints about Democrat colleagues’ perceived inappropriate communications or contact with pages or former pages, and have not brought those complaints to the board or House management, such as the House Clerk’s office. Kildee has been vocal about the Foley complaints not being brought before the full board prior to the scandal breaking, and the secretive nature of the Republican leadership’s attempts to bring closure to the scandal.
“We all know this kind of scandal isn’t just a Republican problem,” says a Democrat political consultant in Washington. “We don’t want to see what is out there about Democratic House members or former members.”
But other Democrats say more is to come, that talk among Democrats around town is that researchers at CREW and the House Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee have in recent weeks been in contact, and that there are additional stories involving Republicans and questionable ethics behavior to be leaked closer to election time.
“It’s gossip, and there is just a feeling that the DCCC is in on some of this and that there is more to come closer to Election Day. Remember, [DCCC Chairman Rahm] Emanuel has done this kind of stuff before back with the Clintons,” says the Democrat consultant.
Even democrat sources are pointing to CREW, the George Soros funded dirty tricks outfit. So, is a desparate Rahm Emanuel the senior Democrat we have heard so many rumors about? Interesting to say the least!
This story has so many twists and turns that it is hard to fathom anyone putting it in complete order. While have children and grandchildren and strong feelings concerning the “abuse” of any minor,(or for that matter any human being), I also believe people should have all of their ducks in a row before destroying someone’s life.
Conservatives are viewed in a different light (or should I say Republicans) than are Democrats and the legs these stories get is immeasureable.
You and Mac have done a great job of keeping us informed and
providing links with valuable info. It will be interesting through the week to see what materializes here but I believe that those involved in this debacle should remember “What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” as it sure does seem applicable here.
Here’s hoping tomorrow provides more truth than we seem to have today.
I’m with SMH10. Your efforts, and those of Macsmind have been mentioned in my blog.
Not exactly being mentioned in dispatches, but it’s the best I can do.
Foley Sleeze – It Ain’t Just For Republicans…
The November elections are just that important. Foley and other scum like him, are small potatoes in the overall scheme of what the tomorows are going to be like for our loved ones….
http://washblade.com/2004/6-18/news/national/wave.cfm
during an interview with Aravosis this tidbit came out
It’s a campaign predicted months ago by Steve Gunderson, the former Republican Congressman who came out a decade ago after facing outing threats, and one that other former members of the Austin 12 — the group of gay Republicans who met with President Bush during the 2000 campaign — tried to prevent.
But the current political climate and the renewed anger of gay rights advocates has once again forced open the Pandora’s box, according to Gunderson
The article suggests a co-ordinated campaign of sleaze through election day of continued leaks of real or imaginary impropriety which truly disgusts me on all fronts. Long term the biggest victim may be the process itself.
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