Thinking It Through
So here is the Democratic playbook for exploiting the Foley scandal to the maximum possible political advantage.
Given what we know, what we don't know, and what we don't know we don't know, it seems strangely premature for The Washington Times to demand Hastert's resignation.
After all, at this point, it seems that Hastert knew only about the emails, rather than the shockingly explicit instant messages that Foley was exchanging with a 16 year old Congressional page. At this point, the Drudge Report is saying that the New York Times will report that the FBI had the emails (not the IMs) for some time, but found no grounds upon which to prosecute.
If that's the case -- again, if, because we really don't know -- then Hastert had the same information the FBI did; upon what grounds was he to take action? After all, had he tried to drive Foley from the House on the grounds of non-criminal emails, couldn't Foley have cried "homophobia" . . . and wouldn't that have been a call that would have met with some sympathy from the Democrats?
Given what we know, what we don't know, and what we don't know we don't know, it seems strangely premature for The Washington Times to demand Hastert's resignation.
After all, at this point, it seems that Hastert knew only about the emails, rather than the shockingly explicit instant messages that Foley was exchanging with a 16 year old Congressional page. At this point, the Drudge Report is saying that the New York Times will report that the FBI had the emails (not the IMs) for some time, but found no grounds upon which to prosecute.
If that's the case -- again, if, because we really don't know -- then Hastert had the same information the FBI did; upon what grounds was he to take action? After all, had he tried to drive Foley from the House on the grounds of non-criminal emails, couldn't Foley have cried "homophobia" . . . and wouldn't that have been a call that would have met with some sympathy from the Democrats?
posted by LadybugUSA at 9:03 PM
2 Comments:
You're kidding me, right? Does something have to be criminal in order to take action? What a joke. It is obvious, even from the emails, that Foley was communicating in a way he shouldn't have been with kids in an intern program. That is unacceptable. Taking no action on it is unacceptable as well. Maybe if they took action on the emails, they would have gotten to the IMs. The Democrats trying to exploit this for political gain are sick, and the Repubs who are trying to defend this for political gain are equally sick. Forget politics, we are talking about kids here.
We are absolutely talking politics here. The strategy is the same as their war,or should I say anti-war strategy. As in any real situation, humans make errors. Wait for the opening, Attack, do some damage, elaborate on the damage, magnify it, draw a bit of blood and hope the enemy (that would be the troops in the war zone and in this case the group in power or Republicans) will cut and run. The troops, Rummy, Hastert they don't care....they should all cut and run.
It certainly is easier to win the upcoming number of seats they hope to win if they can just drum the opposition out with bad press continuing daily. With larger and larger headlines and wilder accusations and screaming demands for the heads of the opposition. Yes I said it. The playbook is the same for both the Islamofascists and the Dems and the press holds the bullhorn on the top of the truck which is driving up and down the streets of all of our towns. It's torture I tell you.
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