Comments on: More on Foley http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 08 Dec 2024 05:27:48 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pros and Cons » Foley’s Folly (and Republicans’ Nightmare) http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787&cpage=1#comment-933609 Pros and Cons » Foley’s Folly (and Republicans’ Nightmare) Mon, 02 Oct 2024 12:10:14 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787#comment-933609 [...] Steven Taylor has been following this whole Foley fiasco (see here, here, and here (he has posted several other posts on this topic, but these are the most extensive). Much to my dismay, I find that I’m too much of a cynic to be terribly surprised at this sort of thing. [...] [...] Steven Taylor has been following this whole Foley fiasco (see here, here, and here (he has posted several other posts on this topic, but these are the most extensive). Much to my dismay, I find that I’m too much of a cynic to be terribly surprised at this sort of thing. [...]

]]> By: Ratoe http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787&cpage=1#comment-933015 Ratoe Mon, 02 Oct 2024 04:01:24 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787#comment-933015 One thing that makes #3 more plausible is the fact that the first House member Rodney Alexander contacts about the matter was Tom Reynolds, the New York Republican head of the NRCC--the Republican Party's COngressional re-election wing. Why would he first go to a <i>political</i> guy rather than through House leadership? Most likely to deal with the potential political fall out. There is no other plausible reason, which makes me suspect that there was some time of cover up--or willful ignorance--going on in the upper echelons of the Republican House. One thing that makes #3 more plausible is the fact that the first House member Rodney Alexander contacts about the matter was Tom Reynolds, the New York Republican head of the NRCC–the Republican Party’s COngressional re-election wing.

Why would he first go to a political guy rather than through House leadership? Most likely to deal with the potential political fall out. There is no other plausible reason, which makes me suspect that there was some time of cover up–or willful ignorance–going on in the upper echelons of the Republican House.

]]> By: Rob M http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787&cpage=1#comment-932241 Rob M Sun, 01 Oct 2024 16:09:27 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10787#comment-932241 Well, the St. Pete Times had the email last year and said that there was nothing "overtly sexual" about the emails. It seems that if this was the only page that had come forward to House leadership then there may not have been anything they really could have done. Well, the St. Pete Times had the email last year and said that there was nothing “overtly sexual” about the emails. It seems that if this was the only page that had come forward to House leadership then there may not have been anything they really could have done.

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