Saturday, October 07, 2006

And that's all I have to say about that

I dont feel like wasting a lot of time on this subject, but a couple things ought to be adressed:

1) The Republicans have been saying that this was a "Democratic political ploy", a kind of left wing "October Surprise". Well, since the Republicans have known about Foley's behavior for at least a year, and did nothing about it, I would expect the Democrats to do something. After all, does anybody really want this guy in charge of lawmaking (and belong to committees to protect children)? And God knows that Republicans wouldnt have let that sleeping dog lie, had Foley been a Democrat.

2) Oh, but wait, FOX news seems to have been confused about that... Or not.

Okay, let's say the Dems did know about this, and did release it in order to defeat the Republicans. So? That's politics. And if the GOP knew also (for at least a year), and did nothing about it, I'd call that far worse than telling the public about it at a time calculated to remove a pedophile from Congress. Results are the important thing, arent they, and the result was that Foley is gone. Is that so bad?

Now, let's forget about that bullshit, and remember the real travesty, the one that everyone seems to have forgotten after ABC (you know, the ones who aired the 9-11 hatchett-job on Clinton) broke this story: The Detainee Bill, also known as Yet Another Goddamn Blank Check For George Bush.

1 comment:

daveawayfromhome said...

A note for Rebecca: If part of this post looks familiar, it's because I edited this post after commenting in yours.