Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, questioned yesterday why Alexander had gone to the House Republicans' chief political operative, rather than to other party leaders. "That's to protect a member, not to protect a child," Emanuel said.
And this from the WaPo story:
Rich Galen, a Republican political strategist, worried that voters might lump Foley's name with former representatives Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), all of whom were forced to resign or were indicted amid various scandals this year.
"This sense of entitlement that members of Congress can do anything to anyone or for anyone has got to end," Galen said.
I am sick to death of these people.
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I was so sick of my own party, the Democrats, that I registered Republican in 2004 (and then voted for John Kerry, anyway). We need the Purple Party, now.>
Purple party? Well, it would definitely be all over gay marriage. :)>
YOU'RE 'sick to death of these people', Rod???
Welcome to the club.>
Well, I agree that Republicans should have stomped on this creep but when democrats has exactly the same kind of scandal in their own ranks with Rep Gerry Stubs, they continued to support him and he may still be serving in congress. He certainly wasn't felled for an outright affair with an underage male page.>
Rod- I've been growing sick of the Republicans for a long time now. I think the whole Democrat versus Republican paradigm has become useless and no longer makes sense. I don't expect anything from "Republicans" anymore just because they are "Republicans." That has become meaningless. From a political standpoint, the whole party system is broken.
I guess what I meant is that, in some sense, I have become sick of everything and everybody, including myself- not in the sense of despairing, but simply realizing how fallen we all are, how much we are in need of God's grace.>
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