Did Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), head of the NRCC, authorize his chief of staff to try to cut a deal to keep the infamous Foley IMs from being published? The Chief of Staff tried. But did Reynolds know? We’ve got our question in to Reynolds’ office. More here.
USNews: GOPers say Hastert has 24 to 48 hours to save his job.
Great moments in parody during free-fall …
Hastert: If I have to resign over Foley, the terrorists will have won.
Boehner does Schroedinger’s Cat.
Actually, given recent events, maybe I should choose my words more carefully …
Alas, I think we have another in our series of ‘Web Pages That Aren’t Long for This World.”
In this installment, we feature this page at the House website site of Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), the featured photo of which you can see here, in which former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) presents Ehlers with the coveted “Rough Rider” award.
Ahh, happier days. Happier days.
(ed.note: Special thanks to TPM Reader BL.)
Just not a good day for GOP message meisters. I’m looking on the CNN page right now and you’ve got these two headlines right atop each other …
Report: Foley had cybersex before vote
Bush: Dems shouldn’t be trust to run Congress
I think I’ll let that one stand on its own.
“I mean, I don’t know what he counseled him on. You’ll have to ask him.”
Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY) says that he didn’t give his chief of staff permission to advise Mark Foley last weekend.
Okay, in case you haven’t heard it, the Foley ‘bombshell’ is that, according to Foley, he was molested as a child by what his lawyer referred to as a ‘clergyman’. Foley’s lawyer wouldn’t identify the denomination or name of the clergymen. But we’ve looked it up, and earlier press reports state that Foley was raised as a Roman Catholic.
In case you missed it, we’ve just posted the video of Mark Foley’s lawyer’s press conference.