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New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote — Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report: — Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Hastert: Foley Scandal Is A Liberal Conspiracy To 'Get To Me' And 'Affect Our Election' — Interviewed by Rush Limbaugh today, House Speaker Hastert said Mark Foley's inappropriate behavior was "a political issue" and promised Rush that "we are going on offense."
Paul Bedard / US News:
Hastert may have just days to save his job — House Speaker Dennis Hastert, under fire for his handling of the Foley page scandal, may have just one or two days to turn the affair around-or quiet it- or face being forced to step aside, say senior GOP House and party officials.
New York Times:
Hastert Fights to Save His Job in Page Scandal — Backed by measured words of support from President Bush, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert opened an intense drive on Tuesday to hold on to his post, but behind the scenes senior Republicans weighed whether he could survive the scandal surrounding former Representative Mark Foley.
Washington Post:
Some Say They Felt Uneasy About Representative's Attention — In 1995, male House pages were warned to steer clear of a freshman Republican from Florida, who was already learning the names of the teenagers, dashing off notes, letters and e-mails to them, and asking them to join him for ice cream, according to a former page.
rushlimbaugh.com:
House Speaker Dennis Hastert — RUSH: We're happy to be joined now by the Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert. Mr. Speaker, welcome to the EIB Network. Great to speak to you again, sir. — SPEAKER HASTERT: Thanks, Rush. Great to be with you today. — RUSH: Now, I guess the big news is …
Maria Newman / New York Times:Bush Says He Is 'Dismayed' by Foley Scandal
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John Dickerson / Slate:Foley Fallout
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Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:Foley Says He Was Abused by a Clergyman
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Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
INCREDIBLE! FOX 'NEWS' LABELS FOLEY AS DEM DURING O'REILLY FACTOR! — Three Different Video Cutaways, 15 Seconds or More Each, Credit Disgraced REPUBLICAN Congressman as Being a Florida DEMOCRAT! — UPDATE: 'Erroneous' Caption Reportedly Scrubbed from Late-night O'Reilly Rerun — Just amazing.
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New polling on the Irey-Murtha race — When the Irey campaign did preliminary polling last spring, the results were not encouraging. The 30-year incumbant in the PA-12 seat, John Murtha, led the little-known Diana Irey by thirty points. Mr. Murtha was emerging as the liberal conscience of the Iraq war …
Buffalowatchdog / wnymedia.net:
VIDEO: Reynolds Dodges Responsibility, Passes Blame to Hastert — Buffalo, NY - Republican Tom Reynolds rented out a daycare facility today as he surrounded himself with kids and families, using them as protection from tough questions about specifics into the Foley messages.
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CNN:
Passengers leaving hijacked jet — BRINDISI, Italy (CNN) — Passengers from a hijacked Turkish plane carrying 113 people are leaving the aircraft after the two unarmed Turks who hijacked the plane, protesting the pope's upcoming visit to Turkey, agreed to release them.
Alexandra Twin / CNNMoney.com:
Dow: Green light for record — Blue-chip indicator hits highest intraday point ever as decline in oil prices proves to be the catalyst. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest level ever Tuesday afternoon, taking out the record trading high hit in January 2000 …
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Brooke A. Masters / Washington Post:Dow Hits New High After a Long Recovery
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Foley lawyer to announce "bombshell" at press conference? Update: Molested as a kid by a priest (Video Added) — So says Raw Story. The conference is due to start soon. We'll have video. — Update: ABC's hearing "bombshell," too. — Update: Some of Foley's colleagues …
Politics Central:
THE BRIEF DUTCH SHARIA ERUPTION — Pieter Dorsman reports on the issue of Sharia law replacing the constitution in the Netherlands: "If a situation could arise where a majority could agree to shred a constitution in favor of religious law - and one from the Middle Ages at that …
Charlie Brennan / Rocky Mountain News:
Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit — A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice President Dick Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him for his policies concerning Iraq.
Andrew J. Bacevich / Los Angeles Times:
The Cold War Inside the Pentagon — The Dept. of Defense's normal tension between civilian and military has degenerated under Rumsfeld. — BOB WOODWARD'S new book, "State of Denial," has political junkies everywhere chattering. Along with its gossipy insider revelations …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Sex scandal, Iraq book take toll on Bush, GOP — NBC/WSJ poll: Bush back in 30s; Dems favored for control of Congress — WASHINGTON - — After what they have seen and heard over the past few weeks — events including the news of a Republican congressman's improper correspondence …
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
In Bill's Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory — As the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away. — Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill …
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
An Opera In the Key Of Denial — BERLIN — "Self-censorship out of fear" is how the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, described the decision. One of her allies accused a great cultural institution of "falling on its knees." The word "kowtow" was thrown around, along with "appeasement" …
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