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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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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.
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 …
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.
Investor's Business Daily:
Did Democrats Page Mark Foley? — Scandal: Right after Mark Foley was revealed to have had inappropriate e-mail conversations with a 16-year-old page, he resigned and checked into rehab. Now, what did Democrats know, and when did they know it? — Yes, you read that right: the Democrats.
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.
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Bush Says He Is 'Dismayed' by Foley Scandal — President Bush said today that he was "dismayed and shocked" by the e-mails and instant messages that former Representative Mark Foley sent to teenage Congressional pages, directly addressing for the first time a matter that threatens to cost …
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CNN:Attorney: Clergyman molested Foley as teen
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
NRCC Uses Small Children As Human Shields — Uh. Mah. Gawd. — I...words simply fail me. — In the fine tradition of George W. Bush standing under the "Mission Accomplished" sign, or any one of the Katrina backdrops (where no expense was spared to bring power to an area for a photo op …
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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.
Buffalo News:Reynolds denies coverup on Foley
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Redstate:
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 …
The Anchoress:
CBS' "FreeSpeech" a barn-burner - UPDATED — If you didn't see it, you need to watch the video or read the text of "FreeSpeech" guest, Brian Rohrbough, who lost a child at the Columbine massacre. He said, in part: … Lots and lots of comments being left at CBS, and aside from a few people …
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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.
Michael Melia / Associated Press:
High-calorie diet fattens U.S. detainees — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Offered a high-calorie diet and kept in their cells almost around the clock, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay are becoming fat. — Meals totaling a whopping 4,200 calories per day are brought to their cells …
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CNN:
Police: School killer told wife he molested family members … (CNN) — Pennsylvania schoolhouse killer Charles Carl Roberts IV told his wife he molested young relatives 20 years ago and was dreaming about molesting children again, police said Tuesday. — Investigators talked to relatives …
Associated Press:
MTSU poll: Corker, Ford in dead heat in Senate race — Tennessee's race for the U.S. Senate is a dead heat between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr., according to a Middle Tennessee State University poll released today. — The MTSU telephone survey showed 43 percent …
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