tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post6960207795696454311..comments2023-03-26T01:08:25.366-07:00Comments on Coyote Squirrel's Random Musings: Foleygate is Great for the GOPR.A. Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post-33691944879242390802006-10-06T12:37:00.000-07:002006-10-06T12:37:00.000-07:00You Democrats are sooooo funny.
No one listens to...You Democrats are sooooo funny.<br /><br />No one listens to Rush & etc. regularly except those that are already of that political bent (like me), so quit trying to imply that Rush has an effect on anyone else. He doesn't.<br /><br />Further, the press is jumping on this most gleefully cuz it's a Republican that's a bad boy. If it was a Dem, they'd play it up too, but it wouldn't be such big "news" except for the jucier parts of the messages.<br /><br />You have the might of the entire media machine behind you, with the exception of Fox and a few "right wing crazies" on the qaint old technology of radio, oh, and a few foaming at the mouth bloggers (who are obviously all lying of course).<br /><br />I suspect that your party will make a comeback, but quit pointing fingers all around as you correctly acuse the Republicans of doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post-23249379524795297812006-10-04T15:50:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:50:00.000-07:00And...what the hell. I'm waiting to interview a ca...And...what the hell. I'm waiting to interview a candidate in a few minutes. I had five minutes to kill:<br /><a href="http://www.democrats.org/">DNC website</a> has <br />- <a href="http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/10/the_tom_reynold.php">The Tom Reynolds-Mark Foley Connection</a><br />- <a href="http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/10/why_did_gop_lea.php">Why did GOP Leaders Sit on Foley Emails?</a><br />- <a href="http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/10/gop_implodes_ov.php">GOP Implodes Over Foley Scandal</a>.<br /><br />Under "Democrats Making Headlines" on the DCCC's front page, there are links to WaPo and Times articles on Foley. (Neither story much touches on Dems, though.)<br /><br />Josh is all-Foley, all-the-time now. Though I will grant that the other l-blogs are balanced. <br /><br />Now, are the DNC and DCCC websites relevant? Not particularly, unless they start soliciting using Foleygate. Are l-blogs important? Meh. Is the MSM left-wing? <br /><br />HAHAHAHA! That's funny! Sorry, I fell off my chair for a sec!<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I don't see this disgusting and tragic abuse of power as benefitting the Dems. I see it blowing back up in our faces. Maybe that's just six years of trying to kick the damn ball and believing each time that Lucy's going to let me. Or maybe it's my complete lack of faith in the chewy center of the bell curve.R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post-48841060230452972352006-10-04T15:33:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:33:00.000-07:00Oh, and I missed this. That's staying on message.
...Oh, and I missed <a href="http://sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/archive/100306B.html">this</a>. That's staying on message.<br /><br /><i>Note: I did not see the broadcast, and the single youtube link I found for it is a 20s loop of this image...I don't know if this is a doctored image or not, but wouldn't be shocked if it were true.</i>R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post-22268358675208359942006-10-04T15:23:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:23:00.000-07:00It's a little early to really see how this is goin...It's a little early to really see how this is going to shake out. We'll have more, and more significant, polling numbers late this week and early next. Plus, the only poll that really matters is still five weeks out. However, this <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20061004/cm_huffpost/030955">Zogby</a> poll data show no movement for the early days of the scandal. I don't think Zogby's the best source for accurate poll data, but it's available now. <br /><br />You're sheltered in two relevant ways: you don't have to interact with a large number of right-wingers on a regular basis (of which I'm very jealous - I'm surrounded, here); and you're well-informed. You are still working under the assumption that voters are going to correctly identify Mark Foley's (and Denny Hastert's) party affiliation and that they're going to care in the way a reasonable person would.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/nooneeverwen.html">H.L. Mencken</a> said it best.R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926635.post-38306857494457811212006-10-04T15:02:00.000-07:002006-10-04T15:02:00.000-07:00Nice boilerplate. When Richard Cohen is ready to r...Nice boilerplate. When Richard Cohen is ready to retire from WaPo I'll be sure to put in a good word for you.<br /><br />Again, I realize you're happy in your little kid-free world and you're not Catholic, but please won't you join us? Foley wasn't just sex-predatorizing in Florida, he was in Washington, where he had access to EVERYBODY's kids. How many more pages are going to come forward that their sponsor knew, but didn't help? When you've lost Nancy Grace, it's time to come home.<br /><br />I don't know where you've been getting your news (Rush?)--I read a ton of junk online and I haven't seen ANY reaction from prominent Dems. Jesus, the story speaks for itself. There hasn't even been a complaint for copyright infringement on the unauthorized use of the circular firing-squad. Go ahead and echo the wingnut talking points that the Dems don't have a plan or message or values or whatever, but at least they're smart enough to stay the hell out of this mess. Next you'll tell me that Dems' silence is tacit approval/complicity. I haven't received a single beg from the DNC on this topic at all.<br /><br />Their allies on the left? The so-called liberal media? Bloggers? Whatever. I know it's been a while, but this is almost what responsible reporting is supposed to look like.<br /><br />As to conservatives voting locally? whatever. I don't see anybody trying to ban gay-marriage, but only in podunk, kentucky. Or building a wall around buttscratch, utah to keep the illegals out. Yes South Dakota tried to ban abortion, Kansas evolution--but I don't think the GOTV "values-voters" (remember? the folks that delivered Ohio in 2004?) give a damn about whether the honorable Mr. X will bring water to the valley and Mr. Y won't. You think the vaunted "security moms" are going for this? At the very least this will cause a lot of "values-voters" to stay home.<br /><br />As to those "vote-for-me I'm more christian" candidates--it's far too late in the game. The coverup killed that tactic--it's like the earlier summer strategy where the Republicans were trying to position themselves as the "Party of Change" that they'd clean up Washington etc. Christ the last thing ANY republican candidate wants to talk about is this scandal.<br /><br />The moralist right is finally collapsing under its own hypocrisy, the cognitive dissonance on this scandal is just too much to bear and so far the Dems have done a good job to stand out the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com