Fraudulent Associated Press
This story below about Hastert is so misleading its shocking that the press gets away with it. I printed it below before they change it.
The story argues at first that a third congressman reveals that Hastert knew about "lewd" emails. In fact Hastert has said he knew about the emails, (the ones of which the only out of the oridinary thing asks for a picture). What he said he did not know about was the instant messages. Nevertheless the AP story misreports in the first paragraph that Hastert contends he did not know about the emails.
Further, the AP calls the emails "lewd," in the Headline of the story, yet, the only inappropriate thing in the emails was a request for a picture. Does that qualify as "lewd?" In contrast, the AP refers to the instant messages as "salacious," which means.....you guessed it the same as "lewd."
The problem with this case is that it is so easy to imply that Hastert knew before hand about the instant messgages, by claiming that they are one in the same with the emails. What a hit job!
UPDATE: Now hear that Hastert did not know about the emails, only that his staff knew about them. The story is very confusing....
And then this new ad from Patty Wetterling:
Read more about the Wetterling ad here.
Third congressman says Hastert knew
Speaker Hastert continues to deny he knew of Foley’s lewd emails to pages
The Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A third figure in the page scandal threatening to envelop House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggested Wednesday the speaker knew of an inappropriate e-mail that Rep. Mark Foley sent to a Louisiana boy before the matter became public.
Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., the congressman who sponsored the page at the heart of the furor, said Hastert "knew about the e-mails that we knew about," including one in which Foley asked the page to send his picture.
The speaker has said he was not aware of the e-mails when they were discussed with his staff. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, and House GOP campaign chairman Rep. Tom Reynolds of New York, said they had spoken with Hastert about a complaint concerning a former page from Louisiana last spring, after Alexander told them about it.
Hastert position unchangedHastert's position did not change after Alexander's comments. "The speaker's staff knew about this; the speaker didn't," said his spokesman, Ron Bonjean.
Alexander asserted on Fox News that Hastert's knowledge was limited to e-mails that made the page uncomfortable -- not the salacious instant messages Foley is reported to have made to pages. "Speaker Hastert is a good man," he said. "He is a good leader. And I think he would personally break the neck of anybody he thought was trying to sexually abuse a young man or woman."
The chairmen of two coalitions of social and fiscal conservatives in Congress rallied behind Hastert as some other conservatives demanded he step down. "Speaker Hastert is a man of integrity," Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., said in a joint statement. "Speaker Dennis Hastert should not resign."
Capital caseOn the federal investigation into Foley's communications with teenagers in the congressional page program, acting U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor for the District of Columbia told Hill officials to "preserve all records" related to the matter, according to a Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
It was not immediately clear when Taylor's letter to Hill officials was sent or to whom.
Foley, of Florida, resigned his House seat after the e-mails and reports of the instant messages were exposed, and checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center. The ensuing uproar has engulfed Republicans who were already at risk at losing control of Congress in elections five weeks away.
Should he stay or should he go?Conservatives debated whether Hastert should resign over his handling of the matter.
Activist Richard A. Viguerie was among those who called for Hastert to step down. "The fact that they just walked away from this, it sounds like they were trying to protect one of their own members rather than these young boys," Viguerie said on Fox News.
Asked by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday whether he would quit, Hastert said, "I'm not going to do that."
Hastert says he first heard details of the Foley matter Friday after the story came out. Yet he has not specifically disputed Reynolds's comment that he raised the subject with the speaker much earlier.
Even while coming to Hastert's defense, Alexander also indicated the speaker knew of the nature of e-mails that the page reported to his parents. The parents asked to have Foley's contacts stop but apparently did not want to pursue the matter further.
Hastert "only knew about the e-mails that we knew about," Alexander said, citing from one of them: "Can I have a picture of you?"
President Bush, speaking at a Stockton, Calif., elementary school on Tuesday, said he was disgusted by the Foley revelations and voiced support for Hastert.
"I know that he wants all the facts to come out," the president said.
The story argues at first that a third congressman reveals that Hastert knew about "lewd" emails. In fact Hastert has said he knew about the emails, (the ones of which the only out of the oridinary thing asks for a picture). What he said he did not know about was the instant messages. Nevertheless the AP story misreports in the first paragraph that Hastert contends he did not know about the emails.
Further, the AP calls the emails "lewd," in the Headline of the story, yet, the only inappropriate thing in the emails was a request for a picture. Does that qualify as "lewd?" In contrast, the AP refers to the instant messages as "salacious," which means.....you guessed it the same as "lewd."
The problem with this case is that it is so easy to imply that Hastert knew before hand about the instant messgages, by claiming that they are one in the same with the emails. What a hit job!
UPDATE: Now hear that Hastert did not know about the emails, only that his staff knew about them. The story is very confusing....
And then this new ad from Patty Wetterling:
“It shocks the conscience. Congressional leaders have admitted to covering up the predatory behavior of a congressman who used the internet to molest children.”
Read more about the Wetterling ad here.
Third congressman says Hastert knew
Speaker Hastert continues to deny he knew of Foley’s lewd emails to pages
The Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A third figure in the page scandal threatening to envelop House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggested Wednesday the speaker knew of an inappropriate e-mail that Rep. Mark Foley sent to a Louisiana boy before the matter became public.
Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., the congressman who sponsored the page at the heart of the furor, said Hastert "knew about the e-mails that we knew about," including one in which Foley asked the page to send his picture.
The speaker has said he was not aware of the e-mails when they were discussed with his staff. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, and House GOP campaign chairman Rep. Tom Reynolds of New York, said they had spoken with Hastert about a complaint concerning a former page from Louisiana last spring, after Alexander told them about it.
Hastert position unchangedHastert's position did not change after Alexander's comments. "The speaker's staff knew about this; the speaker didn't," said his spokesman, Ron Bonjean.
Alexander asserted on Fox News that Hastert's knowledge was limited to e-mails that made the page uncomfortable -- not the salacious instant messages Foley is reported to have made to pages. "Speaker Hastert is a good man," he said. "He is a good leader. And I think he would personally break the neck of anybody he thought was trying to sexually abuse a young man or woman."
The chairmen of two coalitions of social and fiscal conservatives in Congress rallied behind Hastert as some other conservatives demanded he step down. "Speaker Hastert is a man of integrity," Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., said in a joint statement. "Speaker Dennis Hastert should not resign."
Capital caseOn the federal investigation into Foley's communications with teenagers in the congressional page program, acting U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor for the District of Columbia told Hill officials to "preserve all records" related to the matter, according to a Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
It was not immediately clear when Taylor's letter to Hill officials was sent or to whom.
Foley, of Florida, resigned his House seat after the e-mails and reports of the instant messages were exposed, and checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center. The ensuing uproar has engulfed Republicans who were already at risk at losing control of Congress in elections five weeks away.
Should he stay or should he go?Conservatives debated whether Hastert should resign over his handling of the matter.
Activist Richard A. Viguerie was among those who called for Hastert to step down. "The fact that they just walked away from this, it sounds like they were trying to protect one of their own members rather than these young boys," Viguerie said on Fox News.
Asked by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday whether he would quit, Hastert said, "I'm not going to do that."
Hastert says he first heard details of the Foley matter Friday after the story came out. Yet he has not specifically disputed Reynolds's comment that he raised the subject with the speaker much earlier.
Even while coming to Hastert's defense, Alexander also indicated the speaker knew of the nature of e-mails that the page reported to his parents. The parents asked to have Foley's contacts stop but apparently did not want to pursue the matter further.
Hastert "only knew about the e-mails that we knew about," Alexander said, citing from one of them: "Can I have a picture of you?"
President Bush, speaking at a Stockton, Calif., elementary school on Tuesday, said he was disgusted by the Foley revelations and voiced support for Hastert.
"I know that he wants all the facts to come out," the president said.
posted by Sloanasaurus | 10/04/2006 02:18:00 PM
Wetterling has a history of exploiting the misfortunes of children for her own egotistical gain. No one wants to say this, but I know everyone has thought it.
Drudge just reported tat Foley's IM friend has been discovered and that ABC misreported that the former page was only 17 at the time of the emails. In fact the former page was 18.
What a nasty goof by ABC.
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