Though this entire Foley mess is tragic, sad and sick, it has helped the Democrats a bit here, let's not be coy by denying his misfortune is our gain. I'm guilty myself of posting a few Foley related subjects - However, I would like to remind all that there is a bigger picture here and if I boldly may, use a recent excerpt from Keith Olbermann:
Had it been true that Clinton had been distracted from the hunt for bin Laden in 1998 because of the Monica Lewinsky nonsense, why did these same people not applaud him for having bombed bin Laden’s camps in Afghanistan and Sudan on Aug. 20, of that year? For mentioning bin Laden by name as he did so?
That day, Republican Senator Grams of Minnesota invoked the movie "Wag The Dog."
Republican Senator Coats of Indiana questioned Mr. Clinton’s judgment.
Republican Senator Ashcroft of Missouri—the future attorney general—echoed Coats.
Even Republican Senator Arlen Specter questioned the timing.
And of course, were it true Clinton had been “distracted” by the Lewinsky witch-hunt, who on earth conducted the Lewinsky witch-hunt?
Who turned the political discourse of this nation on its head for two years?
Who corrupted the political media?
Who made it impossible for us to even bring back on the air, the counter-terrorism analysts like Dr. Richard Haass, and James Dunegan, who had warned, at this very hour, on this very network, in early 1998, of cells from the Middle East who sought to attack us, here?
Who preempted them in order to strangle us with the trivia that was, “All Monica All The Time”?
Who distracted whom?
This is, of course, where—as is inevitable—Mr. Bush and his henchmen prove not quite as smart as they think they are.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15004160/While what Mark Foley did was vile, I feel that a few years down the road it may be turned against us - regardless of the fact it's the Repukes doing most of the squabbling. It is human nature to gawk and stare at something that is out of the norm, but the elections are just five short weeks away and taking back control of congress should be in the forefront.
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