Republicans are racing to dump "Foley-money"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/03/politics/main2059264.shtml

AP) Republicans in tight re-election contests were unloading contributions they received over the years from Mark Foley, the former congressman ensnared in an e-mail sex scandal.

But the National Republican Congressional Committee, which has received $550,000 from Foley since 1996, will keep its money, committee spokesman Carl Forti said.

"We will be using the money like every other contribution — to help elect Republicans across the country," Forti said.

In Buffalo, N.Y., the Republican chairman of the committee, Tom Reynolds, dismissed the notion that the committee give up or donate the $100,000 it received from Foley last summer. He spoke at a news conference in which he also defended himself against suggestions that he didn't act appropriately when he learned of Foley's contact with a Louisiana teenager.

"It's astounding to me as a parent or a grandparent that anyone would insinuate that I would seek to cover up inappropriate conduct between an adult and a child," Reynolds said, flanked by about 30 children and as many parents.

Among Republicans disposing of Foley money were Virginia Sen. George Allen, who plans to give the $2,000 his campaign received to a charitable cause, and Rep. Heather Wilson of New Mexico, who plans to give away $8,000 she received between 1998 and 2002. Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., already donated $2,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-Conn., returned $1,000 she had received from Foley's political action committee.

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not flanked by.

Wow, I'm so impressed. I can't wait to rush down to the polling spot and vote for those wonderful christian conservatives.

They want Foley to donate the money to the NRCC (i.e. the operation run by Rep. Reynolds, whose chief of staff is the ex Foley chief of staff) so that when the NRCC spends it on behalf of "the party" instead of "the candidates," it's "clean" money again, not tainted by a predator grooming scandal.

And this is better how?

they just want the "appearance" of being decent

if they really wanted to do a good deed, they would donate it to an inner city school for repairs..or to a soup kitchen

Foley was good at raising money and he gave lots ,of it away. Thats why they refused to go after his pedophilia. Money..

When it's puny amounts of money (in GOP terms), it's worth the kabuki to give it back. But when it's $100,000 to $550,000 ... whoa! That's serious money - so screw the kids.

Fucking ghouls!