October 5, 2006
l'affaire Foley
Random thoughts and a response to a thoughtful email on day five of the Foley contretemps. In short: We. Are. Screwed.
Kudlow on TV last night said that Speaker Hastert called him. He appreciated the gesture, listened, but was still unconvinced. Larry Sabato was on and said that the GOP would surely lose the House if he stepped down. Kudlow said "Principles over Politics!" with which I certainly agree.
Like anthropogenic global warming, however, I don't think there are enough solid facts to support a call for Hastert's ouster (though it would make a good band name). When it is all said and done, if some things I have heard are true I will join in.
Did you see that commercial from the lady running for MN-06? She's sure crimes were committed. They ran the spot on Kudlow's show and on FOXNews Special Report.
Some are thinking that this is a "Wellstone funeral moment" and that the ferocity of the Democrats could backfire, especially if they are found to have sat on allegations to save it for a propitious political moment. The Democrats are certainly capable of blundering any opportunity, but this comes down more to a management failure than a cover-up.
Rep Pelosi's culture of corruption is revived from the dead: a feeble corrupt leadership holds on to power at the expense of the children!
The comparison was made to the House Banking scandal that helped usher in the 104th GOP takeover. Here is an easy to understand scandal featuring an entrenched bureaucracy that is dropping in popularity. That's the scary part.
Dems take the House. Period. The Corner said Ms. Pelosi was measuring the curtains for her new office...
Lastly, I flat out reject hints that the "children" were complicit somehow. I really wish we'd stop calling 16-year olds children, but they are minors, and was pointed out in a discussion on Kudlow's show last night, they are young political junkies who idolize the House members. There has not be a greater disparity in power and influence since men slept with their slaves. There can be no true consensual relations between such disproportionate castes.