--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > <snip> > Which is why this current scandal is so important, > > given its potential to make these folks realize how > > empty are the claims of this movement's leaders. > > > > Foley himself is just the straw the camel stepped > > on and broke. It's what his behavior reveals about > > the leaders that their hypocritical propaganda that > > is really significant. > > > > (Greenwald's great. But man, he does run on!) > > > I forget who it was here who said this Foley thing is a dodge to > divert attention from the crumbling Bush claim that "Great White > Father" Bush keeps us safe from terror in the "Homeland" (God, I > detest that word...).
Wayback and Bhairitu. > I think a calculation was made by Rove and the Republican > leadership to sacrifice Foley since it appears the House will > go Democratic anyway, and take the attention away from > Rice 'forgetting' a warning from the CIA re: 911, and other > incidents that have recently come to light regarding the ever > more transparent facade of Bush's "War on Terra". I think this is tinfoil-hattery, frankly. It's even now by no means a foregone conclusion that the Republicans will lose the House, first; they're still pouring money into the races like crazy. Second, the scandal has discredited the entire Republican leadership and by extension Republicans in general. If the Republicans are going to lose the House, the administration certainly doesn't want them to lose *big*; they'll want the margin to be as narrow as possible, so every seat is worth fighting for, with a strong leadership to whip the remaining Republicans into an effective opposition party. The administration is certainly going to *exploit* the scandal however it can, to squeeze any possible advantage out of it now that it's happened, but it's been too vastly destructive to the Republican effort for it to have been worth it just as a distraction. Finally, the various other issues--Condi vs. 9/11 and so on--can all be *finessed* to some extent--which Republicans are very good at doing-- because they're fairly complicated, whereas the Foley scandal is very clear-cut and easy for voters to understand. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
