Check this out from next door to SD. Wetterling uses Foley in campaign. And facts don't get in the way.
From Hugh Hewitt:
“It shocks the conscience. Congressional leaders have admitted to covering up the predatory behavior of a congressman who used the internet to molest children.”
That quote comes from a new campaign ad by Patty Wetterling, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 6th district. You have to admit, it’s pretty impressive – in two introductory sentences, Wetterling ably and completely misrepresents two of the key facts of the Foley scandal.
and..It’s important to put this commercial in context. It’s already been linked to by Markos Moulitsas who gushes, “Patty Wetterling in MN-06 is already using Foley in an ad. More will follow.” We should also recall Nancy Pelosi’s promise last night to tar every Republican candidate with the Foley scandal.
Once again we get an unhindered view of the Democrats’ campaign philosophy: Offer pure bile, unconstrained by any fidelity to available facts. As has so often been the case in recent history, the last days of a campaign season are revealing the true face of the Democratic Party. It ain’t pretty.
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Foley's fellow republican reps knew about this over a year ago and even brought it directly to the speaker of the house - Dennis Hastert.
Instead of investigating something, they chose to ignore the whole matter.
Imagine if the police had been advised by a boy's parents that an adult is sending questionable e-mails to their underage son, and won't quit doing it.
Would the police investigate the matter and see what all of the e-mails said and who else the man sent e-mails to? Or would they just talk to the man and close their investigation on the suspect's say-so?
There is a willful indifference by Republican leadership to the safety of people in the Page program.
Republicans put the desire to protect their own ahead of the need to protect kids.
Politics has become a dirty game - and yes, facts don't get in the way. If you have any doubt about that, take a look at those Vote Yes for 6 ads that claim there is an option for rape and incest victims.
That bill mentions nothing about an option for rape and incest victims. It just allows for people to take Plan B, which must be done within 72 hours and has a 10 percent failure rate.
Sen. Thune even said there is no option for rape and incest victims. So who are you going to believe, Leslee Unruh, who has a hidden agenda, or Sen. Thune, who finds himself between a rock and a hard place?
Give South Dakota voters some credit. They know dirt when they see it, and they know lies when they read it. HB 1215 is in trouble for both reasons.
Or does that not matter? Judging by the tone of your comment, you apparently believe in the "Just Win, Baby! Nothing Else Matters." school of political discourse. So, why not insinuate Foley fiddles around with kids!
So, what's next? You guys got some goods the rest of America doesn't know about? Like, perhaps, some story about a GOP Congresscritter having some "truth teller" MURDERED? Or are you guys going to try some actual physical violence against GOP campaign workers?
Where do you draw the line? If you draw a line.
My daughter was quoted in a story about this issue last spring, and every nut in the nation came out of the woodwork. They phoned and e-mailed her to the point that she was afraid for the safety of her and her family. (And she has nothing to do with Planned Parenthood!)
If the people who comment on here call pro-choice people murderers and baby killers, and compare them to Hitler and mass murderers, it makes me wonder just how far they are willing to go to get their point across.
But isn't it sad that this is what politics has descended to? Mudslinging, innuendo, etc etc.
Politics should be about ideas, about where a candidate stands on an issue, etc etc. This is what voters need to make informed decisions in the voting booth. This other stuff should be handled as a criminal action but should not be made an issue in a campaign.