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Desperate Housewife Republicans

By Arthur Ruger
Thu Oct 12, 2006 at 10:11:55 AM PST
Section: United States Topic: Repubs

Thanks also to Cartoonist Mike Lukovich and truthdig.com

What's wrong with that party?

Why do folks like Pat Buchannan and others say it's not the Republican party of old?

Watch Reichert's political ads - no substance and pure desperation.

Watch McGavick's ads - the silliest campaigning we've seen in years. His "stand-on-the-stage" act comes across as an amateur attempt at light-hearted but friendly negative campaigning. Instead he comes out looking like Republican light-weight with no substance and nothing more than empty platitudes.

Then see how a party proclaiming family values - the party of McGavick, Reichert, Hastings & McMorris - really sets priorities about protection of the family.

Check out this brief story out of the conservative The New Republic: How Rove Twisted [Mark] Foley's Arm

But there's more to the story of why Foley stood for re-election this year. Yesterday, a source close to Foley explained to THE NEW REPUBLIC that in early 2006 the congressman had all but decided to retire from the House and set up shop on K Street. "Mark's a friend of mine," says this source. "He told me, 'I'm thinking about getting out of it and becoming a lobbyist.'"
... According to the source, Foley said he was being pressured by "the White House and Rove gang," who insisted that Foley run. If he didn't, Foley was told, it might impact his lobbying career.
"He said, 'The White House made it very clear I have to run,'" explains Foley's friend, adding that Foley told him that the White House promised that if Foley served for two more years it would "enhance his success" as a lobbyist. "I said, 'I thought you wanted out of this?' And he said, 'I do, but they're scared of losing the House and the thought of two years of Congressional hearings, so I have two more years of duty.'"

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