Friday, October 06, 2006
Talking Point: Records of E-Mails and IMs Are Only Circumstantial Evidence
We shouldn't go jumping to conclusions just because a former Congressional page was able to produce "records" with "IP addresses" and "time stamps" and Foley "confessed." Sure "fellow Repulicans" said Hastert "knew" about "2 years ago." Sure, Congressional pages were told simply to "watch out for Foley" as early as 2001. But when the speaker of the house tells me that he only knew about the relatively innocent, "overly-friendly" e-mails between a gay Congressman and 17 year old boys, I'm inclined to believe him. Why would he lie?
If anything, Hastert should hang for standing up for a Democrat's "Constitutional" rights. Not for using $207,000,000 in taxpayer money to increase the value of his real estate holdings.
If anything, Hastert should hang for standing up for a Democrat's "Constitutional" rights. Not for using $207,000,000 in taxpayer money to increase the value of his real estate holdings.