CNN:Hastert afraid to report Foley for fear of being seen as homophobic

[dajoki]

On Situation Room Tony Perkins of Family Research Council just told John King, with the way things are going now Hastert may have kept info to himself so he wouldn't be attacked by gay rights groups. Some spin huh? No link to transcript yet, but when they post it I'll put it up, unless someone else can get it, please post it.

[wakeme2008]

1. BULLSHIT....

It is about UNDERAGE KIDS ......

[dajoki]

3. Exactly...

and these bastards are pulling every trick in the book to save their own asses. SCUM!!

[last1standing]

2. Good.

Statements like that can only hurt the christofascists and their repuppets. You're average mother or father isn't going to be happy when the FRC tells them this is the "homos'" fault.

[hedda_foil]

4. I don't think that's going to sell well to Tony's crowd.

This position would be totally offensive to their moral values and their image of Perkins as a Christian leader. It makes Hastert and the leadership look like thumbsucking wimps at best and more likely like immoral hypocrites.

[BattyDem]

5. Bullshit! If Foley was sending emails to an ADULT...

there would have been no reason for Hastert to report him. Hastert KNEW this wasn't about homosexuality, it was about a US Congressman lusting for an underage boy! :grr:

So ... is Tony Perkins saying that Hastert lied when he claimed he didn't find out about Foley until Friday? :evilgrin:

[dajoki]

16. Hastert lied...

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/washington/01foley.ht...

<<snip>>

Among those who became aware of the communication in the fall of 2005 between Mr. Foley and the 16-year-old page, who worked for Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican of Louisiana, were Representative John A. Boehner, the majority leader, and Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Mr. Reynolds said in a statement Saturday that he had also personally raised the issue with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert earlier this year.

[BattyDem]

23. I know he lied, but if Perkins wants to stick with his explanation ...

of Hastert's silence, then he is confirming that Hastert knew long before Friday ... even though Denny denies it.

Perkins obviously didn't get Denny's talking points memo. :evilgrin:

[dajoki]

25. Yeah, "I don't recall" n/t

[eleny]

6. "There's no way to spin this!" - Bay Buchanan

He should take what she said earlier today to heart.

[Cha]

17. Yeah, but you can try lyin'

your stupid head off and see if that flies.

[dajoki]

18. Yeah, and I'm sure...

there are enough stupid ass-holes out there to fall for it.

[Grillydad]

7. Like gays are his constituancy

Literally, his defense was I wasn't able to pander to the Gays I have systemattically worked to make second citizens.

[MikeNearMcChord]

8. Dennis the Wrassler wasn't too concerned about gay bashing

when they were trying to pass a Constitutional Admendment banning Gay Marriage. Let's sit back and enjoy the spectacle:popcorn: Maybe more interesting than tonight's Packer-Eagle game. Oh BTW speaking of spectacle, I heard that RW talk was in a state of chaos over Foley. Any reports? Thanx!

[kenny blankenship]

9. Yeah right!

[Donnachaidh]

10. oh Horseshit!

it's REALLY getting deep now. Let me get my hipwaders.

[blondeatlast]

11. Like Hastert-RRR, was worried about losing civil-rights groups

support.

That statement is just laughable at every level and that's how we should treat it--it's too ridiculous to be taken with any seriousness at all.

Puh-leeeeeze!

[hvn_nbr_2]

12. First time in history they ever cared what gay rights groups would say.

I call bullshit.

[kestrel91316]

13. Touche!

[Cha]

14. I know hastert looks that willfully Stupid

But I think he's a lyin' sonofvabitch.



They're both sayin', "I'm with Stupid".

[rocktivity]

15. Newt "Dead Pundit Walking" Gingrich started that talking point yesterday

And since when do the Republicans worry about appearing homophobic? It's their stock in trade--What was that whole anti-gay marriage thing was about?

:crazy:
rocknation

[Skittles]

19. typical

they are always trying to link homosexuality with pedophilia

[valerief]

20. Oh, I guess all that anti-gay marriage jawing wasn't the least bit

homophobic, was it?

[midnight]

24. Good one......

[truthisfreedom]

21. "blame it on the gays." heh. he's really digging himself a deep one now!

i love this thing. time for more popcorn!

[mcscajun]

22. Oh, PUH-leeze.

Translation: BULL-Shit.

[beaconess]

26. So that means that they owe Bill Clinton and apology

After all, he isn't gay and didn't engage improper behavior with any male interns. Since the problem with Foley was not that he was a grown-ass man chasing around after 16-year olds, but that he was a male chasing around after other males, Clinton's behavior wasn't even worth comment, much less condemnation.

[shance]

27. Nice try Dennis. You paying your think tanks over time for that?

n/t

[WCGreen]

28. Like pushing the marriage act isn't homophobic....

Oh for christ sake, these people are just amazing....

[dajoki]

29. CNN TRANSCRIPT...

THE SITUATION ROOM
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/02/sitroom.03.html

Hill Scandal Gets More Explosive

Aired October 2, 2006 - 19:00 ET

<<Snip>>

KING: More now on our top story, the scandal over former Congressman Mark Foley's explicit communications with a former congressional page. Joining us from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to talk about this as a potential political fallout is Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

Tony Perkins thank you for joining us. I want to begin with a simple question to you. You're a leader of a grass roots conservative organization that a lot of pro-family voters around the country look to for guidance and advice in moments like this. There are conservative activists like Richard Vagary (ph), conservative groups like Citizens United who say the Republican leadership blew this, they did not handle this well. The speaker and others should resign from office. Do you think that's the case?

TONY PERKINS, PRES., FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: Well I think it's premature to say whether or not the leadership should resign. I think it certainly raises questions about what did the leadership know and when did they know it. We do know that they had indications that there were improper communications between this congressman and pages as long as two or three years ago. But, I think there may have been some fear that they had in pressing it forward out of fear of being seen as gay bashing or homophobic because of the orientation of Congressman Foley....

<<snip>>

PERKINS: Well, I would like to know what was exactly said to the speaker and why he did or did not do something. Was it out of fear of pushing something too far, overreacting and that because of the orientation of Congressman Foley, they would be seen as being gay bashing? You know was that a part of the decision not to act?

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/02/sitroom.03.html