A week of Foley
That's right friends, it's been a full week of Foleymania. I'm already sort of Foleyfatigued. But Foleygate marches on, and attention must be paid.
You may have noticed that yesterday with Hastert's presser the GOP is trying to "turn the corner" on Foley and bring us back to the War on Terra. I do think that they have finally managed to get some conference calls together and hash out some talking points, because instead of finger-pointing and denials like earlier in the week, all I've heard out of them for the last day has been that it's the Democrat's fault. I can't really follow the logic to this one, but it's something along the lines of:
- The Dems knew and were holding on to the information until it just before the election [never mind that if this was the case they would do it even closer to the election and that every single shred of evidence so far points to it coming from within the GOP]
- The Dems have had so many worse sex scandals [but then, the Christian Right is not our base. Oh, also, the Democratic congressman & pageboy thing was in the 70's, which means we should be glad they weren't snorting coke off each other's ass cracks as well. I mean, it was the 70's folks. Get real. Oh yeah, and Monica was a consenting adult.]
- If the Dems press too hard on this they will turn off voters [this is a pure talking point. You will notice that Democrats in all levels of the party have been remarkably quiet about the whole thing.]
- This is all being pushed by the liberal media/ABC/George Soros as a political stunt [ok, whatevs. ABC is currently being boycotted by a lot of liberals for that Path to 9/11 biz, and The Washington Times, which has called for Hastert's resignation, is not exactly liberal.]
and on and on.
The point of all of this is that they are blaming the Democrats. It reaches into the deepest recesses of inanity that this could even be entertained for a second, but there it is. The fact that a republican congressman like to engage in cybersex with underage boys and the GOP leadership covered it up is the fault of the Democrats. Yeah. Sure. Who the fuck will buy that? you say.
The truth is they don't give a rat's ass if you buy it. This isn't about you. This isn't about winning back the public or making them look good to the press. This is about do or die electoral politics, and all they need to do, all they are trying to do, is keep the base from abandoning them. They are just trying to add a little fuel to the already gasoline-addled brains of the hard right who are convinced (despite all evidence to the contrary) that George Soros runs the world. They're just trying to give a half-way decent excuse to the evangelicals who want to vote for them but are sorta icked by this whole business. So when you hear them talk this insanity (and really it's a good rule in general) realize that most people - the vast majority of the country - totally see through their shit. That's not the point. The point is just to get the base to the polls. If they can do that they win, and they know it.
You may have noticed that yesterday with Hastert's presser the GOP is trying to "turn the corner" on Foley and bring us back to the War on Terra. I do think that they have finally managed to get some conference calls together and hash out some talking points, because instead of finger-pointing and denials like earlier in the week, all I've heard out of them for the last day has been that it's the Democrat's fault. I can't really follow the logic to this one, but it's something along the lines of:
- The Dems knew and were holding on to the information until it just before the election [never mind that if this was the case they would do it even closer to the election and that every single shred of evidence so far points to it coming from within the GOP]
- The Dems have had so many worse sex scandals [but then, the Christian Right is not our base. Oh, also, the Democratic congressman & pageboy thing was in the 70's, which means we should be glad they weren't snorting coke off each other's ass cracks as well. I mean, it was the 70's folks. Get real. Oh yeah, and Monica was a consenting adult.]
- If the Dems press too hard on this they will turn off voters [this is a pure talking point. You will notice that Democrats in all levels of the party have been remarkably quiet about the whole thing.]
- This is all being pushed by the liberal media/ABC/George Soros as a political stunt [ok, whatevs. ABC is currently being boycotted by a lot of liberals for that Path to 9/11 biz, and The Washington Times, which has called for Hastert's resignation, is not exactly liberal.]
and on and on.
The point of all of this is that they are blaming the Democrats. It reaches into the deepest recesses of inanity that this could even be entertained for a second, but there it is. The fact that a republican congressman like to engage in cybersex with underage boys and the GOP leadership covered it up is the fault of the Democrats. Yeah. Sure. Who the fuck will buy that? you say.
The truth is they don't give a rat's ass if you buy it. This isn't about you. This isn't about winning back the public or making them look good to the press. This is about do or die electoral politics, and all they need to do, all they are trying to do, is keep the base from abandoning them. They are just trying to add a little fuel to the already gasoline-addled brains of the hard right who are convinced (despite all evidence to the contrary) that George Soros runs the world. They're just trying to give a half-way decent excuse to the evangelicals who want to vote for them but are sorta icked by this whole business. So when you hear them talk this insanity (and really it's a good rule in general) realize that most people - the vast majority of the country - totally see through their shit. That's not the point. The point is just to get the base to the polls. If they can do that they win, and they know it.
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