I just can’t give it up—I’m addicted to politics. The truth is that it gets so damn ugly that we try and ignore it. And the media itself can be so repulsive that we don’t want to pay attention. So, here’s my attempt to distill the week’s events into what’s really important (from my point of view):
- The Mark Foley Scandal is front and center this week and managing to creep everybody out. The congressman resigned last Friday after being confronted by ABC News’s Brian Ross about (let’s say) inappropriate behavior with teenage Capitol Hill pages: Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors
- And do we really think alcohol was to blame? Foley Lawyer Cites Alcohol, Childhood Abuse
- While Speaker Denny Hastert knew early and did nothing and now the conservative Washington Times is asking for his resignation: Resign, Mr. Speaker
- And Denny wants to blame it all on the Dems and Big Media: Hastert defiant in page scandal
- And who thinks this has to do with him being gay? The Wall Street Journal: Paging Mr. Hastert: Could a gay Congressman be quarantined?
- On Wednesday, an ex-aide to Foley, and current aide to another top Republican, resigned and pointed fingers back and Denny, saying he told: Ex-page says he got messages from Foley
- Woodward’s book continues to stir them up while the book soars up the charts. And one of the strongest charges, that CIA chief Tenet met with Condeleeza Rice to let her know of the immediate threat from Al Qaida two months before the 9/11 attacks, turns out to be true: State Department confirms Rice met with Tenet; disputes terrorist threat information
- And the domestic spying program gets a court pass for now: Court temporarily OKs domestic spying
- Bush signed a bill that gave $1.2 billion to build a border fence: Bush signs homeland security bill
- And according to Bush we will all burn in hell-fire unless we vote Republican: Bush ties campaign to national security
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