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cheap jordans size 13 E. D. HILL: “The FBI investigating former Congressman Mark Foley’s emails as he checks into a Florida rehab. At the same time, the Democrats want to know if the GOP tried to cover up the scandal. If criminal charges are brought forth before the midterm elections, how does that bode for the two parties?. Let me start with Cheap jordans what we know, what we don’t know. We know that the House leadership was aware at some level of emails that were not sexually explicit in nature but were of concern and that they brought these to the attention of Rep. Foley and [they] told him, basically, cease and desist, don’t contact pages anymore. We do not know if they found out about these more explicit, sexually explicit, emails. So that’s where we’re starting right now. Let me find out from you, Ed, do you think this is something that paints the entire party as you go into the midterms or do people look at this as an isolated incident?” cheap jordans size 13

ED ROGERS: “Well, it’s certainly not flattering and it’s definitely off message. Politically speaking, this is a message from another planet. Having said that, I think the American people are fair and they realize that this terrible incident and this inappropriate behavior doesn’t necessarily reflect on the party or the institution any more than Bill Clinton’s inappropriate relationship with an intern or a former Democrat Congressman’s relationship with a page in a previous previous years was intended to indict the entire party. People are fair, but this is not good.”

cheap jordans 40 dollars free shipping HILL: ” Well, let’s talk about that. There is a bit of fake shock on Capitol Hill, it seems, because this has happened in the past. In cheap jordans china 1983 a Republican Congressman from Illinois admitted to having sex with a female page. A Democratic Representative from Massachusetts admitted having sex with a male page. The Republican said ‘I’m sorry.” He was voted out of office. The Democrat said ‘what I do in my personal time is my personal business’ and he was reelected until he decided to retire in 1996. Newt Gingrich called for the expulsion of both. It didn’t happen. There was only a censure. So, should Foley have been kicked out or basically, what we assume it happened behind the scenes pushed into leaving?” cheap jordans 40 dollars free shipping

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