OUCH!
When the congressional page scandal broke last month, Democrats across the country saw a chance to lambaste Republican leadership – including Diane Farrell, who called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert to step down.
But when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy came to Connecticut last week to help her campaign, Rep. Christopher Shays hit back.
“I know the speaker didn’t go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day,” said Shays, R-4th District, referring to the 1969 incident in which the Massachusetts Democrat drove a car that plunged into the water and a young campaign worker died.
“Dennis Hastert didn’t kill anybody,” he added.
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Hello!!! 37 year old issues aren’t going to get you anywhere.
Get over it. You might as well be complaining about O.J. being free or the 2000 Florida results…
Oh come on Zelda..of all people to be talking about a page scandal? Ted Kennedy? You must see the humor!
Honestly I don’t know what Senator Kennedy said about it.
But either way; Representative Shays isn’t going to get anywhere focusing on Senator Kennedy actions 37 years ago.
Look; this is another bull shit issue. I know that we all get bored and want to talk something; but this is still bull shit.
So Repetitive Foley likes young men. He has resigned. It doesn’t matter anymore.
You guys lambaste the mainstream media all the time; yet you follow their bull shit stories without question.
If we are going to focus on the BS; how about this story: He made the FBI look bad (which they deserved) so now they want to make him a scapegoat.
Twenty-nine congressmen have sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to deny the extradition of Duane “Dog” Chapman to Mexico, where he faces charges of illegal detention and conspiracy.
Chapman, who is the star of the popular TV show “Dog The Bounty Hunter,” was arrested last month along with two of his co-stars after his capture of fugitive convicted rapist Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir, on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Chapman was released on $300,000 bail the next day. He must attend extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico, where bounty hunting is considered a crime.
“It seems that Mexican authorities are pressing this case only because they are so stung by the embarrassment of failing where Mr. Chapman succeeded,” Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, said in the Sept. 26 dated letter signed by 28 other congressmen.
Chapman’s capture of Luster, who had fled the country during his trial on charges he raped three women, catapulted the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the Hawaii-based reality series on A&E. Luster is now serving a 124-year prison term.
Zelda- I did post on it here. I like Dog and I think his show is cute..he sends a good message in that he uses his criminal past to show people that it is never too late to straighten up and do the right thing. I think it is total bullshit that our State Department didn’t handle this. With everything from drugs to illegals, they felt the need to go after Chapman?
I’m of the opinion that we should extradite Chapman right after Mexico arrests and extradites all of the Mexican nationals who have skipped across the border after committing crimes here. That especially holds true for all of the drug smugglers and wanted murderers that Mexico refuses to extradite unless we guarantee, in writing, that they won’t face the death penalty or life in prison. It seems that they expect us to abide by their Supreme Court decision that finds Capital Punishment or life in Prison as being cruel and inhumane. Of course this is the same country that is trying to sue us in the world court to prevent us from enforcing our own borders. Personally, I’m in favor of turning a few predator drones lose to track down and destroy a few drug cartels in their haciendas. We can just claim that the drone got off course and thought the house was a target structure at the Barry Goldwater Air to surface target range. Isn’t being lost the excuse the Mexican government uses whenever an ARMED Mexican Army patrol ends up on US territory?
“With everything from drugs to illegals, they felt the need to go after Chapman?â€
Wow, we agree on this one. Mr. Chapman made the people at the top of the FBI look bad. So… instead of fixing their own internal problems; they go after the messenger.
Great; I’ll sleep better at night knowing that Mr. Chapman is in jail. (Okay; that was sarcasm; I love the sarcasm. What are you going to do? Send me to Guantanamo Bay?)