Wolf Blitzer: "Mark Foley, the Republican, now former Republican."

[blitzen]

geez Wolf is a dunderhead!

[Bill McBlueState]

1. are you sure he's a dunderhead?

That sounds like something you might say if you were intentionally trying to separate Foley from the GOP.

[blitzen]

6. true, but he's still a dunderhead

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Watch his daily show appearance a year or so ago. He makes Anna

Nicole look smart.

[Mz Pip]

2. Did Foley change

his party affiliation? Did he re register as a Democrat so they could blame the Dems for this one? :eyes:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Kagemusha]

3. What was the word after the last "Republican"?

If it was "congressman", that radically alters the context.

[eleny]

5. That's the jist I heard

I don't recall the exact words. But I got the impresson that Blitzer fumbled it as he was talking about Foley as a former congressman.

[blitzen]

7. no, after "Republican" was a full-stop....I swear

[Kagemusha]

12. I'm not doubting you. Just sounds like he meant to add 'congressman'

and his not doing so makes it sound very um, whitewash-ish. Of course given Blitzer's history, that impression doesn't seem very innocuous, whether intentional or a Freudian slip or whatever.

It's not good professionalism either way.

[BlooInBloo]

11. idiot mob > truth.

[eleny]

4. Nice to hear Sen Lugar agree with Pelosi re: investigation of leadership

Blitzer read pelosi's demand for an investigation of Republican leadership who knew about the goings on and did nearly nothing. Lugar agreed that an investigation was needed. I thought he'd choke on the words but he did get them out.

[Ravy]

8. Gee, I consider him more of a Republican now than ever. (n/t)

[samsingh]

13. me too

[BlueManDude]

10. I'm waiting for Barney Frank to get dragged into this.

Believe me - it's coming.

[BlueManDude]

15. My bad, it was Studds not Frank n/t

[Cha]

14. mark foley will die a fucking republiCON..

try again woofie..that wasn't very good.

[shance]

16. Wolf trying to protect the Republican party from Foley.

He's a former Congressman, not a former Republican.

[Imagevision]

17. Wolf left out; " retires with $100,000 pension by resigning"

[Moochy]

18. Maybe he's joining Lieberman for CT party?

:yoiks: