Fox: "The Democrats could take the House, the Senate or both"

[Human Torch]

Dems Use Foley Scandal to Their Advantage in New T.V. Ads

Saturday, October 07, 2006



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218485,00.html

WASHINGTON — More Democrats are going on the attack with campaign ads linking Republican candidates to the Internet sex scandal in the House of Representatives, while Republican candidates move to distance themselves from the embattled speaker of the House. On Saturday, Democrat Patty Wetterling, a candidate for an open House seat, will continue the attack in the Democratic response to President George W. Bush's weekly radio address to the people as the party looks to reap political gains in elections Nov. 7.

The Democrats could take the House, the Senate or both. In the House it would take a gain of 15 of the 435 seats being elected, and a gain of six of the 33 Senate seats at stake would swing control of that chamber to the Democrats.

At the heart of the scandal are electronic communications between former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned in disgrace a week ago, and teenage male pages. They are students from across the country who spend a year in Washington working in the House to learn the U.S. political system.

"Foley sent obvious predatory signals, received loud and clear by members of congressional leadership, who swept them under the rug to protect their political power," Wetterling says in the prerecorded address. "We must hold accountable all those complicit in allowing this victimization to happen."

[SHRED]

1. Good...about time!

[Doctor_J]

2. Torch, do you spend all day watching Fox news and posting their

crap here? Don't Dems have better things to do?

:shrug:

[heidiho]

3. If They Lose Both, They Will Blame It On Foley

instead of Bush's incompetence - sounds pretty convenient to me.

[Totally Committed]

4. They're just trying to scare the Republican "base" into

getting out and voting Republican. Trust me.

This is the FOX News eqivalent of "The Security Level is being raised to Orange because of 'increased chatter' picked up by the NSA."

TC

[xultar]

5. Rallying the ignorant fundie pedophile-closeted, homophobe racist base.

[Imagevision]

6. The Dems would have taken back the house & senate regardless of Foley

Foley was the nail on the coffin!

[Contrary1]

7. Scarborough predicted a gain of 20 seats in the Senate

for the Dems, and a majority in the house as well.

I'm torn between Joe knowing something we might not,
and his sowing the seeds of victory, so more Dems
will figure it's a slam dunk and stay home. :shrug: