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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (51861)	10/4/2006 5:40:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 90947

Aide Says He Warned Hastert Of Foley 2 Years Ago (AP) WASHINGTON A senior congressional aide said Wednesday that he alerted the House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in 2004 about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark Foley with teenage pages -- the earliest known alert to the GOP leadership. Kirk Fordham told The Associated Press that when he was told about Foley's inappropriate behavior toward pages, he had "more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene." The conversations took place long before the e-mail scandal broke, Fordham said, and at least a year earlier than members of the House GOP leadership have acknowledged. Fordham resigned Wednesday as chief of staff to Rep. Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y. Fordham spoke to the AP after ABC News quoted unidentified GOP sources as insinuating that he had intervened on behalf of Foley, his former boss, to prevent an inquiry into Foley's conduct. "This is categorically false," Fordham said. "At no point ever did I ask anyone to block any inquiries into Foley's actions or behavior." The longtime Capitol Hill aide said he would fully disclose to the FBI and the House ethics committee "any and all meetings and phone calls" regarding Foley's behavior that he had with senior staffers in the House leadership. "The fact is even prior to the existence of the Foley e-mail exchanges I had more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene when I was informed of Mr. Foley's inappropriate behavior," Fordham said. (© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.) cbs2chicago.com

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (51861)	10/4/2006 5:56:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Oh, gee. An anti-war activist organization, the Institute for Southern Studies (http://www.southernstudies.org/campaignpage.asp), designs and sponsors a "survey" that finds a) 49% of respondents say the war in Iraq is either “the central front in the war against terrorism” or “promoting democracy in Iraq and the Middle East”, while b) 45% say it's about oil, incompetence or greed. And your point is ... what? First of all, not only can you not do charts but you can't do links either. Secondly, why would you expect me to believe a study from a red state? Probably the survey participants were members of Falwell's church. Thanks but no thanks for your input.