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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pompsander who wrote (751229)	10/6/2006 6:19:50 PM
From: BEEF JERKEY	Respond to of 769670

"a protracted discussion of these matters would be a distraction to the White House" I wonder if she is now going to check herself into rehab for alcoholism? Maybe she was molested by a priest?

To: pompsander who wrote (751229)	10/7/2006 2:40:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bloomberg: (Hastert) "will likely survive for now in part because there is no appetite among Republican lawmakers to call the full House back into session to elect a new speaker, as required by the Constitution, and because there's no obvious successor untainted by the Foley affair among the Republican House leadership." Hastert Weathering Foley Sex Scandal Through Defiance, Timing By Jay Newton-Small and Michael Forsythe bloomberg.com

To: pompsander who wrote (751229)	10/7/2006 2:44:55 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Kansas City Star: reports that the GOP's House Majority Whip Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is "unscathed by the still unfolding scandal" and that Blunt is now seen by many to be angling to be the next Speaker, or minority leader, should the Republicans lose the house. THE FOLEY SCANDAL \| Missourian unscathed by incident Blunt backs Hastert The majority whip plays down speculation that the speaker’s troubles could aid his own career. By MATT STEARNS The Star’s Washington correspondent kansascity.com