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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't think Foley was thrown under the bus. I think he quit because he knew that he'd never survive the disclosure of the IMs.
eta: And as RT points out, he already wanted out.
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Confirmation of this, which I hadn't seen before:
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From ABC News online:
- Hastert went on to tell Limbaugh's listeners--and other audiences--that he and the GOP leadership had facilitated Foley's resignation.
"We took care of Mr. Foley," Hastert said. "We found out about it, asked him to resign. He did resign. He's gone."
That wasn't true.
Foley resigned before anyone in leadership could speak to him.
Hastert spokesman Ron Bonjean later told ABC News that the speaker had "misspoke" because he had been under the mistaken impression that someone in leadership had advised Foley to resign.
Must have been those conniving Democrats who tricked him into believing he'd asked Foley to resign.
On the other hand, the more Hastert botches the scandal-control, the more it gives credence to the theory that he couldn't possibly have orchestrated a Foley cover-up. Judging from his recent media appearances, the man isn't competent to cover up a zit much less a sex-predator scandal.
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So Hastert tried to take credit for canning Foley, but laster had to admit it wasn't true.
Boy howdy, Hastert is really proving himself here. It's getting to where I'd hate to see him go.
