Kelly O'Donnell Keeps Furthering Right Wing Media Meme That Massa Identical To Foley
It's so tiresome. The lazy, false equivalencies of "balance" between Democrats and Republicans in the lamestream media. For example, listen to Kelly O'Donnell liken the Eric Massa scandal to the way the Republicans handled the Mark Foley scandal.
The similarities really are very comparable. And it makes people say is this just political sort of shoe on the other foot scenario. Well, some people would argue it both ways, but when I’ve talked to both Democrats and Republicans about this, especially in a current environment, where ethics is a big issue, they felt compelled to at least ask the question: Should the ethics committee take a look at how it was handled? Now Speaker Pelosi insists that all the proper steps were taken, once a report of something that crossed the line into sexual harrassment was made known. It went immediately to the Ethics Committee. But we did learn there were some warning signals that happened months ago when some members of the congressman’s staff at that time raised concerns. That was back in October and the Speaker says she did not know anything about it then…
Sounds damning, doesn't it? But just like everything in the "librul" media, it's straight out of right wing talking points.
First and foremost, understand that this renewed call for the Ethics Committee by the Republicans isn't about Massa and what he did or didn't do. He has resigned. What is the Ethics Committee supposed to do? This is about the Republicans trying to trip up Nancy Pelosi and put her on the defensive as she whips forward a health care reform vote. This is all about what Nancy Pelosi knew and when. And there's no comparison between how Nancy Pelosi acted and how Dennis Hastert acted during the Mark Foley scandal. As our friends at ThinkProgress document, Foley's inappropriate behavior towards pages was known as early as 2000, but nothing was done nor did Hastert call for an Ethics Committee investigation until ABC went public with their news report, some six (or more) months after Hastert was made aware of the situation.
Hey, Kelly, you know what the main similarity between Foley and Massa are? Both times, the Ethics committee investigation was called for by the Democrats in office.
Interestingly, nobody in the media seems interested in the fact that although sex-scandal ridden Democrats Eliot Spitzer and Eric Massa left their positions in the light of their own bad behavior, John Ensign and David Vitter did not. I guess it's okay to have a sex scandal if you're a Republican, right, Kelly?
Foley was
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With high school kids
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I don't want to compare Pelosi with Hastert but...A time frame should not dictate when a party leader acts. We hear from the ABC report that Pelosi knew about this as early as October 2009. She should have done something then. Then again there is no cover up like the Foley scandel and Vitter and Ensign are still in office. At least Democrats know when it's time to walk away and not act like complete hypocrites. If the ABC report is true, Pelosi should have acted. It only makes the party look bad.
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And so do trolls!
Ensign, Vitter, and Sanford still "serve." But this list could include Clarence Thomas, what ever happened to that sexual harraser anyway? And Donald Rumsfled, did he really authorize the rape of children to gain confessions from prisoners?
Then, of course we have Eliot Spitzer who was about to blow the lid off of the whole banking scandal when his bank notified the FBI of "curious" withdrawals.
If only All Things Being Equal were true and put into effect.
She's just a Grace without a Will -- a Hag without a Fag.
And the differences are . . . pretty different? Was that a ridiculous tautology, or a clever way to say, "I just said things that were similar were similar. I didn't say a lot was similar. Just the similar things."?
Who? What people? You? Just another "some people say" style of reporting.
What does that mean? Who takes both sides?
Ethics is a big issue in a current environment? What? And what's the big deal about people saying, yeah, we should look into this?
And the rest of the "reporting" is about how Pelosi says she investigated immediately when there were genuine allegations of sexual harassment, but how Republicans want to hold Democrats accountable just for "setting a tone" with staffers in their offices.
This is reprehensible broadcasting!
Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident?
So that must make it all OK...
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however, if it is found that the leadership tried to cover for massa, even for a couple of months, she should be out on her ass
We all know that.
Those Republicans still shamelessly clinging limpet like to their pilfered positions hardly ever receive mention.The year long GOP fuck you filibuster still knuckles beneath the radar like the proverbial 800 pound gorilla but hey,what ever.McCain is still War Hero El Supremo Numero Uno no matter how many times he serves up fresh baloney on Sunday mornings and changes his flip in mid flop.
The entire economy is still teetering on the brink of complete disaster because of enormous tax cuts and deregulation,that also somehow never get mentioned either.
What ever.Bring on Massa and let's pretend that an investigation is truly VITAL,that Republicans are acting in America's interests,and by no means attempting to destroy Pelosi or derail health care,because you know..these are serious grownups.
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at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
To insinuate that these two "scandals" are comparable is completely assinine at this point . Rove must have written her script .
what is going on how typical of the Nazi Racist of America. No facts just twisterd truth and lies why aren't the Investigating the Scim Bag Ensign oh thats right the Racist, Nazi party doesn't think it happened.
Well lets go to the Anti American TRAITORS known as the "C" street Hate and Fear Mongers oh yeah, but then again that is to close to the Congressional KKK and Nazi party to want to comment on.
Just another whoreing right wing bitch, given orders to distort and twist the truth for the Racist, Nazi republiCANT party.
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Comparing Massa and Foley is like comparing you to a competent journalist like Rachel Maddow. You can only wish you had the integrity she does, but you don't since it's just easier to get a big salary and recognition for being a serial misinformer.
Cowardly stenographers like you doing the bidding of your corporate masters by intentionally misleading your audience are the true public enemy number one.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Both ODonnell bimbos exist on MSNBC for the sole purpose of fellating rightwingers. They do not ever make an appearance on the network unless it is to knock down a liberal or pat the back of a conservative. Add to this the Morning Joe jackasses. Yet it is a common practice for those on the right to scream that MSNBC is totally left biased. ...boggles the mind.
of Foley going after children, while Massa I suppose 'hit on' some adults?
When Gov. Sanford had his scandal, I remember mAnne Coulter on Fox decrying the fact that "All Republicans are so honest that they resign at the first hint of a scandal." I need to get my sense of irony retuned.
Paul C
Well... she's still a bit more competent than David Gregory. Just sayin'.
manipulative propagandinzing that the networks peddle as so-called news and analyses that I threw my TV in the trash.
So much so that you don't even need to see the clips.
Is Foley the same as Massa behavior wise?
Why don't we get Massa to SNORKEL O'Donnell and see if she thinks so.
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