Thursday, October 12, 2006
Karl Rove pressured Foley to run again.
The story about Mark Foley being ready to retire from Congress is public knowledge. Up to now most people thought it was because Foley was an "earner" who brought in wads of cash. The latest from The New Republic suggests that Karl Rove and the White House gang were desperate to keep safe Republican seats as early as last spring. As an unknown friend of Fley explains it:
Foley said he was being pressured by "the White House and Rove gang," who insisted that Foley run. If he didn't, Foley was told, it might impact his lobbying career.No wonder Our Dear Embattled Leader was so steamed about La Cage Au Foley, TurdBlossom is not supposed to screw up this badly.
"He said, 'The White House made it very clear I have to run,'" explains Foley's friend, adding that Foley told him that the White House promised that if Foley served for two more years it would "enhance his success" as a lobbyist. "I said, 'I thought you wanted out of this?' And he said, 'I do, but they're scared of losing the House and the thought of two years of Congressional hearings, so I have two more years of duty.'"
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