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A Day Bush Won't Want to Remember
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(FEMA Director Michael Brown, President George W. Bush, and Florida Congressman Mark Foley)
What was it about a picture being better than a thousand words?
One wonders if Scooter Libby, Paul Bremer, and Don Rumsfeld have been cropped out of the shot.
-- Steve Clemons
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Hmmmmmm... wondering about whether that young man behind Foley was a page who was offered the impressive chance to walk with the POTUS in exchange for more coziness.
Bush, with his shirt sleeves rolled up, says "Markie, you are doing a helluva job"
Isn't that Jeb in the background?
There is an even better picture over at The Left Coaster at http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/008927.php
It shows Bush gesturing to Foley about the size of something.
October 3, 2006 -- Informed sources in Tallahassee, Florida have told WMR that Governor Jeb Bush was fully aware of ex-Rep. Mark Foley's conduct with underage male pages but sat on the information to protect Foley and another top GOP Florida official, Attorney General Charlie Crist, who is currently running for governor to replace Bush. Today, Jeb Bush said he had not previously known about Foley's behavior with the pages before being informed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert in a letter dated October 1, 2006. Bush said he was "dismayed and shocked to learn about Congressman Foley's unacceptable behavior."
However, according to our Florida sources, the FBI and Justice Department informed the Florida Governor's office, Attorney General Crist, and the Florida AG's Child Protection Cybercrime Unit at least a year ago about Foley's predatory emails and instant messages. WMR was told that Crist's conflict-of-interest in the case stems from Crist's and Foley's involvement in gay sex parties, some of which took place during 2003 in trendy Coconut Grove, Florida.
Informed Florida sources claim that up until now, Crist and Jeb Bush have been able to keep a lid on the once-divorced Crist's life style, touting his conservative Christian credentials, but that the Foley revelations will severely impact the Crist gubernatorial campaign. The links between Foley and Crist are certain to harm Crist with his conservative backers who admire Crist for his anti-gay rights stance. Floridians begin early voting on October 23.
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