[lbo-talk] You think the GOP is sure to lose big in November? Theyaren't.

[Michael Hoover]

On 10/4/06, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas conveniently leaves out what happened to Crane: he was soundly
> defeated in the next election, in a Republican district. (He was my
> Rep at the time.)
>
> What these commentators tend to pass over is the crucial hypocrisy
> issue. Crane had sold himself as a family values guy, who wouldn't
> move his family to Washington because he didn't want them to be
> contaminated by the cesspool of corruption and vice. That's what
> sealed his fate.
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he didn't mention one-time speaker-designate bob livingston from
louisiana who resigned from house (and challenged clinton to do so)
following revelation of his 'marital infideility', parlayed his infamy
into big-time k street lobby status...

nor did he mention henry hyde who didn't seem to suffer from
revelations that he had engaged in what he called 'youthful
indiscretions' at 41 years of age...  mh