Things are not looking too good for the Republicans, just barely a month ahead of mid-term elections.
First you have spy agencies releasing reports that the Iraq War is creating more terrorism than it's stopping.
Then you have one of the best-known journalists in the US - the guy who helped to uncover the Watergate scandal - writing a book based on hundreds of interviews with White House staff and other leaders describing the administration as dysfunctional and faction-ridden, and President George Bush as "intellectually incurious".
Then you have Republican representative Foley flirting with underage congressional pages over email, asking them to measure themselves for him. Not to mention that top-level Republicans are being accused of covering up his gay pedophilic tendencies, with investigations pending.
Fortunately, Republican voters can take solace in the fact that Bush and Rove never fail to be men of wit:
First you have spy agencies releasing reports that the Iraq War is creating more terrorism than it's stopping.
Then you have one of the best-known journalists in the US - the guy who helped to uncover the Watergate scandal - writing a book based on hundreds of interviews with White House staff and other leaders describing the administration as dysfunctional and faction-ridden, and President George Bush as "intellectually incurious".
Then you have Republican representative Foley flirting with underage congressional pages over email, asking them to measure themselves for him. Not to mention that top-level Republicans are being accused of covering up his gay pedophilic tendencies, with investigations pending.
Usually it's the hapless Democrats who are the ones screwing up and falling apart just before elections (not to mention after elections as well). What's going on here?Foley's IMs with underage congressional pages wrote:
Maf54: To be honest, I am a little to interested in you. So that's why I need to back off a little.
Teen: Ya slow things down a little im still young... like under 18. don't want to do anything illegal... im not 18.
Maf54: cool... dont forget to measure for me.
Another message:
Maf54: do you really do it face down
Teen: ya
Maf54: kneeling
Teen: well i dont use my hand...i use the bed itself
Maf54: where do you unload it
Teen: towel
Maf54: really
Maf54: completely naked?
Teen: well ya
Maf54: very nice
Teen: lol
Maf54: cute butt bouncing in the air
Another message:
Maf54: You in your boxers, too?
Teen: Nope, just got home. I had a college interview that went late.
Maf54: Well, strip down and get relaxed.
Another message:
Maf54: What ya wearing?
Teen: tshirt and shorts
Maf54: Love to slip them off of you.
And this one:
Maf54: Do I make you a little horny?
Teen: A little.
Maf54: Cool.
Another:
Maf54: I'd drive a few miles for a hot stud like you.
Fortunately, Republican voters can take solace in the fact that Bush and Rove never fail to be men of wit:
The SMH, paraphrasing Woodward's new book, wrote:
Mr Bush and his senior adviser, Karl Rove, for instance, enjoy fart jokes, which they tell each other sometimes in the middle of Oval Office meetings.