Last Musings (Unless It Bites Them)
Sick to death of the Foley scandal, but I do have a sense now that it's not going to be as big as I'd feared. There's no evidence Hastert knew anything about the IMs, and that distinction from the emails should now be clear to anybody who has an interest in the story.
The fury (I think unfair) is towards Foley, and he's no longer in congress and not available to fan the flames.
I think the publication of more IMs will do no further damage because nobody will read them.
The push to get Hastert is an over reach and looks political. (I presume the Washington Times was being political, some insider agenda thing and it makes them look cheap.)
The MSM can continue to push this but I don't know how long anyone will want to follow since it's so yucky. I can't bring myself to read the discussion anymore, beyond just touching on what's being said. There will be continuing discussion but the moral outrage will be forced and the discussion will be political, and so people will follow their political inclinations.
The interesting thing will be to discover who had these things and who leaked them and that means Democrats and they're going to come out looking sleazy.
If there are further revelations of a similar sort towards others it will point towards Democrats and they'll look sleazy.
Once the emotion dies down this could be a plus for Republicans. The Democrats will look sleazy... And what if it turns out Nancy Pelozi knew about these IMs months or years ago? Ha! Dems dead. Could happen.
A plus is that nobody has paid any attention to Bob Woodward's silly book.
And a real plus might be a cleansing of the mind of the body politic, and a "restart" of thinking. Something emotional knocks the momentum out of previous concerns. When there's a restart there's a refocus and that gives a chance for redefinition. And things aren't that bad.
I think all of this will be happening up and down the next week, and then something new will happen and then there will be a new concern.
This thing doesn't have legs without new revelations.
The fury (I think unfair) is towards Foley, and he's no longer in congress and not available to fan the flames.
I think the publication of more IMs will do no further damage because nobody will read them.
The push to get Hastert is an over reach and looks political. (I presume the Washington Times was being political, some insider agenda thing and it makes them look cheap.)
The MSM can continue to push this but I don't know how long anyone will want to follow since it's so yucky. I can't bring myself to read the discussion anymore, beyond just touching on what's being said. There will be continuing discussion but the moral outrage will be forced and the discussion will be political, and so people will follow their political inclinations.
The interesting thing will be to discover who had these things and who leaked them and that means Democrats and they're going to come out looking sleazy.
If there are further revelations of a similar sort towards others it will point towards Democrats and they'll look sleazy.
Once the emotion dies down this could be a plus for Republicans. The Democrats will look sleazy... And what if it turns out Nancy Pelozi knew about these IMs months or years ago? Ha! Dems dead. Could happen.
A plus is that nobody has paid any attention to Bob Woodward's silly book.
And a real plus might be a cleansing of the mind of the body politic, and a "restart" of thinking. Something emotional knocks the momentum out of previous concerns. When there's a restart there's a refocus and that gives a chance for redefinition. And things aren't that bad.
I think all of this will be happening up and down the next week, and then something new will happen and then there will be a new concern.
This thing doesn't have legs without new revelations.
posted by mouse at 9:20 PM
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