Dems Use Foley Scandal to Their Advantage in New T.V. Ads
Saturday, October 07, 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218485,00.htmlWASHINGTON — More Democrats are going on the attack with campaign ads linking Republican candidates to the Internet sex scandal in the House of Representatives, while Republican candidates move to distance themselves from the embattled speaker of the House. On Saturday, Democrat Patty Wetterling, a candidate for an open House seat, will continue the attack in the Democratic response to President George W. Bush's weekly radio address to the people as the party looks to reap political gains in elections Nov. 7.
The Democrats could take the House, the Senate or both. In the House it would take a gain of 15 of the 435 seats being elected, and a gain of six of the 33 Senate seats at stake would swing control of that chamber to the Democrats.
At the heart of the scandal are electronic communications between former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned in disgrace a week ago, and teenage male pages. They are students from across the country who spend a year in Washington working in the House to learn the U.S. political system.
"Foley sent obvious predatory signals, received loud and clear by members of congressional leadership, who swept them under the rug to protect their political power," Wetterling says in the prerecorded address. "We must hold accountable all those complicit in allowing this victimization to happen."