ABC Banner: Fordham Resigns

[Rose Siding]

FORMER FOLEY CHIEF OF STAFF KIRK FORDHAM RESIGNS AMID QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER HE SUPRESSED INFORMATION ABOUT FOLEY EMAILS

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2526871&page=1

This morning I noticed that he and his lawyer weren't exactly on the same page (as it were).

In the Buffalo News:

Politics "was not even a factor in my consideration," Fordham said.

While his attorney told the LAT:

"It was an attempt to shield his boss from the political storm."

[MadMaddie]

1. One dominoe at a time....

I hope all of these people are charged with aiding and abetting acrime...

[AlCzervik]

2. guess they found their fall guy, he'll be blamed now for "Duping"

house leadership, bank on it.

[onenote]

3. confusing: he's Reynolds staffer

He was a Foley staffer at some point, but currently is Reynolds staffer.

[Cha]

10. Right..his job ended when

foley resigned under a Huge Dark Cloud. fordham had no job with foley gone.

[catmandu57]

13. I think he had joined reynolds

so he had a job to resign from.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Watch for the process of attrition...

To now start working its way up the political foodchain.

Oh, and :popcorn:

[Red Right and BLUE]

5. Heeeeeeeeeeeeere we go! nt

[BOSSHOG]

6. Did he still have a job after foley quit?

Who was he the chief of staff of?

[MrCoffee]

12. Seriously...will Foley's secretary resign too? And will it be a banner

headline?

[onenote]

15. apparently he works for Reynolds

worked for Foley in the past ...not sure when he stopped working for Foley, but my impression is that it was before Foley quit

[Nickster]

He was Foley's, then he moved to Reynold's staff. When the scandal broke

he supposedly went of his own accord to go and help Foley. Supposedly Reynolds didn't know that his own Chief of Staff was off doing damage control for his old boss. Supposedly, this guy was a notorious "fixer" for Foley from way back.

[Virginia Dare]

21. There's the difference between a hero and a goat...

if he'd gotten ABC to take the deal, he would have been a golden boy.

[Nickster]

24. EXACTLY! n/t

[WI_DEM]

7. It's not like he had any place to go anyway

Foley has resigned, what is his chief of staff supposed to do? and who would be stupid enough to hire him?

[acmavm]

8. Wish you'd have said it's just a little blip across the top of the

page. I thought I was losing it. I re-read that article ten times.

[aquart]

9. He works for who? Reynolds?

[malaise]

11. Not sure about this spin

more likely because he tried to get ABC not to post the IMs.

[Skinner]

14. Looks like he was fired (Link)

Top GOP Staffer Reportedly Fired for Role in Page Scandal

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/top_gop_staffer.html

ON EDIT: Now it says "Top GOP Staffer Forced Out for Role in Page Scandal

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/top_gop_staffer.html

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. I wonder who's next

Tom Reynolds, perhaps?

[MrCoffee]

17. Did he resign in lieu of termination? The article says both fired and

resigned. Color me confused.

[wicket]

20. MORE popcorn?!

:popcorn: :popcorn:

I'm starting to feel like a broken record here :D

[npincus]

23. that's beter- nursing a grievance

might encourage him to name names.

[malaise]

25. MSNBC reporter saying

because he tried to get ABC to stop the story.
It's getting worse by the hour. Reynolds next! Let Denny continue spinning - at his size he will fall flat before this ends I'm loving it!!:popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl:

This is a fugging implosion -ask Pat Buchanan who is bawling on MSNBC. Lawyer up says the other commentator (from Air America)-damn the gift just keeps on giving:rofl:

Add.

[Spazito]

18. He used to work for Foley, was currently working for Reynolds...

Foley called him for help when the scandal broke and Fordham was the staffer that tried to get the ABC reporter not to publish the IMs, promising him that if he didn't make the IMS public, he would give him an exclusive on Foley's resignation.

Edited to add: Reynolds said he had not given permission for Fordham to do anything for Foley but Fordham said Reynolds told him to get Foley to resign, there is an article on this on LBN, will see if I can find it.

Here it is:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-fordham4oct04,1,6588274.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true

[originalpckelly]

19. Cue Dragnet theme.

Dun-duh-dun-dum

[liberaliraqvet26]

22. Is he gonna be the scapegoat??

we will see.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

28. He may become a millionaire, if a Predatorgate Coverup Media Feeding

frenzy takes off. I wonder if he already has hired a team of publicists to field all the requests he's going to get for interviews? How long will it take for him to appear on Oprah?

[Marnieworld]

26. The gift that keeps on giving

Each day it continues to be front and center in the spotlight because there is a new revelation. Can we start calling Iran "Wag the Dog" yet?

[Poiuyt]

27. So is he the one who offered the $100,000 bribe, or is he the one who

accepted it?

[Imagevision]

29. Meanwhile, Hastert being invetigated again in Abramoff scandal...

[mom cat]

30. Too little too late!

[bunny planet]

31. can't wait for the 'few rotten apples' talking points we'll be hearing

from the Reich wing momentarily.

[johnaries]

32. This part of the ABC article is very interesting...

People familiar with Fordham's side of the story, however, said Fordham was being used as a scapegoat by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

They said Fordham had repeatedly warned Hastert's staff about Foley's "problem" with pages, but little was done.

So, will Fordham fall on his sword or sing like a canary? Looks like he's gonna sing. Not good news for Hastert. Not at all....

[cynatnite]

33. Does he have scapegoat tattooed on his forehead?

:rofl:

Beautiful!