Hurst Calls on Davis to Take Action Re: Foley

By: Lowell
Published On: 10/3/2006 10:00:16 AM

The Hurst campaign this morning issued a press release:

"The disturbing revelations of inappropriate e-mail and instant messenger communications between Congressman Mark Foley and underage pages working at the Capitol have shocked our collective consciousness.  But perhaps more shocking is the fact that Republican leaders knew about these communications and did nothing.

The idea that members of Congress could sit by and watch while underage pages were preyed upon is almost too much to believe.

My opponent, Tom Davis, highlights his leadership and clout on Capitol Hill as reasons to re-elect him. But leadership is about much more than building pork-barrel projects and holding meaningless hearings.  Leadership is about standing up for what's right even when it might get you in trouble with your friends.

So today, I call on Congressman Davis to do the following things:

  * Immediately disclose any personal knowledge you had of Rep. Foley's electronic communications.  Various members of the Republican leadership knew of the illicit emails and did nothing.  As a committee Chairman and former head of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, you must have been privy to these conversations.  What, exactly, did you know and when did you know it?
  * Call for the immediate resignation of Republican leaders like Tom Reynolds and Dennis Hastert who knew about the illicit communications for years but failed to investigate.  Those who put politics ahead of the safety of children do not deserve to serve in Congress.  Don't you agree?
  * Use your position as Chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee to open a full and complete investigation to determine who knew what and when.  You had no qualms issuing a subpoena to Terri Schiavo as she lay on her death bed.  Will you subpoena Hastert, Reynolds and others who failed to protect underage pages from a sexual predator? 
  * Demand that National Republican Campaign Committee Chair Tom Reynolds donate to charity any funds given by Rep. Foley to the NRCC.  As NRCC chair, you accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from Mark Foley.  Will you call on Rep. Reynolds to donate those funds?

Congressman Davis' Government Reform and Oversight committee has responsibility to oversee federal programs, including the Page program.  What kind of oversight did the committee provide in this instance?  Not much, it appears.

Congressman Davis claims the benefits of leadership, but thus far has accepted none of the burdens."

Lowell Feld is Netroots Coordinator for the Jim Webb for US Senate Campaign.  The ideas expressed here belong to Lowell Feld alone, and do not represent those of Jim Webb, his advisors, staff, or supporters.


Comments



Way to go Andy.... (bladerunner - 10/3/2006 10:08:31 AM)
I agree 110%. If Mr. Davis, the golden boy so called moderate has so much clout down there, he sure didn't use it here. He had to be privy to some of this page info. Tom Davis has been given a free ride long enough, it's time for him to own up to some of his baggage--He needs to accept some of the burdens of leadership. Thanks Andy for stepping up to the plate and demanding some accountability!!!


Remember (pitin - 10/3/2006 10:08:43 AM)
Davis is Chair of "Government Reform and Oversight Commitee".  He needs to step up to the plate.


On Daily Kos (pitin - 10/3/2006 10:26:05 AM)
Andy Posted this Directly on DailyKos, please go to the link below and Recommend or Comment.

I Demand Tom Davis Take Action re: Mark Foley



Tom Reynolds, the cover up leader was, hand picked by Davis (Andrea Chamblee - 10/3/2006 10:48:16 AM)
Reynolds was Davis's hand-picked successor as the RNCC Chair, back in at the end of the 2002 cycle, over one year AFTER the leadership knew about this.  Does Davis expect us to believe that no one told him? Davis was their "money man," so he'd need to know that was in the background.

Foley was one of the first dozen who donated $100,000 to Davis's RNCC, putting Davis in the "million dollar club" for fund-raising. They knew each other pretty well then.  Let's see how Davis runs backward from their relationship now to protect his "plausible deniability."  I find it implausible.



wow (butterbean - 10/3/2006 12:08:29 PM)
he subpoenaed Terri Schiavo? I must not have known that. what a dirtbag.


See Tom Davis's name on the Schiavo petition (Andrea Chamblee - 10/3/2006 2:55:53 PM)
His name is signed on the subpeona here

He released it in a press conference with Tom DeLay.



okay... (littlepunk - 10/3/2006 3:42:43 PM)
...this is the first time i've actually looked at this and read the subpoena.  it's for MR schiavo, not terri schiavo.  huge difference.  so MR schiavo had to appear and produce things, not terri.  way different.

regardless, who cares?  nobody cares about this.



Tom Davis subpoenaed Terri and Michael Schiavo (Andrea Chamblee - 10/3/2006 5:23:53 PM)
The first page is the subpoena for Michael. After the proof of service and other paperwork, page 9 is for Terri.

Thanks for making sure all our readers see it!

Tom Davis admits he signed it, but only when he's pressed for the Truth.

At the time, Tom Davis made a public announcement, joining with those bastion of morals, "Hot Tub" Tom DeLay, and child pedophile enabler Dennis Hastert, when Davis said:

"This inquiry should give hope to Terri, her parents and friends, and the millions of people throughout the world who are praying for her safety. This fight is not over."
 


nice try... (littlepunk - 10/3/2006 6:23:57 PM)
...but nobody cares!


Oh MAN are you wrong... (Loudoun County Dem - 10/3/2006 6:25:35 PM)
...unbelievable...