Brainstorm Here Please: Media Not Covering the Mark Foley Cover-Up

[David Zephyr]

Listen, we have a winning issue here that resonates strongly with independents, rural voters and evangelicals: the Republican controlled House of Representatives is intentionally squashing all news regarding the involvement of the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, and his top Republicans as to their longstanding knowledge of Mark Foley's preying on young Congressional male pages. They are getting away with their crime.

The "so-called" investigation is an internal one and not one national news outlet is covering this story. This is a big problem for our side just days before then midterms.

How in the hell do we get the media to start asking questions about the House's investigation?

This story trumps John Kerry's poor choice of words in every dimension possible.

Any constructive ideas? Help.

[Monkeyman]

1. Ethics Committee will not say a word until after Nov 7th

[OzarkDem]

3. Any possibility of leaks? n/t

[David Zephyr]

8. EXACTLY. Of course, the Repugs are holding to Nov 8. That's the story!

They are covering up. We need some leaks.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I guess the web is our best friend here.

We need to get it promiinently featured in major stories on every blog we can hit. Thn we start deluging papers with LTTE, hitting networks with the usual emails, faxes & phone calls--all the contact info is right there in the research forum. Everybody start calling your local papers, where the subscriber lists aren't huge and they have to give a shit about what people think.

[David Zephyr]

5. Where is DU's Media List? Can someone find this?

I'm ready to start calling and e-mailing.

[Cronus Protagonist]

17. Link to this image freely on every message board you frequent

No words needed....

http://bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=224

What will we tell the children?

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Contact Dem politicos. Our members on the Ethics Committee

or whoever might be relevant..get them to start speaking out.

[David Zephyr]

6. Who are they? I'm ready to e-mail, to phone and to push.

?

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Here. Bottom of center column.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=358

[David Zephyr]

13. Thanks.

I know what I will be doing the rest of the day.

[jpgray]

7. Discover another page scandal or a deeper twist for Foley's

Otherwise I think it's dead.

[David Zephyr]

9. The "Cover Up" by the House IS the story. It resonates.

They are covering for a sick-o for political gains. That's a very salient story.

[AntiFascist]

14. It seems like it got squished when Hastert became involved....

and there is so much more to the corruption behind Hastert, such as the revelations that he once received suitcases of heroin money. Also, hasn't Hastert decided to resign? This all needs to be pressed further.

[David Zephyr]

15. MARK FOLEY COVER-UP! MARK FOLEY COVER-UP!

Amen.

[Xenotime]

10. It's the GOP machine working at full speed.

Somebody needs to throw a wrench into it.

[acmavm]

12. They're not covering Foley because they are doing the BFEE a favor

and treating Kerry worse than a stalking pederast.

[Lex]

16. My question: WHERE is Foley and when will he apologize?

Just wondering.

[KoKo]

18. Not only that...but the rest of it...Salon's articles about Bush Judges,

Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Hastert's absence from Media since Foleygate, the Repug wife beatings and Macaca's latest Thuggery, Wall St. Crime, and most of all the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM... 700 TROOPS WOUNDED in OCTOBER!!! (missing arms legs, brain injuries and who knows what else).

I can't even remember all the scandals and criminality that they aren't reporting but it's in my Hard Drive somewhere.

They report shit.