October 04, 2006
A Little Inside Pool
filed under: Stuff to laugh atFor those who aren't breathlessly following the GOP's Foley meltdown, this will make little sense.
Periodically, I check in on The Corner at The National Review, when I'm wondering how the Right is talking amongst themselves about a certain political issue. Their stuff is often well-written and thoughtful, even when I find it dangerously wrong-headed.
When Rep. Tom Reynold's Chief of Staff, who was also Mark Foley's ex-Chief of Staff and either "resigned" or "was fired" today (depending on where you look), said that he had alerted "the highest levels" of the House Republican leadership to Rep. Foley's questionable behavior with male pages two years ago, and when said revelation made it into a CNN "Breaking News" email, I cruised to The Corner to see how they were taking it.
John Podhoretz's post at 4:40pm would have made me spit my milk out my nose, had I been drinking any at the time:
(Quoted in full because it's too short to excerpt)
Memo to Self [John Podhoretz]Posted by rjt at October 4, 2006 04:55 PMIf I ever hire Kirk Fordham, DON'T FIRE KIRK FORDHAM.