Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds, chairman of the NRCC, who represents folks in my neck of the woods, has started running new political campaign ads, one of which I saw last night. In the ad, believe it or not, he apologizes (sort of) for his role in the Foley scandal:
BUFFALO, N.Y. — With his actions in the Mark Foley page scandal under attack, Rep. Thomas Reynolds launched an ad campaign to defend himself.
“Nobody’s angrier and more disappointed that I didn’t catch his lies,” Reynolds, R-Clarence, says in the television commercial that ran on Buffalo and Rochester stations Saturday. “I trusted that others had investigated. Looking back, more should have been done, and for that, I am sorry.”
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Gee Tom, I’m sorry too. Sorry that you are such a weasel. Sorry that your apology is so half-assed, even now blaming others and not taking full responsibility for your own failure to act. Sorry that you ever got elected in the first place. Sorry that you ever achieved enough power within your party to be put in position to enable the sexual harassment of Congressional pages by your colleague. Sorry that, on a whole host of issues, you have put party before honor, party before principle, party before country.
One thing I won’t be sorry about. I won’t be sorry to see you replaced on Election night by Democratic candidate Jack Davis.
Also abvailable in ORANGE
Latest polls put Reynolds way behind Dem Massa: LINK
Democrat Jack Davis has opened a significant lead over Republican incumbent Thomas M. Reynolds in a congressional contest fueled by Reynolds’ association with the Mark Foley sex scandal.
Davis leads Reynolds 48 percent to 33 percent in a new Zogby International poll conducted for The Buffalo News, prompting pollster John Zogby to conclude that Davis poses a genuine threat to the longtime powerhouse from Clarence.
“There is no other way to look at these numbers except to say Tom Reynolds is in trouble,” the Utica-based Zogby said.
Make that behind Dem Jack Davis
Sometimes Zogby’s polls are out of whack, but when was the last time you saw a Republican apologize at all? Trent Lott on BET?
Reynolds has been riding a wave of bad news lately. I think, unless there’s a radical sea change in GOP fortunes, Davis will win this race handily.
trying to apologize for not “catching Foley’s lies” is ludicrous. Since all of them have lied day in and day out, the fellow could toss the whole darn bunch of them out! Yeah sure, just this one guy’s lies are all that is important – to HIM. To us all the other lies stack up pretty tall on our list of things to check out and investigate!