Rep. Tom Reynolds attempts to cover his ass
Rep. Tom Reynolds is running scared at this point.
Kirk Fordham, the chief of staff to Rep. Tom Reynolds, has resigned or was fired. This is directly related to the unfolding scandal related to former Representative, and current republican pedophiliac, Mark Foley. Apparently, he held the same position previously under Mark Foley.
According to The Buffalo News, Kirk Fordham was directly involved in an attempt to cover up the unfolding scandal involving Mark Foley.
Kirk Fordham, Reynolds’ chief of staff, acknowledged in an interview Tuesday that he approached ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross last Friday with an offer: Ross would get the exclusive story on Foley’s resignation from Congress in exchange for withholding those salacious instant messages.
The article continues
“I didn’t give him permission to have any conversations he’s had at any time with Mark Foley either as his friend or his former employer,” Reynolds said during an event in Amherst. “But I think it would be highly unusual for anybody here that they would ask permission if they could talk to someone on any nature on their own time.”
So, Rep. Reynolds is now finding himself in house cleaning mode in an attempt to save himself.
At this point a little more background on Rep. Tom Reynolds and his attempts to separate himself from the growing scandal is probably appropriate.
On Monday October 2nd he held a strange press conference with a brief statement followed by a question answer phase. At this press conference, Rep. Tom Reynolds surrounded himself with children. Below is a clip showing the conference and a couple of questions from the press. Additional analysis is available over at the Random Thoughts 101 blog.
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The use of children like this does nothing to make him appear more trustworthy, it is a little creepy to me. Additionally, it is a weak ass attempt to keep the questions from being to pointed, because after all, “there are children in the room”. In fact at one point in the clip, a reporter actually asks Rep. Reynolds to remove the children from the room and he refuses.
One of the best parts of the clip is when a reporter asks “Who are these children”? Rep. Reynolds seemed to be caught off guard and stumbled for a bit before stating “these are my supporters”.
This guy is scared.
Realizing the disaster of this press conference, he held another one yesterday, which is covered quite nicely by the Buffalo Geek’s blog.
I wonder what Laura Bush is thinking right now? She is arriving today to support Rep. Reynolds at a fundraiser.
