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Democratic Women with Stones Use Foley in Campaign Ads

I've always loved the term "stones." They're useful for describing large ovaries as well as testes, and look at who's got 'em:

WASHINGTON - More Democrats went on the attack Friday with campaign ads linking Republican candidates to the Mark Foley House page scandal while GOP candidates moved to distance themselves from embattled Speaker

On Saturday, Democrat Patty Wetterling, a candidate for an open House seat in Minnesota, will continue the attack in the Democratic response to
President Bush's weekly radio address as the party looks to reap political gains in coming midterm elections.

"Foley sent obvious predatory signals, received loud and clear by members of congressional leadership, who swept them under the rug to protect their political power," Wetterling said in the prerecorded address. "We must hold accountable all those complicit in allowing this victimization to happen."

Republican New Jersey Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. Friday became the first major GOP candidate to call for Hastert to resign, while additional campaign appearances by Hastert for House GOP candidates got canceled. Hastert has come under heavy attack within his party's rank and file for damage inflicted on the party just weeks before the Nov. 7 elections. Read more…

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