odd but not explicit e-mails from mark foalo. even though i have not seen the e-mails i reported what i d been told. i ve since been told newspapers had these e-mails for months and foley lied about them. later more e-mails were revealed. i m disappointed i didn t catch his lies before. for that i m sorry. and that s the end of the ad. it ends like that. for that i m sorry, go to black. he s sorry for that. he s very sorry about that, but what exactly is he sorry about? his name is tom reynolds, republican congressman from new york first elected in the late 90s and that apology ad, one in a pan theon of political ads, it ran actually as a campaign ad, not just like a video he put on his website or something. it ran as an ad. in 2006 right before he was up for re-election in the mid-terms
his name is tom reynolds, republican congressman from new york first elected in the late 90s and that apology ad, one in the pantheon of apology political ads, it ran, actually, as a campaign ad. not just like a video he put on his website or something. it ran as an ad. in 2006 right before he was up n for re-election in the mid-terms that year. and although you cannot tell in the text of the ad himself, what he was apologizing for was a po role played by him and his office in one of the grossest congressional scandals in recent history. he mentioned this guy foley. mark foley. in 2006 mark foley resigned from congress in disgrace after it ng was revealed he d sent very explicit messages and horribly inappropriate emails to teenage
is not ever been an establishment kind of guy, alex. it s not as though he thinks if i do this, the establishment, if i stay in the race, the establishment and i lose, the establishment won t take care of me down the line. this is a guy who the establishment recruited any number of people to run against him in hopes he wasn t the nominee. they recruited john bruener, a wealthy businessman, because they figured akin is not a good nominee for us. they pivoted once he won and said claire mccaskill is so damaged it doesn t matter but you re exactly right. it s why, you say how can the guy not get out, everyone is calling for him to get out. because there is a group of people around him who are saying let s run this apology ad, let s do a poll or two and let s see what happens. there s no reason for us to get out now. even though it seems patently obvious to all of us this guy can t win, he owes nothing to these people. these people have not funded him, though john is right, in addition t
attitudes perpetuate the rape syndrome and really excuse the rapist from his behavior and blame it all on women. you know, while some teen mom age 16 or 15, is out there being denied all kinds of benefits and reviled for being a loose woman and some 20-year-old man is supported in i didn t really rape her. she asked for it. she just wanted it. congresswoman gwen moore, i appreciate it. thank you for being with us. thank you. i want to bring in our panel. we have ruth and keith and sofia. great to have you all here. ruth, i want to get to you and akin s apology ad.