Rep. Foley

**hillbilly** · 30-09-2006, 04:45 PM

Normally, I do not enter into this sacred forum.

But, what a jerk!

washingtonpost.com

**Butterfly** · 30-09-2006, 05:06 PM

The irony of all this is quite funny.

**Bung** · 30-09-2006, 07:49 PM

I wonder if Faux news will be running it?

Sick f##k.

**obsidian** · 30-09-2006, 08:00 PM

a terrible series of misunderstandings

**raycarey** · 30-09-2006, 08:00 PM

he was making moves on a 16 year old boy and republican leadership knew about this paedo for nearly a year, and did nothing.

**ceburat** · 30-09-2006, 08:07 PM

This as.s hole belongs in jail or a mental hospital.

**lom** · 30-09-2006, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by raycarey

he was making moves on a 16 year old boy and republican leadership knew about this paedo for nearly a year, and did nothing.

A bit like the catholic church, eh ?
They have now downgraded him from a republic pedophile to a public pedophile..

**barbaro** · 30-09-2006, 10:42 PM

I read the transcripts of the email.

Oh dear....

What's bizarre is that how could a Congressman be so foolish to write emails about "touching bums" and "taking off underwear to relax."

Sheesh.....

I'll try to find the transcripts and post them here of those emails.

**raycarey** · 30-09-2006, 10:58 PM

what did the republican leadership know, and when did they know it?

Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at least one underage male former page.

Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation: "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent."

The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley's GOP colleagues, as lawmakers were rushing to adjourn for at least six weeks. House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of inappropriate "contact" between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he then told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Boehner later contacted The Post and said he could not remember whether he talked to Hastert.

It was not immediately clear what actions Hastert took. His spokesman had said earlier that the speaker did not know of the sexually charged online exchanges between Foley and the boy.

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**barbaro** · 30-09-2006, 11:01 PM

Here are some of the more safer comments. Others haven't been released to the media. Giggles. Sh*ts and giggles!
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They say he used the screen name Maf54 on these messages provided to ABC News.

Maf54: You in your boxers, too?
Teen: Nope, just got home. I had a college interview that went late.
Maf54: Well, strip down and get relaxed.
Another message:
Maf54: What ya wearing?
Teen: tshirt and shorts
Maf54: Love to slip them off of you.
And this one:
Maf54: Do I make you a little horny?
Teen: A little.
Maf54: Cool.

The language gets much more graphic, too graphic to be broadcast, and at one point the congressman appears to be describing Internet sex.
Federal authorities say such messages could result in Foley's prosecution, under some of the same laws he helped to enact.
"Adds up to soliciting underage children for sex," said Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent and now an ABC News consultant. "And what it amounts to is serious both state and federal violations that could potentially get
you a number of years."

Foley's resignation letter was submitted late this afternoon, and he left Capitol Hill without speaking to reporters.
In a statement, he said he was "deeply sorry" and apologized for letting down his family and the people of Florida.

But he made no mention of the Internet messages or the pages.
One former page tells ABC News that his class was warned about Foley by people involved in the program.

Other pages told ABC News they were hesitant to report Foley because of his power in Congress.

This all came to a head in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, we asked the congressman about some much tamer e-mails from one page, and he said he was just being overly friendly. After we posted that story online, we began to hear from a number of other pages who sent these much more explicit, instant messages. When the congressman realized we had them, he resigned.

Link: The Blotter

**Boon Mee** · 30-09-2006, 11:30 PM

I love it when the secular-progressives get their panties in a wad over a sex scandal - but it was OK when Bubba was getting blow-jobs when he was supposed to be after bin Laden...

**raycarey** · 30-09-2006, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

I love it when the secular-progressives get their panties in a wad over a sex scandal

the boy in question was 16.

from your post, one can only assume that you support or are willing to turn a blind eye to this kind of behavior.

is there anything else we should know about you?

**Boon Mee** · 30-09-2006, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

I love it when the secular-progressives get their panties in a wad over a sex scandal

the boy in question was 16.

from your post, one can only assume that you support or are willing to turn a blind eye to this kind of behavior.

is there anything else we should know about you?

I've certainly given up lots more information re. myself than you have there Ray. LOL! (hint, hint - name of that jr. college, sir?)

**stroller** · 01-10-2006, 06:15 AM

What's got the Foley case got to do with "secular-progressives"? Are they the only ones with moral fibre in the modern US?

**friscofrankie** · 01-10-2006, 08:35 AM

Life destroyed, carreer in the shitter. Now known to the world for a sick pervert. He's gonna have to hide in some fuckin hole for the rest of his life.

There is some justice in the world!

**raycarey** · 01-10-2006, 08:52 AM

^
he's going to jail....if he doesn't kill himself first.

^^
is 'secular progressive' supposed to be some kind of slur/taunt?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

I've certainly given up lots more information re. myself than you have there Ray.

yeah, i know. smart move.

**raycarey** · 01-10-2006, 09:11 AM

here's an IM transcript...

ABC News: READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: Foley's Exchange With Underage Page

**Butterfly** · 01-10-2006, 09:15 AM

I bet he was against Gay marriage and voted against it. Another typical reclusive Republican closet case.

**raycarey** · 01-10-2006, 09:29 AM

**ChiangMai noon** · 01-10-2006, 09:30 AM

What's a page?

**raycarey** · 01-10-2006, 09:34 AM

essentially a page is a kid that assists congressmen in delivering messages and other menial type duties.

Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail traffic between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret and allowed Mr. Foley to remain head of a Congressional caucus on children’s issues, Republican lawmakers said Saturday.

snip

Among those who became aware of the communication in the fall of 2005 between Mr. Foley and the 16-year-old page, who worked for Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican of Louisiana, were Representative John A. Boehner, the majority leader, and Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Mr. Reynolds said in a statement Saturday that he had also personally raised the issue with Speaker J. Dennis Hastert earlier this year.

snip

Representative Christopher Shays, Republican of Connecticut, said any leader who had been aware of Mr. Foley’s behavior and failed to take action should step down. “If they knew or should have known the extent of this problem, they should not serve in leadership,” Mr. Shays said.

G.O.P. Leaders Knew in Late ’05 of E-Mail - New York Times

**raycarey** · 01-10-2006, 09:53 AM

In one message, ABC said, Foley wrote to one page: "Do I make you a little horny?" In another message, Foley wrote, "You in your boxers, too? ... Well, strip down and get naked."

snip

Foley, as chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, had introduced legislation in July to protect children from exploitation by adults over the Internet. He also sponsored other legislation designed to protect minors from abuse and neglect. "We track library books better than we do sexual predators," Foley has said.

Foley e-mails an open secret in D.C.? - Politics - MSNBC.com

**ChiangMai noon** · 01-10-2006, 09:55 AM

^
Charming.
I reckon he'll have topped himself within the week.

**Boon Mee** · 01-10-2006, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by raycarey

is 'secular progressive' supposed to be some kind of slur/taunt?

Only if you consider yourself to be one, ray...

**Butterfly** · 01-10-2006, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by raycarey

yep that picture alone screams "I am a self-hating closet homosexual"

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