Posted on 10/01/2006 3:45:10 PM PDT by MSM Hater
Edited on 10/01/2006 4:03:57 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., requested Sunday that the Justice Department conduct an investigation into former Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record)'s electronic messages to teenage boys — a lurid scandal that has put House Republicans in political peril.
"As Speaker of the House, I hereby request that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct with current and former House pages to determine to what extent any of his actions violated federal law," Hastert wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Lets see how it ended when a Dem was gay for an intern?
Studds is remembered chiefly for his role in the 1983 Congressional page sex scandal, when he and Representative Dan Crane were censured by the House of Representatives for separate sexual relationships with a minor – in Studds's case, a 1973 relationship with a 17-year-old male congressional page. The relationship was consensual, but violated age of consent laws and presented ethical concerns relating to working relationships with subordinates.
During the course of the House Ethics Committee's investigation, Studds publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, a disclosure that, according to a Washington Post article, "apparently was not news to many of his constituents." Studds stated in an address to the House, "It is not a simple task for any of us to meet adequately the obligations of either public or private life, let alone both, but these challenges are made substantially more complex when one is, as I am, both an elected public official and gay."
As the House read their censure of him, Studds turned his back and ignored them. Later, at a press conference with the former page standing beside him, the two stated that what had happened between them was nobody's business but their own. (Wikipedia)
If he offs himself I doubt MSM or RATS would even care. They only care about RAT CREEPS like Barney Frank.
mark for later...because I've been in a seminar for two days and am too tired to figure out what's going on here.
There's more interesting background info here:
Just One Minute: http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2006/09/mark_foley_thre.html
Right Wing Nuthouse:
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/10/01/the-website-that-started-it-all-strange-but-true/
Tigerhawk:
http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2006/10/categorical-error.html
Please excuse if these are repeats from upthread.
:) BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Said it before, will say it again:
The best thing that the queer pederast Foley can do at this juncture to preserve the party, and maintain the dignity of his family; is fall upon his own sword. Or eat a scattergun. The shame and dishonor that HE brought upon public service and the party is inexcusable. Many cry "but,but, the Dims do it all of the time". Some human beings eat their deceased. Is the condoning and encouragement of gay sex with underage or "barely legal" a plank of the GOP? If so, this conservative is done with them.
He could not be blamed - he grew up poor, so it wasn't really his fault.
I am beside myself now wondering ..
"Where in the World is Mark Foley"?
Studds was re-elected five more terms after the censure. He fought for many issues, including environmental and maritime issues, gay marriage, AIDS funding, and civil rights, particularly for homosexuals. In 1995 the Republican-controlled Congress abolished the House Merchant Marine and Fishing Committee, of which he had been chairman.
Since retiring from Congress in 1997, Studds has been a lobbyist for the fishing industry. His partner is Dean T. Hara.
Elected five more times after the scandal.
What? Didn't hear that. Foley said he has gone somewhere where he'll never be found?
Thanks for the very, very informative site. EVERY FREEPER should read it. It is a some what long but interesting.
Thanks again.
I had read some of the exchanges between the staffs of the congressmen last night.
Yes..he's on AOL....
I'm kinda thinking out loud here, but do you know of any connection between Melanie Sloan and Mary McCarthy other than the Wilson's?
Oh my, and here he said he was getting out of politics...and I totally believed him, yes indeed. What slimy souls these people have.
Studds and Hara picture. Try to figure this one out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aac/27620063/in/set-625004/
Why does the name Melanie Sloan ring a bell with me?
On ABC tonight, Ross said the IMs were from pages who were there in 2001 and 2002.
http://www.shesource.org/speaker_bio.php?source_id=259
Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan was Minority Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 1998. She worked directly with the Honorable John Conyers, the ranking member of the Committee, specializing in criminal enforcement issues, including the Independent Counsel law. In 1994, Ms. Sloan was Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, working for then Representative Charles Schumer. There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act, and worked on issues including the death penalty, mandatory minimum sentencing, and habeas corpus. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then Chairman, Senator Joe Biden, where she researched the backgrounds of nominees to high level Department of Justice positions and to the federal courts. Prior to serving Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington, D.C. and at Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal in Los Angeles, California.
I just know Chris Lehane and Ben Chao are in there somewhere.
Keep reading the thread.....
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