Posted on 12/10/2007 2:28:39 PM PST by faq
Teenaged congressional pages performed oral sex in front of their colleagues for weeks before they were caught and expelled from the program, according to a new report in Roll Call newspaper.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has pledged to reform the page program, which brings dozens of 15- and 16-year-old students to live and study in Washington, D.C., while working as aides in congressional offices.
"As a mother and a grandmother, nothing is more important to me than the safety and security of our House pages," Pelosi said in a statement.
The page program has been reportedly reformed at least once already in the past year, after former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., was exposed for sending inappropriate and suggestive e-mails and instant messages to teenaged former pages.
Two Republican lawmakers resigned their seats on the page program's oversight board last week to protest what they said was a failure to inform them of misbehavior in the program which was leading to expulsions.
In addition to the two pages reportedly expelled for their oral sex performances, two other pages were reportedly expelled for shoplifting from stores at Washington, D.C.-area shopping malls. One was reportedly charged with a felony.
And boy are they tired.
Ya know, it’s not that they actually engaged in it but that they had spectators that really makes you wonder what the hell is wrong with people.
Oh shut up.
The Clinton legacy continues.
Sounds institutionalized. Like a perk. :)
Culture of Corruption!
Well if that don’t beat all, ah Bill Clintoon wishes he were there.
I am outraged. This thing never happened when I was a page. Outraged I tell you. How come I never got to have oral, er, I mean, I am outraged at the behavoir of today’s kids.
Wait I am confused, so is oral sex now sex.......and wrong?
It’s a flourishing industry.
Besides the obvious tragedy of the pages involved in the various scandals, it is also sad that no responsible parent will send one of their children to DC to be a Congressional page. An otherwise great opportunity rendered too risky for children.
"... and therefore, I am introducing important, new legislation designed to protect these precious children, via the use of safe words, such as Palomino.
lol
And probably have a bad taste in their mouths too.
Barney Frank requested a new page - his old one split!
You lost me there, I do not understand the allusion.
And remember, these are the future legislative best and brightest wannabe’s.
Given the stuff that Congressmen and Senator’s are being accused of these days, they should fit right in.
it is interesting that the employer of these pages isn’t named by the MSM
The utter monsters in the democrat party controlled media will completely cover this story up.
Considering Nancy's District, it can only be wrong if it's heterosexual sex.
Sounds like some valuable skills they've picked up should they decide to run for office someday.
BJs among consenting minors is not the sort of crime the Nancy woman is concerned with ~ she’d much rather send Karl Rove to jail.
You took the er, words right out of my mouth!
Those two pages are the flunkies. It is the ones who didn’t get caught who have a bright political future ahead of them.
They’re [Dems] ALL a bunch of lying creeps, in my NEVER so humble opinion!
What in the world kind of kids would do this kind of thing? How disgusting.
So you recommend just turning the page?
What's the big deal. Oral sex isn't sex. < /sarcasm>

The Clinton Legacy.
I wonder if the standards were clearly outlined and also a tutorial available. Will this poor performance report turn up when applying for jobs later on and how will it look when it turns up on future reference reports: Although Johnny lips were malleable his tongue was a bit too stiff and rigid--lol. Sorry all decent folks reading, I just could not resist.
Short of that, the participants enjoy the otherwise highly-risky, potentially painful experience as those an actual bondage occasion was occurring.
It allows “reckless abandon” to be a little less “abandoned.”
Perfect! LOL!!!
So, a higher standard for pages then for the commander in chief. Guess its all about power.
Paging Mr. Clinton. Paging Mr. Clinton. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.

"Send me"
Oh no..lol! I was thinking the same thing! Perhaps their oral skills aren’t where they should be? Is there such a thing as a lousy.....?
OK, that’s just funny right there, I don’t care who you are!
Bears repeating.....
Barney Frank requested a new page - his old one split!
Barney Frank's new book is a failure: the pages are stuck together.
Because they would rather have their pages bent over.
;)
Old joke, I know.
Something about pages and cabin boys.
“Two other pages were reportedly expelled for shoplifting from stores at Washington, D.C.-area shopping malls. One was reportedly charged with a felony.”
“Sounds like some valuable skills they’ve picked up should they decide to run for office someday.”
It might be part of an practical exam for entry level opportunities as future White House national security adviser.
It’s only a scandal if the thief gets caught. To avoid such scandals, hire better thieves.
Rhetorical question:
Why was the issue of sex and pages such a big, big issue for the media back in September of 2006 when the scandal of sending innapropriate instant messages to pages by a congressman who was Republican that they had to have it as THE top story on all the newscasts for a week, but this story is only appearing here and there now?
Will this new story be on Brian Williams’, Katie Coric’s, Wolf Blitzer’s, and Charlie Gibson’s lineup tonight?
Will anyone in the media insist that the Speaker of the House has ultimate responsibility? Will they ask for the Speaker’s resignation? Will they gleefully talk of how this may effect the upcoming national elections?
After all, they insist they are NOT biased.
I’ll just wait right here.....
ROTFLMGO!
As a parent, you would have to be OUT OF YOUR MIND to send your 15 or 16 year old to live in Washington with the politicians.
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