I'm sure this was not the first boy he solicited on the Internet, or the first IMs and e-mail saved. Lord only knows what will be coming out now.
This man held the public trust and violated it. Apparantly, the incoming Page class in the Senate was warned about him. When will people stop covering for these low lifes? Being an enabler is almost as bad as committing the act oneself.
That is another issue I haven't seen much addressed on. WHO warned the pages to avoid Foley? Who knew? I can't believe that in America, pages who are minors have to get secret warnings to avoid a congressman for sexual contact, and the leadership does nothing, except lie like Boehner did earlier? I have been yelling about Hastert mostly, but Boehner has now been proved to have lied, today within hours getting caught. Lying seems to be a sign of guilt. I think after they reflect this week-end, they will know they violated our trust, and most importantly the trust of the kids who serve our country as pages.
"Lord only knows what will be coming out now.
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Very true. There are other sexual scandals in DC involving congresscritters and pages and interns. I have no doubt about this. They're all kept quiet by everyone, because such information damages everyone.
That may well be about to change. Parents of pages and interns are going to be discussing this with their offspring, and more stories are going to come out. Some will be true, and some false, but they will come out.
I've always said that if you took the entire Congress, held it upside down and shook it, pages and interns would come falling out of pockets like rain.
It's a dirty little secret, and secrets want to be kept. Those who have been covering up stuff are going to be really scared right now, and may well stop covering up in the face of this.
The potential is there for major upheaval, and I don't just mean on the right side of the aisle.