Posted on 10/02/2006 10:24:50 AM PDT by francke
The uproar and condemnation of Florida’s Rep. Foley cuts across party lines, and across the country…but rings hollow in Massachusetts.
It was revealed last week that Foley had written some sexually suggestive emails to some male pages in Congress. So far, all that is known is that he wrote the creepy emails, and that is enough for Democrats to demand an independent investigation and even Republicans to deny they know the man.
(Excerpt) Read more at massnews.net ...
not touching this one
You must be joking...
If I were a dem/lib, I'd love to see conservatives saying this, as it shoots them in the foot.
are you SURE this isn't from a dem site in conservative drag?
My taxes raised
The Patriot Act repealed
The International terror surveillance program dismantled
Terrorists granted my Constitutional rights
The war in Iraq lost
Gay Marriage.
Can we please put the interests of this great nation and its millions of citizens in perspective?
Yeah, shouldn't the Kennedys be saying, "I feel you pain, Tom"? The pain of getting caught!
Of course it doesn't excuse Foley; but it doesn't excuse the hypocrisy either.
No it outlines it, highlights it.
ALL of the Demagogues everywhere should be extremely supportive of Foley -- he was merely confused, he thought he was a Democrat and he just wanted to follow in the ennobling traditions of Gerry Studds, Barney Frank, Mel Reynolds, Bill Clinton, et al in taking full advantage of his position to score some hot sex.
I despise Foley, but the Demagogues should rally around him the way they ralley around their own drooling, lustful scumbags:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712184/posts
Notice the dems are not saying that there is anything wrong with Foley's behavior. A lot of them are symapthetic towards deviants. They are using this to try to turn GOP members against one another, just like the ambulance chaser mentioned Dick Cheney's daughter during the debate. The only thing I keep hearing them say, especially Pelosi, is that they want investigations and hearings into who knew what, and when. This adds more fire to their "culture of corruption" flame (no pun intended). I can't wait to hear about this rubbish for ten straight days.
Well, since no pedophilia has been yet proven, then it's hard to say if the guy's hypocritical or not.
Did you read that new book about Congressman Foley?
It's quite a page-turner.
(Amazing what dumb jokes I can invent sometimes.)
Hannity read a Washington Post article talking about Studds getting 3 standing ovations by the house after his crime. Do you have a link by any chance?
Chuck Morse isnt even on the ballot. He didn't get the signatures.
NO ONE has made the connection yet, no one here at at least-
- but these folks have:
http://floppingaces2.blogspot.com/2006/10/foleygate-has-begun.html
Quoting:
Tom Maguire from JustOneMinute, Rick Moran from Rightwing Nuthouse, and Clarice Feldman from The American Thinker have been doing some wonderful research on the suspicious way in which this story took fire. In my earlier post I delved into the fact that the liberal group CREW had a big hand in getting the IM's out. Now Rick has done some research on the website that supposedly broke the story...
A Republican staff member warned congressional pages five years ago to watch out for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.From here: michellemalkin.com/archives/006027.htmMatthew Loraditch, a page in the 2001-2002 class, told ABC News he and other pages were warned about Foley by a supervisor in the House Clerk's office.
Loraditch, the president of the Page Alumni Association, said the pages were told "don't get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff."
...Loraditch says that some of the pages who "interacted" with Foley were hesitant to report his behavior because "members of Congress, they've got the power." Many of the pages were hoping for careers in politics and feared Foley might seek retribution.
Loraditch runs the alumni association for the U.S. House Page Program, and he is deeply concerned about the future effects this scandal could have on a program that he sees as a valuable educational experience for teens.
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