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Perhaps checking into rehab is a way to keep the press away during his "recovery." Seems like alot of celebs do this when they are caught in a compromising position. It's a tactic folks!
 
Pepper said:
Perhaps checking into rehab is a way to keep the press away during his "recovery." Seems like alot of celebs do this when they are caught in a compromising position. It's a tactic folks!
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It's on CNN now. Seems nobody knew Foley had an alcohol problem, not even his brother-in-law or other staffers...:waitasec:
 
Pepper said:
Perhaps checking into rehab is a way to keep the press away during his "recovery." Seems like alot of celebs do this when they are caught in a compromising position. It's a tactic folks!
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Many of the celebs go into rehab when they get in trouble with the law in hopes that the judge will let it go at that. And usually the judges do. Not so with us real folks.
 
SadieMae said:
I'm watching FOX news and I am :furious: .
The White House Press Secretary referred to Foley's emals to the pages as: "naughty emails". Then he went back to correct himself to say they were more than that. What is wrong with people? To me a "naughty email" is sending an off color joke my friends.
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I guess he'll get sticks in his stocking for Xmas. :o
 
An Op-Ed piece in the Washington Times calls for the resignation of Dennis Hastert.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once. Either he was grossly negligent for not taking the red flags fully into account and ordering a swift investigation, for not even remembering the order of events leading up to last week's revelations -- or he deliberately looked the other way in hopes that a brewing scandal would simply blow away. He gave phony answers Friday to the old and ever-relevant questions of what did he know and when did he know it? Mr. Hastert has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party, and he cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an investigation that must examine his own inept performance.
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I couldn't agree more. Hastert was derelict in his responsibilities in overlooking the actions of Mark Foley who was Chairman of the Caucus for Missing and Exploited Children. From start to finish, this is a travesty of justice.


http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20061002-102008-9058r.htm
 
Wasn't it just last night we were discussing what was in it for Tom Reynolds, who had accepted a $100,000.00 donation from Foley? Well....

Monday, October 02, 2006

BREAKING: Cong. Tom Reynolds' (R-NY) chief of staff tried to get ABC to cover-up evidence of Foley predatory sex chat </B>
by John in DC - 10/02/2006 07:50:00 PM



It's confirmed. Congressman Tom Reynolds' (R-NY) chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, tried to broker a secret deal last Friday to get ABC News to cover up the worst part of the Foley child predator scandal, the lurid five-plus-page instant message chat in which Foley asked a child to measure his penis and then led the child into a detailed discussion of masturbatory techniques.

Howie Kurtz in the Washington Post wrote about this in this morning's Washington Post, though at the time Kurtz didn't name names - he simply referred to the deal-maker as a "former chief of staff" to Mark Foley. It's subsequently been confirmed to me, by Kurtz, that the individual who reportedly tried to broker the cover-up deal was Congressman Reynolds' own chief of staff (and former Foley chief of staff), Kirk Fordham. Here is what Kurtz wrote:
On Friday afternoon, a strategist for Rep. Mark Foley tried to cut a deal with ABC's Brian Ross.

The correspondent, who had dozens of instant messages that Foley sent to teenage House pages, had asked to interview the Florida Republican. Foley's former chief of staff said the congressman was quitting and that Ross could have that information exclusively if he agreed not to publish the raw, sexually explicit messages.

"I said we're not making any deals," Ross recalls.​
(As noted above, I have confirmed that the guy offering the deal was Fordham.) Yes, God forbid Congressman Reynolds let the public know the truth. But we're to believe that he was interested in the truth when he first found out about Foley's creepy emails months ago. Right.

Congressman Reynolds, you'll recall, is the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the congressional body in charge of helping House republicans get re-elected. Reynolds had been notified about Foley's page-baiting months ago, yet wants us to believe he did everything he could and that he's not responsible for the sexual predator getting an easy ride, for his being permitted to remain in congress, permitted to remain the chair of the House caucus on missing and exploited children, and being permitted to remain in the House Republican leadership.
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http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/breaking-cong-tom-reynolds-r-ny-chief.html
 
SadieMae said:
It's on CNN now. Seems nobody knew Foley had an alcohol problem, not even his brother-in-law or other staffers...:waitasec:
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Bingo!

I live in NY...I had to chuckle yesterday as the local news just got finished interviewing/grilling Rep. Tom Reynolds (he supposedly knew about the e-mails and didn't do much other than tell the Speaker of the House) ... everyone thinks this is going to hurt his chance at re-election. Immediately following this interview with him came a commercial to re-elect...guess who....Tom Reynolds!
 
Foley's lawyer states he is "absolutely not a pedophile".

Right. He just likes to exchange instant messages directing a teenage boy to measure his penis while he is fondling his own "one-eyed snake"!

And the boy's answer to the request for a "measurement" was that he had already done that before, indicating at least one prior "conversation" with this "non-pedophile".

I think the most disturbing thing I am seeing here, beyond the acts themselves and beyond the obvious attempts at coverup, is the lack of recognition of this as CRIMINAL behavior!

Are these people all nuts? This is NOT a guy who was caught messing around with his adult secretary - this is a man who was obviously preying on teenage boys, forgodsake!

Dennis Hastert needs to take off his blinders and he better do it soon. Because the attitude we are seeing on the part of those who knew SOMETHING was going on is just disgusting, IMO.
 
New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote
October 03, 2006 1:22 PM

Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:

Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page, according to new Internet instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages.

ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys under the age of 18.

Maf54: I miss you
Teen: ya me too
Maf54: we are still voting
Maf54: you miss me too

The exchange continues in which Foley and the teen both appear to describe having sexual orgasms.

Maf54: ok..i better go vote..did you know you would have this effect on me
Teen: lol I guessed
Teen: ya go vote…I don't want to keep you from doing our job
Maf54: can I have a good kiss goodnight
Teen: :-*
Teen: <kiss>

(more at link: )

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html
 
LovelyPigeon said:
New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote
October 03, 2006 1:22 PM

Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:

Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page, according to new Internet instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages.

ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys under the age of 18.

Maf54: I miss you
Teen: ya me too
Maf54: we are still voting
Maf54: you miss me too

The exchange continues in which Foley and the teen both appear to describe having sexual orgasms.

Maf54: ok..i better go vote..did you know you would have this effect on me
Teen: lol I guessed
Teen: ya go vote…I don't want to keep you from doing our job
Maf54: can I have a good kiss goodnight
Teen: :-*
Teen: <kiss>

(more at link: )

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html
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I read this one and the other one. Nasty, nasty!!!! I just still cannot believe not one person on the HIll who knew of his behavior spoke up!!!
 
Pedro said:
Yes, they brought Clinton up. Also it's a joke to "blame Clinton" for everything because they often do.
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Pedro, you seem to be riding a one trick pony. I am definitely not minimizing Foley's totally unacceptable behavior. Our elected officials have a tendency to believe themselves totally above the law. They do need to be held accountable for their actions.

Clinton did pardon Mel Reynoldsl. If you remember he had sex with a sixteen year old and was also convicted of spending violations.

Barney Frank lived with a male prostitute who was running a sex for hire business right out of their apartment. He did get censured, but is now a top ranking congressman.

Gerry Studds was caught having sex with a 16 year old male. He refused to resign and continued to serve.

I believe an interviewee on ABC told Charlie Gibson, there's more to come out on others. But, if they're Democrats, then you can bet your bottom dollar you won't hear about them untill after November 7.

Disgusting as Foley is, there are others out there that are just as bad. Oh, BTW, the above named Congressmen are/were Democrats.
 
I am watching the press conference. I Just CAN'T believe this . Now he's saying Mark Foley said he was abused from 13-15 by a priest. Ummmmm....sounds real familiar. Abuse excuse. But in the next sentence he's saying he's not making excuses for his behavior? :confused:
 
Former Congressman Mark Foley Was Molested By A Clergyman As A Teenager And Is Gay, According To His Attorney
 
kayceebee said:
Former Congressman Mark Foley Was Molested By A Clergyman As A Teenager And Is Gay, According To His Attorney
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Yeah, I just saw that on CNN breaking news.

It's getting too bizarre for words. So did he seek or get any help at the time, or is this a long lost deep, dark secret from the past????

As the world turns.......tune in for tomorrow's show......

Or is it "True Confessions"?
 
BarnGoddess said:
Pedro, you seem to be riding a one trick pony. I am definitely not minimizing Foley's totally unacceptable behavior. Our elected officials have a tendency to believe themselves totally above the law. They do need to be held accountable for their actions.

Clinton did pardon Mel Reynoldsl. If you remember he had sex with a sixteen year old and was also convicted of spending violations.

Barney Frank lived with a male prostitute who was running a sex for hire business right out of their apartment. He did get censured, but is now a top ranking congressman.

Gerry Studds was caught having sex with a 16 year old male. He refused to resign and continued to serve.

I believe an interviewee on ABC told Charlie Gibson, there's more to come out on others. But, if they're Democrats, then you can bet your bottom dollar you won't hear about them untill after November 7.

Disgusting as Foley is, there are others out there that are just as bad. Oh, BTW, the above named Congressmen are/were Democrats.
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BG, I don't know if the "But, if they're Democrats..." part is you speaking or the interviewee. But either way, puh-leeze! If the media weren't perfectly willing to report on the failings of Democrats, you wouldn't have your litany of Dem scandals to recite here.

Nonetheless, if you want to know why Republican scandals are different than Democratic ones, it's because Republican candidates have for some time now claimed to own the moral highroad. Thus, they have farther to fall and it's more satisfying when they do.
 
If they're Democrats, they'll be whisked out faster than you can say, "The Devil made me do it".
 
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