Another Republican Congressional Pedophile

[valerief]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Congressman_accused_of_sending_sick_emails_0928.html

They don't care about the Constitution. They only care about diddling young boys.

[Imagevision]

1. Inquired about his age?!! - This must be further investigated, what would

regs do?!! Kidding? they'd be all over this like fly's on shit!!

[Imagevision]

14. Foley looking for boy toys on our dime!!

[Botany]

2. Sick bastard = Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL)

"I just e-mailed Will ... he is such a nice guy .... acts much older than his age ......
he's in really great shape .... i am just finished with riding my bike journey on a 25 mile journey
and now heading to the gym .... what is school like for you this year?"

I am willing to bet anybody that Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL), is a family values flag
waving born again bush loving man.

bingo from his web site

7/11/2006
FOLEY INTRODUCES SWEEPING LEGISLATION ATTACKING INTERNET CHILD PORN INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON - {Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) introduced legislation last night along
with Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA) that goes after the Internet child porn
industry and for the first time would hold credit card companies and Internet service
providers accountable if they knowingly facilitate child pornography.

[KKKarl is an idiot]

8. They always are

Their anti gay, anti abortion, anti child pornography, family value & Christian beliefs are all a front for the real person inside. Not one of them are interested in real values.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Everyone of them is tainted...and Rove has all the gory details

on each.

Seriously, given the obviously criminal nature of the Republican Syndicate today, yopu don't think they are interested in running people with integrity and principles, right? That would be counter-productive for their collective well-being. I imagine the ideal candidate has plenty of skeletons and weaknesses to exploit. But they need to have 2 qualifications: (1) being an unabashed hypocrite who will do or say anything to get elected and (2) will not 'rock the boat'. That means no investigation of Republican administrations and voting as per the financial interests of Syndicate. It's a pretty sweet arrangement

[drm604]

36. That's an interesting theory.

It certainly would explain a lot. I wonder if Foley's done anything recently to rock the boat? Has he recently voted against something Bush wanted, or spoke out against him?

[katinmn]

4. K&R. Geeze, how many is this??

[lwcon]

5. I can understand why the kid was creeped out...

... but the e-mails aren't exactly a smoking gun.

He may well have been right that the guy was on his way to crossing a line and making an unwanted pass at him, but it seems unfair to publicly accuse this guy of being a pedophile when:

* The e-mails may raise an eyebrow but don't amount to a sexual advance
* The recipient is over the age of consent and is no longer (if I understand the story correctly) employed by Congress, so it wouldn't be workplace harrassment

It seems quite plausible, maybe even likely, that those advances would be forthcoming, but at most this seems a premature "exposé."


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[lwcon]

28. Presumably there must be smoke where there's fire here

Give the GOP's amazing ability to duck responsibility for their sins, there must be some *bad* smoking gun evidence well beyond what was in those e-mails that surfaced earlier.

More'n likely he figured falling on his sword immediately was the only chance he had to not roast over this. Out of the public eye, no doubt he'll be able swing a sweetheart deal over whatever he's done.

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[The Count]

6. Wasn't Foley the loudmouth during the 2000 election stealing?

Floridians? Am I remembering right?

[ClassWarrior]

7. Yup. He's a creep.

NGU.

[Cocoa]

9. pretty thin story

many people, of course, will not bother reading the story.

[Strawman]

10. I agree. We should be above witch hunt hysteria type smear tactics

Based on the evidence I saw in those emails, it's only damning if one begins with the presumption that he is a perv and a predator.

On edit: now he is resigning so maybe there is more to this story and more basis to these claims that we will learn very soon.

[valerief]

15. If it quacks like a duck… n/t

[Beetwasher]

18. You Sure You Want To Defend This Guy??? Really? Are You Sure?

"Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/foley_resigns_o.html

[Strawman]

24. Ummm. Nope. Not anymore

I'm pretty convinced.

[snowbear]

12. Cocoa.. you still think it's thin considering the breaking news?

Sure sounds like another sicko Republican to me!

[LynneSin]

13. Based on that evidence then hell I had a congressman do the same to me

I mean I remember when I was a kid and I met George Gekas. The creep dared asked me how old I was, never realized he was was trying to diddle me!

Ok, first, that story is absolutely true; however, Gekas asked because he wanted me to get involved with some community activities and wanted an idea of my age to make recommendations AND my father was standing right there. Gekas even gave me his business card and said it was good for a free ice cream cone in New Zealand. Of course Gekas was still a doddering old fool which is why he lost in 2002 to Tim Holden.

I'm not saying that this Foley guy is innocent - just want to see more than a few details before I slap something as serious as 'pedophile' on him.

[snowbear]

17. LynneSin, that is so sad..

What happened to you.

I understand what you're saying about this Foley creep, but CNN also said that more e-mails will be released soon (more evidence)

Another RETHUG Pedophile? --->>

~ ~ ~
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[LynneSin]

22. I've only read what was in Raw Story about the details

if more has come out then believe me, I'm not letting this guy off.

But from just the Raw Story article I felt the evidence was pretty weak.

[Beetwasher]

19. More Details:

"Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/foley_resigns_o.html

Happy to be of service! :hi:

[snowbear]

20. Beets.. thanks for the additional info -- doesn't it remind you of...

--- that sick REPUBLICAN pedophile bastard, former mayor of Spokane, the belated Jim West??

[Beetwasher]

21. Yeah, That's What Happens You're A Demented, Repressed

asshole w/ power. Most Repubs are sick fucks who publically fight against that of which they themselves are guilty. This guy Foley was on the "Missing and Exploited Children's" caucus. Typical.

[LynneSin]

23. Thanks, I really only had the story from Raw Story

Along with not watching Cable News, I also rarely visit their website. It seems that the evidence is strongly there. I hope they nail the asshole!

[snowbear]

25. Me too... I'm anxious for MadFlorida & our other Floridian DU'ers to...

..comment about this pervert.

According to the talking heads, he would have been a shoe-in for re-election.. Yet they also note that the area he's in is not red or blue, but is very much "right down the middle" and that this can only be good news for his Democratic opponent.

If Jim West of Spokane wouldn't have kicked the bucket, they could've jailed the two together.


<-- West :mad: Foley -->

[Beetwasher]

16. Are You SURE You Want To Stick W/ That Position?????

"Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/foley_resigns_o.html

If it walks like a duck, quack likes a duck, yadda yadda...

[snowbear]

11. MSNBC just said the sick bastard is stepping down

Then another reporter said "not stepping down, but not running for re-election"

Why are so many Republicans living secret lives of pedophiles??????????

SICK BASTARD !!! :mad:

[newsguyatl]

26. i guess i'm alone here

i don't see what foley did wrong.

he asked a kid his age and for a pic? who gives a fuck?

people are so fucking "sensitive" nowadays.

i call bullshit.

[Zynx]

29. It was much more than that.

Even so, it looks very very bad without the lude and elicit messages that were released.

[snowbear]

31. OMG....

Wow.

All I can say DU'ers.. is that one of you left the door open last night...

They are everrrrrywhere today...

[newsguyatl]

32. excuse me, miss larissa

i've been here LONGER than you, and if you're insinuating I'M a freeper, of all people, goes to show you don't frequent DU very much.

[kdpeters]

34. You're not alone, but I doubt we have much company

No one here is that sensitive. We've been desperate for a sex scandal and now there's blood in the water. I guess the stakes are too high for consistency or integrity. We arm teens with condoms, birth control, and fight to let her make her own decisions about abortion. Ask any girl of any age if she's ever received suggestive comments from a much older man. It's called sexual harassment when a dirty old man leers and ogles a teenage female. It happens so often it's often ignored. Yet here we are, screaming pedophile, predator, monster for the same thing but the teenager is a male. It's homophobia and it validates the gay panic defense. Does anyone think the same overtures from Heather Locklear would elicit such a panicked reaction: "sick sick sick sick ................."?

I call bullshit too.

[drm604]

35. There was more than that.

There was a very explicit online conversation.
Check out this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2854462

[newsguyatl]

27. double post

[Danascot]

30. a sex scandal ... thank God!

Lies, corruption, perversion of the constitution and the Geneva convetion ... nobody raises an eyebrow. But sex, damn, now that's news!

[Doctor_J]

33. Check out this blog on the story

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/09/29/this-just-in-foley-resigns-after-approaching-underage-male-intern/