What is the creepiest part of The Foley Saga?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

I kind of find the fact he has a MySpace page the capper.

A congressman. With a MySpace page.

Ponder that one, wonchoo?

[babylonsister]

1. Link?

:rofl: :popcorn:

Hmmmm, since I don't have one, I can't fathom other than I thought it was a social internet joint.
Ah, social! :think:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. I believe I caught that...

Over at Americablog. Aravosis has been all over this story like ugly on an ape.

[SledDriver]

2. That this is what happens when...

"the adults are 'in charge' " :puke:

[Erika]

7. Yeah, and they are a nasty bunch, aren't they?

Let's teach those boys right.

[AlCzervik]

4. it's all bad, it's like an episode of Law & Order special victims unit--

ok how much you wanna bet Dick Wolf is already greenlighting a script for this storyline?

[Erika]

Use a towel so you won't make it sore?

That's the advice that a GOP Ways and Means Committee member, amd a John Walsh helper, writes to a minor boy?

[Aviation Pro]

5. The fact that this is probably the rule and not the exception....

...eom

[Erika]

6. Use a towel so you won't make it sore?

That's the advice that a GOP Ways and Means Committee member, amd a John Walsh helper, writes to a minor boy?

[babylonsister]

8. On a more serious note, yes. That's why he resigned.

And we will probably pay for it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2854936&mesg_id=2854936

[Ninja Jordan]

9. I think Evan Bayh has a MySpace page.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

10. If he does...

Then that is creepy too.

[AtomicKitten]

11. that the GOP House leadership kept this from the Dems for 6 months

Enabling a sexual predator is unconscionable.

[Joe Bacon]

12. How many more Republicans are doing this?

I want to know how many more Republican Senators and Congressman are doing this. How many more of those freaks and their biblethumping Preacher Pals are STILL in the closet?

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. The fact that the Repug leadership protected him for so long

rather then protecting the victims of his perversion.

[gully]

14. His position with the Center for missing and exploited children.

*shudder*

[NVMojo]

15. I think it was creepy that he was in the closet ...totally dishonest ....

snip...

Questions about his sexuality swirled beginning with his first run for Congress, when his opponent in the Republican primary sent out mailings saying Mr. Foley was gay. He was single and seemed uncommonly focused on politics. He sometimes referred to his sister, Donna, who often served as his campaign manager, as his “surrogate wife.”

In 2003, when he was considered the front-runner in a crowded primary race for the Senate seat being vacated by Bob Graham, Mr. Foley gave a news conference to condemn rumors that he was gay but refused to say whether he was. A few months later, he dropped out of the race, saying he needed to spend more time with his father, who had prostate cancer. Many believed he had left the race to avoid questions about his sexual orientation.

“There were accusations made that he was gay, and clearly that had an impact on him deciding not to run for Senate,” said Jim Kane, the chief pollster for Florida Voter, a nonpartisan polling organization. “He knew the scrutiny was clearly going to be much different once he stepped up a notch.”

Mr. Foley reportedly sent the messages to the first page in August 2005.

snip...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/us/30foley.html?th&emc=th