New allegations of improper conduct under discussion(besides Foley)

[dajoki]

MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15301148/

Page board discussed others besides Foley
Two conference calls talked about allegations only

Updated: 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Allegations of improper conduct toward teenage pages that are unrelated to ex-Rep. Mark Foley are under discussion by House overseers of the program, according to a Democratic lawmaker involved in the talks.

Rep. Dale Kildee of Michigan, the only Democrat on the House Page Board, would not say Monday whether the allegations involved Republicans or Democrats, lawmakers or staff members. He said nothing has been proven.

In his unexpected remarks, Kildee - who is unhappy Republicans did not tell him about Foley's improper approaches to male pages - said the page board discussed the new allegations in a conference call Monday.

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If any Republicans are involved, new allegations could further damage the majority party in Congress less than a month before the election. Polls already show the GOP has been damaged by the scandal involving Foley, R-Fla., who sent former male pages too-friendly e-mails and sexually explicit instant messages.

Kolbe camping trip
While Kildee did not divulge details, it is known that federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation into an unspecified allegation related to a camping trip that Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., took with two former pages and others in 1996. Kolbe, the only openly gay Republican in the House, has denied any wrongdoing.

[AndyA]

1. Kolbe - WTF is wrong with him? Gay AND Republican?

Why not cut off his nose to spite his face? That is what his party is doing: declaring him second class. I would say citizen, but with the anti-Gay legislation taking place, it would seem gay people aren't really entitled to the same rights as straight citizens are.

Kolbe, you deserve whatever grief this gives you for being a member of a party that does so much harm. Shame on you!

[MADem]

2. They're going after Kolbe, who's out. And if he did fiddle around with

kids on a damn camping trip, then he qualifies as sick and brazen, because supposedly his SISTER was with them as well...!

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. Yep, the party of "Moral Values"

It just keeps getting better and better.

[aquart]

5. If it's a Dem, I'm guessing the news would have leaked already.

So the likelihood is another Republican. Why are we so sure it's Kolbe?

[Andrea]

6. Another source leaked Kolbe's name

with regard to the conference calls. Check the AP, I think that's where I saw it.

[dajoki]

7. I'm not sure it is Kolbe...

just part of the article.

[wakeme2008]

4. IMHO if a Dem said this

"Allegations of improper conduct toward teenage pages that are unrelated to ex-Rep. Mark Foley are under discussion by House overseers of the program, according to a Democratic lawmaker involved in the talks."

The it must be another Repug...