Mark Foley asks, "Do I make you a little horny?"

[EricMM 0]

Leena, I think the kids went along with it because every single fucking page in the capitol building is doing that job to create favor and/or connections. They'll definitely deal with some creepy just to get on a Representative's "good side."

[Special K 0]

Or to have something in writing to cover their tracks. Apparently Foley was being creepy in person.

 

Either way, I wouldn't say it makes the Republicans look bad because of one bad apple, except it might be a cover-up, and all the pundits were defending this guy before fact one was out.

[Guest Overworked]

Its hard to gage these days how to feel about how things go with politics.

 

From the Clinton scandal where people went all ape over him getting blown in office, using that as some trump card in the paula jones case as well as the Impeachment. The Republican talking heads you would see on fox news and other stations would paint Clinton as the Devil for his evil actions.

 

Now where is that same conviction when one of their own ilk is caught, and in far worse and horrible situation then just some horny President getting a hummer from the warmest body he could find in his busy schedule.

 

For anyone to compare Foley to Clinton at all is sickening and cheap, and Im not talking regular folk whom are republican or democrats, im talking these pundant folk who do the shows.

 

They can't just revial and denegrate Foley for what he is without in the same breath try to draw those voter's ire away from the republicans as a whole and wave around the Blue Dress with stains on it, saying Looky here remember this?

 

The smartest thing that could have possiblity been done would be the Republicans just totally out and banish Foley the moment this caught the news feed, none of the fox news people shouldn't have tried to compare and contrast between what he did and what clinton did, but instead unify the Republicans and their value to come down on one of their own hard so there wouldn't be a perception of Coverup.

[SuperJerk 0]

GOP prods Democrats over Foley scandal

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Faced with fending off the backlash from the Mark Foley scandal, House Republicans took the offensive Friday, asking Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats to testify about whether they engaged in partisan trickery by releasing Foley's messages weeks before the midterm elections.

 

Top GOP leaders -- including House Speaker Dennis Hastert, of Illinois, and Majority Leader John Boehner, of Ohio -- have accused the Democrats of knowing about Foley's correspondences with teen pages, and waiting to release them until it was politically advantageous.

 

Foley, a Republican who represented a Florida district for six terms, resigned abruptly September 29 as allegations surfaced that he exchanged inappropriate e-mails and lurid text messages with underage pages.

 

Democratic candidates are using the scandal as fodder in their campaign ads. Candidate Baron Hill, of Indiana, criticized Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-Indiana, for refusing to return contributions "from the House leadership who knew about but did nothing to stop sexual predator Congressman Foley."

 

Foley's attorney said this week that his client acknowledges inappropriate exchanges with teen pages, but he "never, ever had an inappropriate sexual contact with a minor in his life."

 

Candidate Patty Wetterling, of Minnesota, who is in a tight race against Republican Michelle Bachmann, also focused on an alleged cover-up, according to a radio address she released to Reuters.

 

In it, she said, "In Washington we must hold accountable all those complicit in allowing this victimization to happen," according to Reuters.

 

Pelosi, a California Democrat, also lobbed the accusation Thursday, saying, "Those who covered up Mark Foley's behavior must be held accountable," Reuters reported.

 

Suspicion of a cover-up is common across the nation. In a Time magazine poll of 1,002 voting-age adults this week, 80 percent were aware of the scandal. Of those, two-thirds suspected a cover-up by GOP leaders, and only 16 percent approved of how Republicans handled the scandal. (Full story)

 

In a letter to Pelosi, which also was sent to Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Georgia, asked them to disclose whether Democrats played a role in publicizing Foley's correspondences.

 

"Just as it must be determined whether any Republican members or political operatives were aware of and attempted to conceal Mr. Foley's activities, it must also be determined whether any Democrat members or political operatives were aware of and attempted to conceal these same activities," Kingston wrote in a letter signed by 10 other GOP lawmakers.

 

Hastert has been on the front line of the fallout since he and other top Republicans were accused of knowing before 2005 about an "overly friendly" e-mail Foley sent to a teenage page. A conservative Washington newspaper even called for the speaker's resignation, a demand Hastert rebuffed.

 

In a speech Thursday in Batavia, Illinois, Hastert said he had "done nothing wrong" and refused to step down. He also suggested the timing of the release of the messages was a Democratic ploy to get the upper hand in November elections.

 

"Our friends on the other side of the aisle really don't have a story to tell, and maybe they're resolving to another way, to another political tactic," he said.

 

Hastert has asked the FBI to investigate, and the House Ethics Committee launched its own probe Thursday and authorized four dozen subpoenas.

 

Top GOP leaders, including Boehner and Majority Whip Roy Blunt, of Missouri, have rushed to Hastert's defense. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, wrote a letter supporting Hastert, saying it was inappropriate to ask for the speaker's resignation when similar scandals in the 1980s prompted a "dramatically different standard."

 

Barton was referring to Democrat Rep. Gerry Studds of Massachusetts and Republican Rep. Dan Crane of Illinois, both of whom were censured after having sexual relationships with 17-year-old pages. Crane lost his re-election bid, while Studds survived the scandal.

 

"No Democrat demanded prescience from Speaker Tip O'Neill, and no Democrat shouted for his resignation. Neither did any Republican," Barton wrote. "The focus was on the members who created the problem, as it should have been and as it should be now."

 

In a statement accompanying his letter to Pelosi, Kingston wrote that the Foley matter "should not be a partisan issue."

 

"All members of the House, our staff, and members of the public regardless of political party should come forward and provide whatever information they know," he wrote.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/06/fol...lout/index.html

 

To summarize:

"Hey, did you guys know about this scandal we've been trying to cover up?"

 

"Its okay to defend Hastert for covering up something when nobody called for Tip O'Neill's resignation over something O'Neil never tried to cover up that happened before most of us even worked here."

[snuffbox 0]

Soon, the GOP will be trying to use Lyndon Johnson's filthy activities to explain away this scandal.

 

"Hey, remember that one time when LBJ rogered that lady in the BUTT? Sooo much worse than poor Mark Foley (D-FL) making polite, misguided conversation with those little delinquents. And, oh yeah, Gerry Studds."

[SuperJerk 0]

This is so hypocritically partisan. No Republican called for Carl Albert's resignation during Watergate!

[vivalaultra 0]

I heard today on the radio that Sen. Colby, the only openly gay member of Congress has come out and said that he knew about Foley's inappropriate conversations with underage pages SIX YEARS AGO. And still, Republicans are worried about how this whole thing is going to affect them in the upcoming elections, as opposed to being concerned that a 57 year old man in a position of power was trying to seduce teenage boys.

[Art Sandusky 0]

This is far from an indictment of the whole party, but I'm sure at least one dude at RNC headquarters went "whew!" when they saw the headlines about North Korea taking over today.

[Guest Gay_Lincoln]

Hey Tom Delay may be crooked but let's not forget John Jay's actions during the XYZ Affair.

 

Yeah. That's what I thought.

[Special K 0]

So, to sum up:

 

You're being partisan!

No, you're being partisan!

*Pathetic slapfight ensues*

 

And the Democrats are like Billy Martin during the pine tar incident.

[Guest JustPassinBy]

As long as the GOP cuts ties to this pedophile faggot, they'll be alright.

 

It sickens me.

But hey, if this guy was in the Democractic party, you'd have the entire Gay Pride Alliance and NAMBLA coming to his defense.

 

Right now, this issue doesnt effect anyone else.

 

You guys gotta remember.

Most Americans hate fags.

 

The GOP outing one, and getting rid of him, is good business.

 

I'd make an example out of him if I was the head of the GOP.

The GOP isnt the place for this nonsense.

 

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

[Guest CWMwasmurdered]

Most Americans hate fags.

 

I missed the poll asking, "Do You Hate Fags?" I geuss.

[Slayer 0]

So, to sum up:

 

You're being partisan!

No, you're being partisan!

*Pathetic slapfight ensues*

Hey, politics

[Guest JustPassinBy]

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

 

 

I need this as my sig.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

 

 

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

 

 

I need this as my sig.

Did someone just respond to his own gimmick to sell the joke, but forget to switch off the gimmick account?

[Slayer 0]

Bus-ted!

[vivalaultra 0]

 

 

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

 

 

I need this as my sig.

Did someone just respond to his own gimmick to sell the joke, but forget to switch off the gimmick account?

 

That's like something out of Borges...a trompe l'oeil....

 

I'm the only one that knows what I'm talking about.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Vivlaultra, you sneak.

[vivalaultra 0]

Hey, I gotta work my Latin American authors in somehow...even when the thread is about a gay Republican seducing 16-year old pages.

[Guest JustPassinBy]

 

 

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

 

 

I need this as my sig.

Did someone just respond to his own gimmick to sell the joke, but forget to switch off the gimmick account?

 

That's like something out of Borges...a trompe l'oeil....

 

I'm the only one that knows what I'm talking about.

 

No, its bc I dont know how to use sigs.

Just emphasizing what my sig would be, if i had one.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

I think JustPassinBy is an older poster named SideFXs that I used to pick on every now and then. At least they post very similarly and have similar problems with grammar.

[snuffbox 0]

Faggot McFagotton (D-SF)

[Guest Felonies!]

 

 

If you wanna be a queer, go join the Dems.

 

 

I need this as my sig.

Did someone just respond to his own gimmick to sell the joke, but forget to switch off the gimmick account?

[Slayer 0]

Czech has an unhealthy fixation with Joe Carter

[Guest Felonies!]

I'm just telling Edwin to touch 'em all, in picture form.

[snuffbox 0]

Czech has an unhealthy fixation with Joe Carter

 

There's a political partie for fags like you, Czech.

[Guest Felonies!]

Czech has an unhealthy fixation with Joe Carter

 

There's a political partie for fags like you, Czech.

I need this for my sig

[snuffbox 0]

So long, JustPassinBy.

[Guest Felonies!]

I guess he lived up to his name!

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

Justpassinby is a gimmick? Damn, I was hoping to do battle with him/her. Oh well back to another hard day of fighting ninjas...

 

 

 

You think I'm kidding?