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We all know by now that Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) has resigned from the House because he engaged in some inappropriate instant messaging with a 16 year-old male House page. It's alleged that the Speaker, Mr. Hastert, knew about this and took no action.

This story is being viewed by the usual Dem mouthpieces as a perfect example of the 'culture of corruption' which has consumed the Majority. But there were the cases of Reps. Gerry Studds and Barney Frank (both D-MA's, by the way) who committed far worse crimes and continued to enjoy re-election and positions of power in the Dem caucus.

John Hinderaker of PowerLine summarizes what's known about the Foley matter and compares his transgressions with those of Studds and Frank:

LewWaters · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject:

An interesting perspective on all this Foley and the Blame Game
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Schadow · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

ocsparky101 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

Let me understand this. Foley sends e mail to adults. These emails are a biit out of color but not illegal from whaat I have seen on the internet. Ted Kennedy using hii email plots using his power to influence the results of a case involving the ability of children more qualiffied than others to get a college education. This was done at the behest of the NAACP.

But the real guestion I have is which would you more consider sex an email or a bj? Now we know what theee dems believe.

ocsparky101 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject:

He never sent them when they were pages, They were sent after they obtained the age of reason. Big differrence.

wonhyo · Seaman Apprentice Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 85

Didn't a young man die in Barney Franks house? But he didn't know that his boyfriend ran an ILLEGAL PROSTITUTION RING, even though it was his house.
So if you are a Democrat you:
Can drown someone
Can run a prostitution ring
Can hide $90,000. in your freezer
Can have your husbands company build a tunnel in boston, that fails, with huge cost overruns
Can have a river diverted, so you can water your landscape
Can have sex in the oval officewith an intern , lie under oath
Can be a leader in the KKK
Can offer abortion on demand
Can take money and trips from Saddam

But if you are a Republican you:
Can not mention God
Can not pray in public
Can not declare War on Islamists
Can not build borders
Can not protect your mother's heritage

Doll · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

This is all a pathetic side show for some Dems to play up to the hilt. Irregardless of who did worse than so and so it was and is wrong. What the real problem is, is that both parties are smearing each other to win the mid-term election to keep their party in power or over throw the opposite party, in this case the Republican majority - and unfortunately some sick Dems are going wild with this issue.

The creation of our two party system was so that the people would come together and work together. Though there has always been a divide between both parties some Dems have completely taken this to an outrageous level of sex, lies, and video tapes and made a mockery out of our judicial system.

It appears that some Dems do not care about - 'for the people, by the people'. It also occurred to me that some Dems are more interested in dirt, smut, and garbage. At this rate we can only hope for the best in November and really keep a vigilant watch towards 2008.

I am disappointed to say the least in Foley's actions irregardless if the male was of age and or - no longer a page. It was totally inappropriate and yes there are some Dems who did far worse--"Clinton/Lewinsky", but two wrongs do not make a right.

I truly wish our officials that we have elected would stick to the business of governing our country, seeking more the peoples good and the good of our country instead of turning our Senate and Capitol halls into a turnpike of mud slinging and sex scandals. What a mockery and far worse-an insult to the American people who elected these morons affording them the privilege to represent us.

Sigh.
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mtboone · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:31 am Post subject:

Doll · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:24 am Post subject:

Anker-Klanker · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

Whoa!

IMHO Foley was a despicable person who apparently committed unconsciousable acts. His resignation certainly suggests his own admittance of some guilt in all this. But please remember the principle of "innocent until proven guilty": as more and more is coming to light what he did might be found to be not illegal, and there is starting to emerge some evidence that suggests some of the damning evidence against him might be tainted.

But however bad the case may be against Foley, we have to be careful that our moral outrage doesn't lead us into the trap of conflating his sins with that of Republican leadership, whose role in this mess may turn out to be relatively blameless.

IMHO this is starting to look more and more like an orchestrated and managed Democrat ambush. There are two sets of evidence against Foley - one set in emails that do seem, in retrospect, to have been "strange," and another set that are positively damning (though, to my knowledge, no one seems to have authenticated the latter). MSM and the Democrats are deliberately confusing these two sets in their reporting to suggest that the second, damning, set was known to the Republican leadership for some time, when, in fact, it now appears that the Republican leadership only knew about them (the second set) last week. It is also looking more and more that someone on the Democrat side knew of the damaging emails for months before revealing them, making their role in this mess almost as bad as Foley's.

Foley is the epicenter of this mess, and is surely guilty to some degree. But I'd recommend reserving judgment about "guilt" or "innocence" of anyone else until more facts are revealed, stacked and sorted, and by "facts" I mean information from trusted sources, which does not include the agenda-driven media or the Democrats.

Doll · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

Schadow · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject:

Schadow · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

To the list of infamous congressional sex criminals one must add the name of congressman Mel Reynolds (D-IL) who had a dalliance with a 16 year-old campaign worker. The excellent urban legends detectives, Snopes.com, confirms the following (emphasis mine) under the title, "Reynolds Rap":

Doll · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject:

joeshero · Commander Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 321 Location: Midwest

The Democrat Party and its gunners (the liberal media and the far left groups) are trying to do everything they could to win the 2006 elections. I am not so sure whether this news will turn off the conservatives base and the independent voters.
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