GOP House leaders call for criminal investigation of Foley

CNN ^ | 9-30-06

[dogbyte12]

The top three Republicans in the House assailed Rep. Mark Foley Saturday over his e-mails to a teenage male page and said his resignation was not enough.

Calling the incident "an obscene breach of trust," the congressmen released a statement saying, "[Foley's] immediate resignation must now be followed by the full weight of the criminal justice system."

"The improper communications between Congressman Mark Foley and former House congressional pages is unacceptable and abhorrent. It is an obscene breach of trust," read the statement issued by Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, and Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri.

[dogbyte12]

FYI folks

[mnehring]

Well, of course... our side cleans out the pervs we have.. the left seems to embrace their own pervs and criminals at every turn..

http://abaraxas.blogspot.com/2006/09/foley-republican-house-cleaning.html

[Responsibility2nd]

It is an obscene breach of trust," read the statement issued by Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, and Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri.

Agreed. And so why did Hastert et al sit on this story for 11 months?

[zarf]

Boehner and Hastert are covering their asses. They knew this clown was a perv and let it slide.

They just lost the House.

[mathluv]

It is disgusting, and a breach of trust, but what law(s) was broken?

[mnehring]

That is a myth going around the blogs.. Hastert didn't have the IMs, only heard about the e-mails which weren't damning.. Hastert immediately contacted the parents who requested this didn't blow up.. add this to the content of the e-mails and you can understand Hastert's actions better.. The left wing blogs are trying to imply he also had the IMs- which by all accounts he didn't..

[Responsibility2nd]

It's more than left wing blogs, it's left wing journalism.

Or am I being redundant?

[REDWOOD99]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711435/posts

Please read this.

[mnehring]

Considering how many times they cross reference each other into a twisted maze of circular logic, it is all the same thing...

[fabriclady]

"Boehner and Hastert are covering their asses. They knew this clown was a perv and let it slide"

I believe you're wrong. Hasert is asking for an investigation.
Foley is so disgusting, if I had my wish, they would dangle him 100' in the air over the Capitol, by his -----.
This would teach him a lesson.

[Responsibility2nd]

Thank you. I believe Rep. Hastert. You believe Rep. Hastert. Everyone at Free Republic believes him.

But the democraps will rip him a new one.

And this is not coming at a good time with election day some 6 weeks away....

[TomGuy]

More Popcorn!!!!

Even more Pubbies are throwing each other under the bus.


Dems couldn't have planned it any better, had they tried.

Get out of the way -- Pubbies are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, again.

[mnehring]

There is a BIG difference betewen homosexuals and pedophile perverts. One we can question morals and choose to like or dislike at our own judgement, the other is criminal scum!

[dogbyte12]

They are creating a toll free number for current and former pages to lodge complaints about unwanted attention. That is a good step.

[drjimmy]

I believe you're wrong. Hasert is asking for an investigation.

After sitting his big fat butt on it for nearly a year, now he's asking for an investigation once it becomes public and a liability. Yeah, he's a great guy.

[fabriclady]

That is good news. He may serve time before this is over. Serve him right to put that baby face in prison. According to what we hear about prison life, it would be no picnic.

[fabriclady]

"After sitting his big fat butt on it for nearly a year, now"

Let the truth come out. Hastert has a job to do. The public needs to know what he did.

[REDWOOD99]

The dems will try to make hay of this no matter what. The MSM is only too happy to help them. There is no "good time" for a gay pedophile to be discovered in your party.

[madison10]

After sitting his big fat butt on it for nearly a year, now he's asking for an investigation once it becomes public and a liability. Yeah, he's a great guy.

If the ONLY info Mr. Hastert had was the e-mails, which were basically harmless, then he wasn't sittin on his "big fat butt" now, was he? There was nothing to ACT on.