This ought to be the reponse that every Republican gives on the subject. Especially since it looks like the e-mail are more than a year old.
We are absolutely committed to child safety! Mark Foley is not welcome in the Republican Party and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But these e-mails are over a year old. How long ago did the dems find out that Foley was a predator? Why didn't THEY blow the whistle and help us remove this guy before we exposed MORE children to him?
That's what makes me so angry. The timing reveals cold political calculation.
There is no evidence that he ever engaged in sexual acts with children, either!
I agree he should have resigned due to the IMs (not the emails) but this being such a blatant politically calculated move to reveal it now is absolutely outrageous!
Good question, by both who posted it!
I absolutely agree with you on this, those questions should be asked, but it doesn't change the bottom line here that Foley has got to go, period.
-PJ
If this guy were a DEMOCRAT, they'd be telling us how unfair this all was, and going in front of every TV camera in the nation to support him.....
We are absolutely committed to child safety! Mark Foley is not welcome in the Republican Party and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But these e-mails are over a year old. How long ago did the dems find out that Foley was a predator? Why didn't THEY blow the whistle and help us remove this guy before we exposed MORE children to him?
It appears that the St. Petersburg Times covered the e-mail story in Nov. 2005. I have a feeling that the AOL IM are the smoking gun.