Former page: We knew about Foley 'for years'

TCPalm(Florida) ^ | October 1, 2006 | M.E. SPRENGELMEYER AND AMIE PARNES

[onyx]

Do you mean this one?

Section 22-3501 creates a number of sexual offenses when one of the participants is below age 16, which are not offenses if involving only persons over 16.

[JCEccles]

His correspondence was TOTALLY inappropriate.

Of course. And good riddance to Foley.

Now, what about that selective and most curious Democratic and drive-by media outrage over the sexual peccadilloes of a politician and his teenage intern?

Ah, the stories that a sink just off the Oval Office could tell if it could but speak . . . .

[kcvl]

Oh yeah --- their self righteousness is over whelming and Barney the pimp factory is still in Congress.

'Pimp factory' is right! lol!

Let's not forget about the KKK Byrd either. That is also a double standard!

[balch3]

well Mr Former Page, why didn't you say anything about it if it was so well known? Apparently the pages, the MSM, and the RATS all knew about it for years. The House GOP leadership were the only ones in the dark about it. When they found out about Foley, they got rid of him immediately. They should be applauded for their actions, instead they're being demonized. Typical liberal tactics.

[onyx]

Yep --- " selective and most curious " media and democrat outrage are truly breathtaking. I love your wording.

[Paine's Ghost]

If Foley were a democrat, we would all be homophobes

[Hot Tabasco]

No difference between a 16 year old boy or a 16 year old girl, so says the law. And if not for the law, there'd be no difference between a 14 year old or a 16 year old.

For a married old man, any prey still in high school classifies him as a pedophile in my book.........The pervert is lucky I'm not the kids dad because I would sure make his life hell without even laying a hand on him......

[Dolphy]

If Foley were a democrat, we would all be homophobes

In reality, given the Democrats charges, they are the homophobes. They seem to think Foley should have been investigated over non-explicit emails with a former page, that brought no formal complaint or charges. Apparently, because he was gay, the Republicans should have known that he was doing much worse.

[fabriclady]

Oh no, Sheila Jackson Lee is on Fox News now and she is saddened by the way the leaders in the house handled this problem.

She knows exactly what to do.

[SheLion]

I have a question: why isn't Foley in jail? If that were you or me, we would have been arrested by now.

[TomGuy]

The details are still being sorted, but a lady reporter on FoxNews said this:

Email and IM exchanges between Foley and pages were after the pages left DC.

Emails were exchanged between Foley and some pages. House GOP leadership were aware. Emails were deemed friendly but not overly sexual in nature.

IMs were exchanged between Foley and some pages. House GOP leadership were NOT aware of the IMs. IMs have since been deemed overly friendly and sexual in nature.

Florida officials are reviewing whether any formal charges may be made against Foley.

[This may all hinge on the age of consent laws in the states where the pages 'received' the IMs. That is 16 in DC & Florida - but Florida has an age-differential consideration, 17 in Louisiana. It varies.]

[onyx]

I agree with you. Furthermore, my husband is a psychiatrist and there would be hell for Foley to pay had he propositioned one of our kids, male or female.

[highball]

DC insiders usually protect their own from these sorts of public disclosures.

It would appear that they have been protecting Foley. But every secret like this is bound to come out eventually.

[kcvl]

The pervert is lucky I'm not the kids dad because I would sure make his life hell without even laying a hand on him......

You can say that again!

It just *isses me off that DEMOCRATS who covered up for Clinton are now 'outraged' over this. For instance Carol Moseley-Braun was just on Fox News calling this a 'cover-up'.

During the Clinton scandal this is what she said about the Clinton/Lewinsky affair:

Senator Carol Moseley-Braun solemnly observed on Meet the Press that we need to put things in perspective. After all, "Thirty years ago, women couldn't even work in the White House."

[beyond the sea]

I bet this guy knew ...

Barney knows all the muddy roads in Congress.

[onyx]

LOL and let's throw in McGreevy.

[FarRightFanatic]

"Loraditch said his friends all thought the messages were disturbing, but they did not report them, either because they did not think the messages posed a serious threat or because they might have worried about career consequences. "


Here's the most important sentence of that article. No one higher up knew because these pages did not report it happening.

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[Petronski]

"Loraditch said his friends all thought the messages were disturbing, but they did not report them, either because they did not think the messages posed a serious threat or because they might have worried about career consequences."

That's reprehensible.

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