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GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2514259&page=1 ^
Posted on 10/01/2006 2:03:41 PM PDT by lauriehelds
Oct. 1, 2006 — A Republican staff member warned Congressional pages five years ago to "watch out" for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.
Matthew Loraditch, a page in the 2001-2002 class, told ABC News he and other pages were warned about Foley by a supervisor.
Loraditch, the president of the Page Alumni Association, said the pages were told "don't get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff."
Staff members at the House clerk's office did not return phone calls seeking comment. Some of the sexually explicit instant messages that led to Foley's abrupt resignation Friday were sent to pages in Loraditch's class.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: disinformation; foley; foleygate; loraditch; misinformation
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To: onyx
I want to know who will ask the Democrat candidate in Florida is HE is gay.
41
posted on
10/01/2006 3:12:06 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(This is a ruse; I'm here to sabatoge the Freepathon, doncha know??????)
To: Howlin
LOL -- do we have a name for him and a pic?
42
posted on
10/01/2006 3:13:00 PM PDT
by
onyx
(We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
To: Peach
43
posted on
10/01/2006 3:13:22 PM PDT
by
beyond the sea
( The Shadow of Your Smile --- Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
To: onyx
44
posted on
10/01/2006 3:14:54 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(This is a ruse; I'm here to sabatoge the Freepathon, doncha know??????)
To: Peach
So, you want to overlook this because it's done by the "other guys?"
45
posted on
10/01/2006 3:15:02 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Peach
As far as we know Foley just emailed & IM'd them.
46
posted on
10/01/2006 3:15:45 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: onyx
47
posted on
10/01/2006 3:16:07 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(This is a ruse; I'm here to sabatoge the Freepathon, doncha know??????)
To: Howlin
Oh my gosh. The Rats really are the most hypocritical people on the planet. I had assumed there were affairs or something.
48
posted on
10/01/2006 3:16:08 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: Peach
No. And the only thing anybody knew about (supposedly) before the ABC story Friday were the emails.
Supposedly the IMs were emailed to Brian Ross after he posted his report on the ABC web site.
I'm not sure whether I believe him or not.
49
posted on
10/01/2006 3:17:15 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(This is a ruse; I'm here to sabatoge the Freepathon, doncha know??????)
To: durasell
Overlook what? I've been gone a week and haven't been watching or reading any news, but if Foley is gay and was IM'ing some pages (btw, I believe it all happened after the pages left Congress), then what's the problem?
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posted on
10/01/2006 3:17:43 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: Peach
The problem is the age of the page.
51
posted on
10/01/2006 3:18:41 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: Uncle Slayton
Hello? I haven't seen anything that indicates Foley was molesting anyone. Have you seen any information he even had an affair with one of his former pages?
52
posted on
10/01/2006 3:18:43 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: Howlin
Oh my. The incorrect link gave me pause ---
53
posted on
10/01/2006 3:18:46 PM PDT
by
onyx
(We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
To: freema
54
posted on
10/01/2006 3:18:57 PM PDT
by
ShandaLear
(So there!)
To: durasell
How old are pages typically? Isn't the age of sexual consent 16? Or is it 18?
Sorry for all the questions...
55
posted on
10/01/2006 3:20:57 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: Peach
I believe the age of consent in DC is 16. Even so, it's very, very creepy. This wasn't an 18 year old senior hitting on a 16 year old sophomore at the local MickeyD's. This was a 50 year old guy hitting on a 16 year old...
56
posted on
10/01/2006 3:22:55 PM PDT
by
durasell
(!)
To: lauriehelds
CNN online news alert:
House Speaker Hastert asks Justice Dept. to investigate how lawmakers handled allegations that Rep. Mark Foley exchanged sexually explicit messages with a 16-year-old former congressional page.
57
posted on
10/01/2006 3:23:27 PM PDT
by
debg
To: durasell
Oh, I agree it's creepy. I just don't get why Barney Frank can have an affair with a staffer and didn't resign over it. Wasn't it a page he had the affair with or was it an older person?
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posted on
10/01/2006 3:23:39 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: lauriehelds
Oct. 1, 2006 — A Republican staff member warned Congressional pages five years ago to "watch out" for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.
yeah,
The upright citizens party, who is soooooo different than the "other" party...................
Ultimately looks the other way when one of their's is identified as a pedophile.
Party loyalty my ass.
59
posted on
10/01/2006 3:24:26 PM PDT
by
WhiteGuy
(DeWine ranked as one of the ten worst border security politicians - Human Events)
To: Peach
That's easy, because he's gay.
60
posted on
10/01/2006 3:24:54 PM PDT
by
ShandaLear
(So there!)
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