Posted on 10/02/2006 8:59:52 AM PDT by yoe
It's one of the worst congressional scandals ever. A top House Republican who denounced sex predators as "animals" stands accused of acting like one. Mark Foley had served as a Deputy Majority Whip in the House and co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. His forced resignation, after being exposed as a homosexual pervert who talked dirty to young boys, has done more damage to the GOP than George Soros could ever think of doing. But it remains to be seen whether the liberal media and the Democrats can successfully exploit this scandal.
Brian Ross of ABC News broke the story and publicized the "sexually explicit" messages Foley sent to former congressional pages. Curiously, Ross never once used the word "homosexual" in referring to Foley's conduct. But if Foley acted out his Internet fantasies in real life, he will be exposed as not only a homosexual pedophile but a predator. The messages indicate Foley is extremely sick and demented.
[snip] It goes without saying that the Democrats don't have a much better record on this subject. Democratic Rep. Gerry Studds sexually abused a 17-year-old male congressional page but never expressed any regret. Rep. Barney Frank had a homosexual lover, selected from a "hot bottom" ad that ran in the Washington (Gay) Blade newspaper, who operated a prostitution ring out of the congressman's apartment. Though he was reprimanded by the House, Frank is still a prominent member of Congress and held in high regard by fellow Democrats.
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which GOP leaders knew 'bout this before media reporting; and when did they know?
What does the author mean, "more damage to the GOP than George Soros could ever think of doing"? Who do you think was throwing the hand grenade into the crowd? Obviously, the leaders in the GOP had some idea of the problem that Mark Foley had with inappropriate communications with several pages. They had, wrongly, thought the problem had been contained. But the Dem'crats had stashed this little bit of information, and done some of their own deep opposition research (including preserving the most incriminating of the instant messages, probably with the full support of the pages involved, but that part was not necessary, as they were surfing and captured the information anyway). They only now released it through first ABC, then everywhere, with funding and support supplied by one of the Soros storefront "activists".
The Dem'crats may have played their card just a little too early, as this will have been much diminished by election day. Of course, they are holding a lot more of this kind of bull puckey, and can spin it out for a lot longer than from now to election day, but the thing is, each time they pull off one of these smear campaigns, they lose both credibility and ammunition that will not be available to them later.
The page program should be ended. In this day and time there's no excuse for using children this way.
I would think leaking classified information in the time of war which helps kill more service memers is a worse scandal.
How will this affect the marriage amendments in the various states?
Wisconsin, I believe, was going to be a close one for the homosexuals.
Foley was acting like a typical homosexual. Obsessed with his fetish.
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/copa/
Child predator laws struck down time and time again.
The democrat talking heads are on their talking points to confuse the "clean" house emails on record, with the IM's revealed ONLY the day before foley was asked to resign.
I think ABC was just keeping a sword of damacles to political advantage.
WHERE IS CLINTON'S WAGGING FINGER NOW?
I think the author show how clueless the Republican leadership is in dealing with the Democrat party.
There is no republican war room to compare with the democrat party Clinton war room.
There is no blast fax unified talking points.
We have only karl rove in the white house. that is it.
May God continue to bless America!
For only He knows all and sees all!
"asked him about a dim congressman a while back who actually had sex with an underage page and he ignored her question and went on railing"
Buggering kids while Democrat isn't a crime, doncha know...
I'm waiting for the 5,000 gays to storm the Capital in regard to all this Democrat "Intolerance" and "Bigotry" towards his chosen "lifestyle"...
SURELY that will happen soon, right??
Of course he is and a rapist too.
Isn't Brian Ross the same reporter all over the Pendelton Eight case? He's really doing yeoman's work for the dims this election season. I wonder what its worth to him?
The Page program used to have some honor attached to it but its participants reflect the morals of the day. A friend of mine was a Page one summer and told me after work it was nothing but non stop partying and dope smoking. (mid 70's)
This October is gonna be more unbearable than 04's. We'll still win, though. May not have much of our livers left.
Is he a homosexual?
It seems homosexuals want to punish foley for voting for that child molestation bill and for the federal marriage amendment.
If that someone was Brian Ross he ought to be prosecuted right alongside Foley.
HIP pocket.
Bill Clinton isn't just as perverted? >>>
he sure is and that's why the House impeached him, remember?
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