[what's up]

Political fighting among pages. LOL!

They could swing the vote in Florida.

[Bigh4u2]

"have stressed several key points in my contact with media that all situations with Mr. Foley occurred after we had finished our service as pages."

Then I guess the question remains "how old was this page when he finished his service?"

He started at 16 and went 'til what age?

[weegee]

"The fact of the matter is in an informal situation a supervisor mentioned that Foley was a bit odd or flaky and did not connote by tone or otherwise that he should be avoided."

http://www.archive.org/details/boys_beware

Downloadable educational film from 1961. Check out the comments from the liberals who fight for the wrong team in the culture war...

[Grut]

Foley's already copped. Hold that in mind. All this who-what-when business has been overtaken by events and the most suspicious interpretation of how it all came out, even if true, can't get around the fact that it did happen.

[mewzilla]

I want to know if the pages were indeed warned, were the pages' parents also told about the warning? And if a warning of some sort was issued and the parents weren't also informed, why the heck not?

[Buck W.]

What exactly does a page do (officially, that is)?

[JulieRNR21]

The other page said most pages are angry at Loraditch's comments and that the page program did its best to ensure the safety of pages, with strict rules and curfews.

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BTTT

[Gordongekko909]

"Thirdly, I have stressed several key points in my contact with media that all situations with Mr. Foley occurred after we had finished our service as pages. That if anything had happed while we were in Washington, it would have been dealt with. That I have full faith and trust that any of the supervisors and staff we worked with would have properly dealt with any situation like the current one.

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Soooooo, Foley is only being accused of:

1. Being gay;

2. Being gay at some guys who are significantly younger than him, but nonetheless of legal age, but only communicating with them, NOT actually *doing stuff* with them;

3. Being gay at some people with whom he had a working relationship, which is decidedly unprofessional.

Ping. One down.

[Dilbert56]

Why don't Congressman use bookmarks?













They like their pages bent over.

[SMM48]

Why didn't Matthew speak out sooner?

[Political Junkie Too]

And the page turns...

-PJ

[1035rep]

Check this out.

[dan1123]

I'm beginning to think this was orchestrated by the page that claimed to be warned about Foley in the first place.

Maybe it isn't something that is meant to be mean, but to teach the Rep who championed harsh punishment for internet predators a lesson about how easy it is to fake evidence that would convict someone under the new laws.

He could simply use the same techniques as the marketing groups use to generate internet buzz. Post anonymously in blogs and internet forums. Create rumors, create blogs specifically for the purpose of generating buzz. It could look like you're 10 or 100 people but really you are just one guy with a lot of different accounts.

[Bahbah]

I thought you may have had a sense of something "off" in the comments of Loraditch so I thought you would be interested in this retraction.

[Political Junkie Too]

So, is this page now Sabatoing the GOP House leadership?

-PJ

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"Ironically, Foley, who is 52 and single, could be found to have violated a law that he helped to write as co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus."

[RckyRaCoCo]

Somehow I think this whole thing will be played as a drama series on the BRAVO network.

[Raycpa]

This event brings a whole new meaning when a Kennedy say's he is not on the same page as someone else.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Hoodat]

You mean to tell me that ABC lied? I am shocked!