Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley of Online Sexual Approaches

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[Don'tMessWithTexas]

They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team's tip line on ABCNews.com.

Yea right.

[Gaffer]

South Park SHENNANIGANS, I mean...

[Gator101]

What cheeses me is now all major media will lead with something like "3 more pages come forward in Republican sex scandal!!!."

It's basically whipping a dead horse at this point, Foley is gone, but it allows them to keep putting the words "Republican" "Sex" and "Scandal" in front of John Q. Public's eyes prior to the big elections

[Williams]

The wrongdoing by Foley is that he should not be doing this with pages, even if they are just over age. BUT it is true no crime was committed, and once they are over age they are engaging in something the democrats defend as an absolute right. IMHO this story has now become almost total BS.

[JohnnyZ]

And yet there are deranged FReepers calling Foley an innocent victim and wishing he could un-resign.

[Southack]

"The media is the anti-christ or form of it!"

The news media is a top candidate for the "harlot" spoken of in Revelations.

[Bahbah]

page told ABC News he was interviewed this week by FBI agents who had a six-page list of questions about Foley and the exchanges.

I'm glad to see the FBI has not wasted any time.

[NinoFan]

Excuse me, the people who would hang Foley without any proof are the ones who need help.

[George W. Bush]

I think they're lying.

Let's see them on camera. Let's see some proof.

Funny thing is that I don't think that Foley will ever get to face his accusers. Personally, I don't believe there are any. These could be more figments of Brian Ross' imagination, just like the two earlier 'victims' which were concocted by Brian Ross who has been acting like some neglected woman in l'affaire de Folie.

ABC has turned this into something with all the dignity and solemnity of the Salem witch trials. Or a Soviet purge.

[tazannie]

makes me wonder if they had "emails" ready to go (probably on Friday afternoon) but decided to go with "verbal accounts" instead after Edmund was found out.

[Gaffer]

I'm not deranged and I'm not calling for him to resign. I am suspicious of the swiftness with which this stage play is coming to fruition at a moment's notice. Foley is a deviant and it's good he's gone. I remind you his formative political years was as a Democrat where I might add that his peers condoned his behavior.

[pabianice]

None wanted their names used because of the sensitive nature of the communications.

But it's ok to make anonymous smears of others.

[quark]

"He wanted to talk about sex or my penis."

Sounds like the kind of phone sex conversations DIRT-X-POTUS42 used to have (has?).

[Brad from Tennessee]

The FBI, or whoever is investigating this circus, can find out who they are or ask a judge to put ABC "journalists" in jail until they talk.

[4yearlurker]

The major news networks are now in "All Foley,All The Time!" mode. It is actually quite embarrassing to watch this pack of rabid news libs falling all over themselves to report anything on this "story." What crap!

Election time=unwatchable news!

[unspun]

The Democrats/Mediarats: backhandedly helping to elect Republicans this year, as well as to get Defense of Marriage amendments passed and in general, halt the advances of the militant homosexually obsessed.

[Southack]

"The wrongdoing by Foley is that he should not be doing this with pages, even if they are just over age. BUT it is true no crime was committed, and once they are over age they are engaging in something the democrats defend as an absolute right. IMHO this story has now become almost total BS."

Actually, I'm intrigued that Democrats are voicing their "outrage" over Foley's interactions with 4 consenting gay adults (i.e. above age of consent).

I suspect that they will later regret their current gay outing, gay baiting, and posturing.

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

Well, you have to remember that Rush's record as a predictor of elections has been very short of stellar. (There's a reason he's a commentator and not a politician....he'd be awful at it!) His instincts are for entertainment based impact, not for political wisdom. Remember, he's the one who assured everyone that Hillary would never run for Senate and that if she did, it would be close. I haven't heard him sound this frantic and desparate since 1998 when Gingrich and Lott were assuming that, because of historical trends they were going to pick up 20-30 seats without having to push an agenda. This was also the time when Rush was also trumpeting the death of the Democratic Party and the mainstream press. After the Pubbies got their heads handed to them and hung on with a bare majority in the House we didn't hear that anymore, until about 2 years ago.

[swheats]

As the clintons' would say there's a whole lot of turtles sitting on fence posts.

This stuff just don't happen. Who's bold enough to call these kinds of moves.

[Bahbah]

I don't think the GOP leadership knew about any of this

I don't know Dennis Hastert personally, but there are decent, heterosexual men in this world and he strikes me as one. I believe if he had gotten a whiff of this, he would have taken immediate action against Foley.