Posted on 10/08/2006 7:37:23 PM PDT by dogbyte12
Another Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications.
A spokeswoman for Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) confirmed yesterday that a former page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel uncomfortable with the direction Foley (R-Fla.) was taking their e-mail relationship. Last week, when the Foley matter erupted, a Kolbe staff member suggested to the former page that he take the matter to the clerk of the House, Karen Haas, said Kolbe's press secretary, Korenna Cline.
source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read the contents to The Washington Post under condition that they are not reprinted. But Cline denied the source's characterization, saying only that the messages had made the former page feel uncomfortable. Nevertheless, she said, "corrective action" was taken. Cline said she still has not yet determined whether that action went beyond Kolbe's confrontation with Foley.
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Are we talking about the "overly friendly" emails, or the graphic text messages?
Read the story. Graphic IM's. Kolbe saw them in 2000, and just told Foley to stop. He didn't tell the leadership. Kolbe has known for six years. He didn't tell Delay or Hastert at the time.
So are the Dims now going after ALL gay repesentatives?
this will be interesting...they are pro gay, unless it is more political to be anti gay...hmmm, very interesting for both parties.
That is not my first thought here. My first thought honestly is that Jim Kolbe allowed multiple pages to be abused for six years, because he didn't want to make a fellow gay republican look bad, so he didn't do the right thing and tell the leadership, and tell the ethics committee but kept it to himself.
Unless, of course, they are all "gay" and this is just a lovers' spat of the sort homosexuals are known for ~ particularly with two older queens fighting over "young stuff".
You know people write stage plays about this stuff and draw audiences to put down good money to watch it.
Only it's not fiction.
"Former page" again. Probably an adult at the time and, again, nothing actionable.
This is getting very tiresome.
And if a creepy gay guy is sending you creepy messages, why would your first step be to the other gay Republican Congressman?
WHICH messages -- that's the key.
The original e-mail messages were NOT sexual. One might wonder why he is even bothering sending an e-mail to a page, but there was nothing of sexual nature in them in the least.
Kolbe should have gone to leadership on this. Period. We are in this mess now because of him.
Nope - re-read it. Still not clear.
Sounds like he is confessing to acting in a criminal manner.
If ever there was a circular firing squad we are looking at it. What is the point for Kolbe unless it is self serving. Keep the story alive. Lets relive it every damn day. We got us a bondfire going....hey, let's set the whole damn forest on fire and lets go hiking in the forest. Oh well. It's just the entire direction of the country at stake.
source with direct knowledge of Kolbe's involvement said the messages shared with Kolbe were sexually explicit, and he read the contents to The Washington Post under condition that they are not reprinted. But Cline denied the source's characterization, saying only that the messages had made the former page feel uncomfortable. Nevertheless, she said, "corrective action" was taken. Cline said she still has not yet determined whether that action went beyond Kolbe's confrontation with Foley.
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Who to believe, were they sexual in content or were they not.
Rep. Kolbe saw Foley messages in 2000 ping!
I disagree. From what we know in this article, we don't know much. We don't know of the former page's age at the time.
Kolbe was a page? Is the page program just a clearinghouse for homosexual representatives to get young tail? I mean, are there any straight male pages?
I only clicked on this post to say ..... WHO GIVES A FLYING RIP, EXCEPT ANAL RETENTIVE DEM-LIB-WEENIES OBSESSED with homo sex,
In other words, why does anyone continue promoting this story (on FR) with meaningless postings.
I guess this means that the Dem-losers can keep this Foley nonsense on the front page until Election Day simply by coming up with 30 former Pages, ONE FOR EACH DAY UNTIL NOV.7, all of whom mysteriously had "inappropriate emails, conversations, or IM's with Foley" at some time during the past 20 years.
Yeah Kolbe just chatted with Foley. One Rump Ranger to another; comparing notes.
Investigating "the congressional closet"
In September 1996 The Advocate ran a story titled "On the record," which has been repeatedly cited as the deliberate outing of congressmen Jim Kolbe (pictured) and Mark Foley. Decide for yourself. Here's the original text of that now infamous investigation.
By J. Jennings Moss
An Advocate.com exclusive posted October 6, 2006
On the record
Heated debate over House approval of the antigay Defense of Marriage Act shines a wary spotlight on the congressional closet.
They spoke to their colleagues—and the nation—from experience. They argued that by passing a bill that defines marriage strictly as a union between a man and a woman, the House was trampling on the civil rights of gays and lesbians. They were talking about their own rights as gay men. And everybody knew it.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid37216.asp
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