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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Kolbe won't support Graf as his replacement.
He would be quite happy for the Repubs to lose, I think...
How old was that page that the Dem Studds was cornholing? Didn't he take him to Portugal or something? Double standard - Studds being from Mass. gets reelected 5 times!
We have no idea because they were conveniently given to the media by the anonymous source with the condition that they not be reprinted so we have to rely on the media that characterizes the first known set of innocuous emails as 'sordid' to interpret these for us.
If a creepy gay guy is sending you IMs you don't want, why would you not just block them or change your IM address?
Although he already "resigned" from the House, Kolbe still needs to "resign" from something else. At least "apologize" to the DemocRATS.
Well, maybe you feel that a Congressman is too powerful, but I can only assume, by its absence, that this page was at least 18 at the time. And that's the dirtiest part of these page stories.
But...but...but I though he sent a bunch of email messages to some little page boy and he should resign. Or did he send the emails to someone named Foley demanding that a page boy resign. Crap! I'm confused.
Oh please, 18 year olds are patrolling Anbar province. And we are expected to believe they are afraid to block IMs which make them "uncomfortable?"
I'm getting so sick of this nonsense.
Or maybe he was trying to keep the leadership out of the loop so that his fellow gay pols could still have access to impressionable young minds in the House Page dormitory?
I don't know.
I do know that all this crap about gay congressmen getting nasty with teenage pages is proving the conservatives' argument that there isn't a whole lot of "normal" in the gay lifestyle choice.
re-read the story
It says INTERNET messages not INSTANT messages.
I suspect the Washington post is trying to confuse the public INTENTIONALLY
It is probably the emails NOT the INSTANT messages.
We have to be VERY careful with this media the next few days. Don't trust the MSM, they are trying to Goebles the story to morph emails into instant messages.
The majority of voters are already sick and tired of hearing about this story, as usual the stupid liberals and their media have overplayed their hands...again.
"Kolbe should have gone to leadership on this. Period. We are in this mess now because of him."
I'm surprised Kolbe wasn't PROMOTED to leadership for this.
He would be in good company with the rest of the sorry leadership.
It seems that all of these pages, (with the possible exception of the one that started this whole mess) were actively involved in some sort of "relationship" with Foley.
Since it was well-known that Foley is gay, then what did they expect?
Foley was known to be sexually interested in young boys for SIX years and nothing was done. Pathetic.
I sure hope this is the end of the GOP bending over for the "Log Cabin" Republicans.
Known by who?
ONE good reason to post such things is because I am sure the libs have them on their sites, and it is important for conservatives to discuss them and deal with them. Openly.
THAT SAID, I need to remind myself that the MSM has been purposefully obtuse in this matter, such as with all of the unnamed sources, and evidence hidden or long gone... I believe it is better to deal with it, then to just let the other side frame the debate. I trust Hastert. I have seen NO indication he is a dishonorable man. I am furiouser and furiouser over this whole thing. With Foley, with the unnamed sources, ABC, CREW, Mike Rogers, DCCC... I miss Tom Delay...
" But Cline denied the source's characterization, saying only that the messages had made the former page feel uncomfortable. "
The non story has now completely jumped the bathhouse.
Mad Man with nukes or former pages feeling " uncomfortable." Hmmm...
Hi - How are you ?
I saw you wearing corduroy pants- a word of caution-they make you look fat. Best Wishes Mark Foley.
Rino's do it.
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