Rep. Mark Foley drops out of race [Fox: also resigned]

[Lunatic Fringe]

Just breaking on CNN

[Post-Neolithic]

"Hell, I just wrote a nephew of mine and asked the same things."

But you are not gay and it's your nephew not someone who isn't part of your family. Big Difference.

[RayStacy]

Good one, bro! LOL.

[gidget7]

Apparently he is an infiltration into the Republican Party. No true Republican, would act that way. We have a lot of them who have infiltrated our party.

[Lunatic Fringe]

People don't quit a race due to smear campaigns, especially incumbents.

[Texaggie79]

Child sex emails? Asking a 16 year old volunteer for a pic? Wow that's pretty nasty there.

[RockinRight]

Sigh...

[Hannibal Hamlin]

Foley has long been rumored to be gay, but the boy thing is new.

Where there's smoke...

[roses of sharon]

A Log Cabin Republican?

Gross, sick, I hope they all resign.

[linda_22003]

And you know what "assuming" does.

[nuconvert]

He's been in the House for a while. I don't think he'd just drop out if this were totally false and he had nothing to hide.

[roses of sharon]

It's called the "big tent" now, the GAY REPUBLICAN WING!

LOL, who can trust them?

[Howlin]

Ping.

[dead]

I read the article, it sounds innocent enough to me.

I read the article too. Nothing illegal or anything, but certainly didn't come across as "innocent" to me.

Read more like a gay predator stalking some fresh meat.

[ichabod1]

I can't see the words "Log Cabin Republican" without thinking of an old joke I heard when I was about 12, the punch line to which was "How far is the Olde Log Inn?"

[dfwgator]

At least Republicans step down, Bawney Frank would never do this.

[BritExPatInFla]

Y'know, Frank is as gay as the day is long, but he's not been implicated in anything with any underage kids. It's kind of crappy to smear anyone with that stigma, no matter what party, unless you have something to back it up. Foley has emails floating around talking about how good the new kid on the Hill looks and about his trips to the gym and sweaty bike rides and picture swaps, I'd say he's got something to hide since the investigation hasn't even really gone into this very deep yet.

[Lunatic Fringe]

I didn't know you had to be heterosexual to believe in limited government.

[Dane]

Let's see if barney frank(rommate ran homosexual prostitution ring) comes to his defense.

[Howlin]

Bump.

[Political Junkie Too]

In yesterday's story, his staff said that they routinely ask for pictures of former interns to remember who they were when they ask for references, but this boy was not an intern for Foley, he was a Page in the House who never worked for Foley. Also, the email was from Foley's personal AOL account, not his Congressional email.

-PJ