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Massachusetts Should Be Supporting Rep. Foley
Massachusetts Conservative News ^ | 10-2-2006 | e. f. winslow

Posted on 10/02/2006 10:24:50 AM PDT by francke

The uproar and condemnation of Florida’s Rep. Foley cuts across party lines, and across the country…but rings hollow in Massachusetts.

It was revealed last week that Foley had written some sexually suggestive emails to some male pages in Congress. So far, all that is known is that he wrote the creepy emails, and that is enough for Democrats to demand an independent investigation and even Republicans to deny they know the man.

(Excerpt) Read more at massnews.net ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: barneyfrank; foley; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; studds

1 posted on 10/02/2006 10:24:51 AM PDT by francke
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To: francke

not touching this one


2 posted on 10/02/2006 10:27:49 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: francke
Being logically consistent, shouldn’t the citizens of Massachusetts...

You must be joking...

3 posted on 10/02/2006 10:28:39 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: francke
In Massachusetts, one of our own Congressmen just a few years ago was caught in a sex scandal with an underage male page. Rep. Gerry Studds admitted that he was doing the deed with a 17-year old page. What was Massachusetts response to this scandal? We re-elected him five more times to Congress. Studds eventually retired in 1996 unvanquished, and, other than a “slap-on-the-wrist” censure, quite unsullied by the scandal.

That doesn't excuse Foley, it simply outlines the hypocrisy.
4 posted on 10/02/2006 10:29:31 AM PDT by kinoxi (.)
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To: francke

If I were a dem/lib, I'd love to see conservatives saying this, as it shoots them in the foot.

are you SURE this isn't from a dem site in conservative drag?


5 posted on 10/02/2006 10:31:33 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: francke
More to the point: Just because Mark Foley was perverted, and even IF some House leaders looked the other way, I do not want the following:

My taxes raised

The Patriot Act repealed

The International terror surveillance program dismantled

Terrorists granted my Constitutional rights

The war in Iraq lost

Gay Marriage.

Can we please put the interests of this great nation and its millions of citizens in perspective?

6 posted on 10/02/2006 10:32:02 AM PDT by Williams
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To: francke

Yeah, shouldn't the Kennedys be saying, "I feel you pain, Tom"? The pain of getting caught!


7 posted on 10/02/2006 10:37:28 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: kinoxi
That doesn't excuse Foley, it simply outlines the hypocrisy.

Of course it doesn't excuse Foley; but it doesn't excuse the hypocrisy either.

8 posted on 10/02/2006 10:41:26 AM PDT by freespirited (A racist is a conservative who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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To: freespirited

No it outlines it, highlights it.


9 posted on 10/02/2006 10:45:11 AM PDT by kinoxi (.)
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To: francke

ALL of the Demagogues everywhere should be extremely supportive of Foley -- he was merely confused, he thought he was a Democrat and he just wanted to follow in the ennobling traditions of Gerry Studds, Barney Frank, Mel Reynolds, Bill Clinton, et al in taking full advantage of his position to score some hot sex.

I despise Foley, but the Demagogues should rally around him the way they ralley around their own drooling, lustful scumbags:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712184/posts


10 posted on 10/02/2006 10:56:41 AM PDT by Enchante (There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
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To: francke

Notice the dems are not saying that there is anything wrong with Foley's behavior. A lot of them are symapthetic towards deviants. They are using this to try to turn GOP members against one another, just like the ambulance chaser mentioned Dick Cheney's daughter during the debate. The only thing I keep hearing them say, especially Pelosi, is that they want investigations and hearings into who knew what, and when. This adds more fire to their "culture of corruption" flame (no pun intended). I can't wait to hear about this rubbish for ten straight days.


11 posted on 10/02/2006 11:14:05 AM PDT by Disturbin (Get back to work -- millions of people on welfare are counting on you!)
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To: francke
True, Foley is hypocritical in the sense that he has been an outspoken proponent of legislation targeting pedophiles. But that is no less hypocritical than the people of Massachusetts who keep re-electing individuals to Congress who do far more than Foley is accused of, yet still scorn the Rep from Florida.

Well, since no pedophilia has been yet proven, then it's hard to say if the guy's hypocritical or not.

12 posted on 10/02/2006 12:28:38 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: francke

Did you read that new book about Congressman Foley?

It's quite a page-turner.

(Amazing what dumb jokes I can invent sometimes.)


13 posted on 10/02/2006 1:05:42 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: francke

Hannity read a Washington Post article talking about Studds getting 3 standing ovations by the house after his crime. Do you have a link by any chance?


14 posted on 10/02/2006 5:21:14 PM PDT by marblehead17 (I love it when a plan comes together.)
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To: francke

Chuck Morse isnt even on the ballot. He didn't get the signatures.


15 posted on 10/02/2006 5:28:48 PM PDT by MassachusettsGOP (May the West and Republicans Always Win...)
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To: francke

NO ONE has made the connection yet, no one here at at least-

- but these folks have:

http://floppingaces2.blogspot.com/2006/10/foleygate-has-begun.html

Quoting:

Tom Maguire from JustOneMinute, Rick Moran from Rightwing Nuthouse, and Clarice Feldman from The American Thinker have been doing some wonderful research on the suspicious way in which this story took fire. In my earlier post I delved into the fact that the liberal group CREW had a big hand in getting the IM's out. Now Rick has done some research on the website that supposedly broke the story...


16 posted on 10/02/2006 8:04:44 PM PDT by _Jim (Highly recommended book on the Kennedy assassination - Posner: "Case Closed")
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To: francke
Or this,
A Republican staff member warned congressional pages five years ago to watch out for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.

Matthew Loraditch, a page in the 2001-2002 class, told ABC News he and other pages were warned about Foley by a supervisor in the House Clerk's office.

Loraditch, the president of the Page Alumni Association, said the pages were told "don't get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff."

...Loraditch says that some of the pages who "interacted" with Foley were hesitant to report his behavior because "members of Congress, they've got the power." Many of the pages were hoping for careers in politics and feared Foley might seek retribution.

Loraditch runs the alumni association for the U.S. House Page Program, and he is deeply concerned about the future effects this scandal could have on a program that he sees as a valuable educational experience for teens.

From here: michellemalkin.com/archives/006027.htm
17 posted on 10/02/2006 8:08:28 PM PDT by _Jim (Highly recommended book on the Kennedy assassination - Posner: "Case Closed")
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