Posted on 10/04/2006 1:08:03 PM PDT by areafiftyone
WASHINGTON - A senior congressional aide said Wednesday that he alerted House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office two years ago about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark Foley with teenage pages.
Kirk Fordham told The Associated Press that when he was told about Foley's inappropriate behavior toward pages, he had "more than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of the House of Representatives asking them to intervene."
The conversations took place long before the e-mail scandal broke, Fordham said, and at least a year earlier than members of the House GOP leadership have acknowledged.
Anticipated.
Thanketh!
My first question is this. Why did Fordham abruptly leave Foley's office of few years ago? Was Fordham romantically involved with Foley? Usually, I wouldn't ask but I believe it is now relevant given what he is claiming. What is Fordham's history with these pages? All this needs to come out.
If its true then Hasert is toast. But right now it's "He Said She Said" unless this guy has proof (i.e. a memo he sent to Hasert or a letter or e-mail)
I think the key word here is "evidence".
As soon as there was evidence, he was gone. He is an elected officeholder, he owes his position to his voters. You can't force him out on hear-say. But he didn't last 5 minutes once there was something tangible.
For those paying attention, this is the way its supposed to work. And this is what the Dems and the press have to get around. Their Foley's hang around for decades, honored members of the club. Ours either resign "voluntarily" or are forced to resign the minute there is something to go on.
We don't accept that kind of behavior. They do. That is undeniable, and Foley's case only demonstrates it.
The Strata-Sphere and Gateway Pundit blogs are all over this story and the various players.
One of the commentors is stating that the "boy" involved here is 21 years old.
Plus, forgot the name of the blog, but someone said they have a big press release at 4CT time today.
This is going to get too confusing for the public (and all of us) very soon.
Best solution is to get rid of all the gays in the Republican party. :-)
What was he "dealing" in return you ask? An "exclusive" to ABC about the Foley resignation.
If that's true, this guy ain't very smart.
And we've known abut Teddy Kennedy for how long? Foley's only problem is that he's not a democrat holding office in Mass.
John Aravosis and Mike Rogers both admitted that Fordham was the source for some of their information.
Yes indeed he did.
Yawn, again as you fall foe another MSM ploy.
Whew you guys are a cheap date for the democrats and the MSM.
This is coming from the media -- the guy worked for Foley, is gay and either still a Dem or former Dem.
I said if true Dane. Sigh. Ok, he is lying. He never spoke to anybody. In fact, he was hired by Barney Frank 10 years ago to go undercover as a plant, to wait for this moment to do this. Satisfied now?
You're not the only one! Seem to be conflicting versions around . . . :(
the following should have been included in the piece above:
AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) - A former aide for disgraced Congressman Mark Foley has quit his job as chief of staff for the upstate lawmaker embroiled in the scandal that's rocking House Republicans.
Kirk Fordham has issued a statement saying he resigned today as chief of staff for Congressman Thomas Reynolds of Erie County. Fordham once served in the same position for Foley, a Florida Republican who resigned last week after it was revealed he sent salacious electronic messages to teenage male pages in Congress. After the scandal erupted, Fordham counseled Foley to resign.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713711/posts?page=7#7
The blogger who was going to release the name was getting really nasty messages on his blog from DUers and people who read the leftist site Raw Story because it was printed on those two sites that this blogger was going to reveal the name. I will check and see if he did it. I read some of the messages they sent and they were vile.
So Foley was "over friendly" in an E-MAIL, what was Hastert supposed to do??? FIRE him??? He ;s NORT his boss...OUT him??? The Dems have made it ILLEGAL NOT TO HIRE GAYS, no matter WHAT their behavior is.
Counseled Foley to resign, eh?
If this guy is a Dem operative, that "conduct" was probably Foley saying "good morning" to one of the pages.
Don't trust the Dems!
Matt is gay.
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