Posted on 10/05/2006 2:45:06 PM PDT by mmyers
Three more former congressional pages have come forward to reveal what they call "sexual approaches" over the Internet from former Congressman Mark Foley.
The pages served in the classes of 1998, 2000 and 2002. They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team's tip line on ABCNews.com. None wanted their names used because of the sensitive nature of the communications.
"I was seventeen years old and just returned to [my home state] when Foley began to e-mail me, asking if I had ever seen my page roommates naked and how big their penises were," said the page in the 2002 class.
The former page also said Foley told him that if he happened to be in Washington, D.C., he could stay at Foley's home if he "would engage in oral sex" with Foley.
THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: Foley's Exchange with Underage Page Foley Instant Message Chat While Waiting for a House Vote Click Here to Watch This Week's Brian Ross Investigates Webcast The page told ABC News he was interviewed this week by FBI agents who had a six-page list of questions about Foley and the exchanges.
The second page who talked with ABC News, a graduate of the 2000 page class, says Foley actually visited the old page dorm and offered rides to events in his BMW.
"His e-mails developed into sexually explicit conversations, and he asked me for photographs of my erect penis," the former page said.
The page said Foley maintained e-mail contact with him even after he started college and arranged a sexual liaison after the page had turned 18.
The third page interviewed by ABC News, a graduate of the 1998 page class, said Foley's instant messages began while he was a senior in high school.
"Foley would say he was sitting in his boxers and ask what I was wearing," the page said.
"It became more weird, and I stopped responding," the page said.
All three pages described similar instant message and e-mail patterns, with remarkably similar escalations of provocative questions.
"He didn't want to talk about politics," the page said. "He wanted to talk about sex or my penis," the page said.
The three new verbal accounts are in addition to two sets of sexually explicit instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages.
An online story on the Drudge Report Thursday claimed one set of the sexually explicit instant messages obtained by ABC News was part of a "prank" on the part of the former page, who reportedly says he goaded the congressman into writing the messages.
"This was no prank," said one of the three former pages who talked to ABC News today about his experience with the congressman.
And now a brief pause in our all Foley all the Time sleazy fest of unverifiable rumors and unprovable claims, here is today's news.
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He just seemed a little too excited describing what the purported pages described. But, too bad, Shep. You're too old to be the "victim". No nasty IM's for you! lol
Don't watch! He's getting ready to describe the "new" allegations....again. He's really enjoying this....
Great question ;-)
Well, I hope so. But I think there's a good analogy with African-Americans (a comparison the gays just love). The Dems bash black Republicans into the dirt. They ridicule Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, Michael Steele and so forth . . . for being the WRONG KIND of blacks. And what's the result? They get almost 100% of the black vote.
As best I can tell from the scattered comments on the Internet, the gays are lapping this stuff up. It's "outing" the evil gays who aren't on their side . . . and "outing" their supposed enablers as well.
Sure, it's sick and evil, but sometimes sick and evil wins. We'll see.
Bingo! And every GOP Congressman, Senator, and staffer who said to himself, "Well, it's their lifestyle choice, so what do I care?" is going to get outed as an enabler, even if they had no direct knowledge of any illegal or unethical conduct on the part of the gay colleague.
OMG, I hope you are not right. I don't understand blacks, and since I am not "gay" maybe I don't understand that either. Time will tell.
Too bad pages who've received emails from other Congressmen have not come forward. I can't believe Foley is the only one.
ABC won't further tarnish their rep by reporting on these pages on their own nightly broadcast, but they'll let people like Shep do it. LOL
Well, if Shep wants to be used by Ross and ABC to report what they won't let their own anchors report guess that's his choice. he is, after all, a consenting adult...
The ABC "tip" site doesnt' even require anything more than an email address..... the latest Brian Ross article doesn't even hint at whether/how they have substantiated any of these claims..... any bozo can write anything as a "tip" and have Brian Ross write it up? So much for the MSM as a "gatekeeper" of brilliant editing.........
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714499/posts
"The talk itself, if it is just titillating, is not a crime. So the page could have been 13 and it would have been legal, if there was no talk of meeting for actual sex."
Finally a sane post. Foley was a sexual preditor, as most homosexuals, he probable targeted numerous boys/young men. Perhaps there will be a few that will make up allegations, but for the most part, there will probable be lots of this stuff true, much to the gnawing of Pubs teeth.
Question how long before FR does make ABC news its b***h I give it a day if I know FR probably less than 24 hours this story just broke you got give inquioring Freepers time to investigate
It is utterly disgusting and utterly disgusting Shep the putz would repeat these new allegations, no proof needed, yet when proof the page with the sexual IM was 18 and it started with a prank, well that is not newsworthy. Fox news is going to hell in a hand basket, and I for one would love to see shep go. Brian Ross would make the Taliban and Al Qaeda proud.
Look, John Karr said he was there when Jon Benet died...and over 200 people said they kidnapped the Lindberg Baby..None of it true.
My point is that people LIE...Boy do they ever lie.
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What is ABC the new FBI now? If you have info call the FBI.
Did ABC appoint them selves police now?
Just thought of something. Maybe one of these guys IS John Karr! Maybe he wants 15 more minutes of fame. No wait. I doubt he would withhold his name. Darn.
So now we have 3 more guys who won't allowed to be named .. and no mention that they have evidence to back up their claims ??
That's about the size of it...
Bet the cell batteries are burning tonight in DC!
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