Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

[danarhea]

Foley has resigned from Congress, saying he was deeply sorry. I have a statement to make on this to those who supported him when the allegations first came out:

That you would blindly support him, without even examining the evidence is reprehensible. That you make excuses for him, and call this a political witch hunt is equally reprehensible. If Foley had raped and killed those minors, would you still have supported him? I think so. After all, he is a Republican, and Republicans need to stick together, right?

This episode amply demonstrates the "See no evil", admit nothing, and support the party at all costs, no matter what, attitude of the Bushneviks nowadays. Simply disgusting. As long as a Congressman who supports Bush is in office, the Bushneviks will defend him at all costs. With that kind of an attitude, it is no wonder Republicans think they can get away with murder, if they choose to do so.

By their own actions, Republicans have shown just how morally bankrupt they really are.

Article is here.

 

[Captain America]

Moral corruption is not monopolized by either party. For every GOP you can name getting kinky with one of their pages boys, I can name you a Democrat stickin' cigars up..... well, you know. :3oops:

I do think it's funny how the GOP hack apologists are making excuses for it in typical GOP hack fashion. I suspect they will soon make Foley a hero for "doing the right thing" and resigning. :roll:

On another thread we have already been discussing it. There is a pdf file of the actual emails there, but for some reason I cannot open the file.

Anybody know if the emails are truly perverted or is this election time politics?

Foley resigned...........
My nickle is on kinky.

 

[danarhea]

Moral corruption is not monopolized by either party. For every GOP you can name getting kinky with one of their pages boys, I can name you a Democrat stickin' cigars up..... well, you know. :3oops:

I do think it's funny how tha apologists are making excuses for it. On another thread we have been discussing it. There is a pdf file of the actual emails but for some reason I cannot open the file.

Anybody know if the emails are truly perverted or is this election time politics.

Foley resigned...........
My nickle is on kinky.

Yup, Clinton was a crud too. Funny thing is that, out of everyone who got after Clinton, how many defended Foley until he resigned? A whole lot of them. LOL.

BTW, speaking about kinky, our next Governor may be just that.

 

[Stinger]

On another thread we have already been discussing it. There is a pdf file of the actual emails there, but for some reason I cannot open the file.

Anybody know if the emails are truly perverted or is this election time politics?

Foley resigned...........
My nickle is on kinky.

Can't get to the site that has, their server is probably slammed. What has been posted in the news article is completely innocent. Mystery so far.

 

[Navy Pride]

It really shows the integrity of the 2 partys............Mark Foley a Republican gets caught messing around with a page and resigns.......Barney Frank gets caught messing around with a page and refuses to resign.....

Does anyone but me see the hypocrisy of the Democratic party?

 

[Stinger]

Yup, Clinton was a crud too. Funny thing is that, out of everyone who got after Clinton, how many defended Foley until he resigned? A whole lot of them. LOL.

BTW, speaking about kinky, our next Governor may be just that.

Since he seems to have resigned pretty quickly who on earth are you talking about defending him? And can you post any of the questionable parts of the emails? I can't find any on the web yet. You must have seen them if these are the conclusions you are drawing.

 

[danarhea]

Can't get to the site that has, their server is probably slammed. What has been posted in the news article is completely innocent. Mystery so far.

No mystery here, and I have no trouble getting to the site. Foley has admitted sending sexually explicit emails to minors, and has apologized, saying that he has let down the state of Florida.

 

[Captain America]

BTW, speaking about kinky, our next Governor may be just that.

I wish.....

No way tho'.

Votes are gonna be split in half. Perry with one half, Kinky, Granny, and the Democrat splitting the other half.

Time will tell.

 

[Kandahar]

It really shows the integrity of the 2 partys............Mark Foley a Republican gets caught messing around with a page and resigns.......Barney Frank gets caught messing around with a page and refuses to resign.....

Does anyone but me see the hypocrisy of the Democratic party?

Was Barney Frank's page a minor?

 

[Stinger]

Can't get to the site that has, their server is probably slammed. What has been posted in the news article is completely innocent. Mystery so far.

Seems now it's not the Emails but some instant messages.

Developing

 

[danarhea]

It really shows the integrity of the 2 partys............Mark Foley a Republican gets caught messing around with a page and resigns.......Barney Frank gets caught messing around with a page and refuses to resign.....

Does anyone but me see the hypocrisy of the Democratic party?

1) Of course there is hypocrisy. Dems defended Clinton after he lied to a grand jury about Monica.

2) The difference between Foley and Frank is that Frank's page was of age. Foley, on the other hand, can be considered a child molester.

3) Were Frank's allegations ever proven, as Foley's were.

 

[Kandahar]

Does anyone know anything about the Florida 16th? Was the seat in play prior to his resignation? How about now?

 

[Stinger]

Was Barney Frank's page a minor?

Actually I believe you have confused him with Gerry Studds and no he was not forced to resign

Heck Frank had a prostitution ring being run out of his apartment and used his political power to get 33 parking tickets his gay lover recieved torn up. And he didn't resign.

 

[Stinger]

Does anyone know anything about the Florida 16th? Was the seat in play prior to his resignation? How about now?

No, he was a shoe-in.

 

[danarhea]

I wish.....

No way tho'.

Votes are gonna be split in half. Perry with one half, Kinky, Granny, and the Democrat splitting the other half.

Time will tell.

You've been away from Texas too long

If nobody gets 50%, there will be a runoff between the 2 highest votegetters. If a runoff happens, I put my money on either Kinky or the Raging Granny.

 

[BWG]

I suspect they will soon make Foley a hero for "doing the right thing" and resigning.

:2rofll: Didn't take long, did it?^ :rofl

 

[Kandahar]

Does it really matter?

Umm yes. If the page was of age, then it's just a consensual sexual relationship. Nothing wrong with that.

Heck Frank had a prostitution ring being run out of his apartment and he didn't resign.

Hmm...Well I don't know anything about that incident, but the way you worded that makes me think that he wasn't actually involved. Am I right?

 

[BWG]

Was Barney Frank's page a minor?

Does it really matter?

How sad, if it doesn't matter to you.

 

[Stinger]

3) Were Frank's allegations ever proven, as Foley's were.

I believe everyone is talking about Gerry Studds and yes they were proven, admitted and he defiantly told everyone to mind their own business and did not resign.

So Democrats are on real shaky ground here.

 

[Navy Pride]

Was Barney Frank's page a minor?

You tell me.........

 

[Stinger]

How sad, if it doesn't matter to you.

IT matters, what doesn't matter to me is if they are 16 or 18 years old. Either case shows a complete lack of character on the part of the perpitrator. I don't care if it is a heterosexual relationship NO congress person should have ANY sexually relationship with ANY congressional page even if the are 18 years old and the same sex.

Let's not forget the Democrats did not force Studds to leave so they don't have much standing here.

 

[Navy Pride]

They just read the e-mails on Hardball and they were really not that bad......The worse thing he asked him was for a picture and his age... There must be more to it.............


As far as Franks goes he actually had sex with his pages......

 

[Kandahar]

You tell me.........

I don't know, that's why I'm asking. But from the responses of others, it soudns like Barney Frank's page was NOT a minor.

 

[danarhea]

I believe everyone is talking about Gerry Studds and yes they were proven, admitted and he defiantly told everyone to mind their own business and did not resign.

So Democrats are on real shaky ground here.

Was Gerry Studds considered a child under the law? That is the difference, and if you dont understand that, then there is no hope for you.

 

[Kandahar]

IT matters, what doesn't matter to me is if they are 16 or 18 years old. Either case shows a complete lack of character on the part of the perpitrator. I don't care if it is a heterosexual relationship NO congress person should have ANY sexually relationship with ANY congressional page even if the are 18 years old and the same sex.

Why? There's nothing illegal about having sex with an 18 year old. The fact that you feel that a congressperson should resign because of YOUR self-righteous moral judgments is absurd.

Your completely subjective judgment about his "character" is irrelevant. Should Rudy Giuliani have resigned for having an affair? Should Dick Cheney have resigned for saying the F-word?