Sixteen-Year-Old Who Worked as Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange with (1 Viewer)

[jujuman13]

Link: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/sixteenyearold_.html

Quote from comments about the reportThe rationale provided by the Congressman's office seems plausible - but it begs the question....if these exchanges were simply so the Congressman could build an archive file for his office there are two questions I have 1) why was this not being done by his staff and 2) why was it done using his personal email? It is my experience that politicians don't share their personal and private means of communication with every intern/page/volunteer that graces their office.
Posted by: Brent | Sep 28, 2006 3:51:22 PM)

You can read all the other comments made about this piece, but this one I have reprinted seems to be the only one to ask cogent and reasonable questions.

 

[danarhea]

Re: Sixteen-Year-Old Who Worked as Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange

Link: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/sixteenyearold_.html

Quote from comments about the reportThe rationale provided by the Congressman's office seems plausible - but it begs the question....if these exchanges were simply so the Congressman could build an archive file for his office there are two questions I have 1) why was this not being done by his staff and 2) why was it done using his personal email? It is my experience that politicians don't share their personal and private means of communication with every intern/page/volunteer that graces their office.
Posted by: Brent | Sep 28, 2006 3:51:22 PM)

You can read all the other comments made about this piece, but this one I have reprinted seems to be the only one to ask cogent and reasonable questions.

q. Why cant Congressmen read?

a. They are too busy bending over their pages.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Re: Sixteen-Year-Old Who Worked as Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange

All of the questions quoted in the article are perfectly valid questions for an employer to ask his employees-- because they relate to perfectly innocent and standard employment practices.

If they want to make ugly accusations on the basis of this, they need to have far better evidence.

 

[TurtleDude]

Re: Sixteen-Year-Old Who Worked as Capitol Hill Page Concerned About E-mail Exchange

q. Why cant Congressmen read?

a. They are too busy bending over their pages.

Poor Barney Frank-he gets NO RESPECT