I thought this might deserve a thread of it's own.
Representative Mark Foley (R-FLA) resigned this past week because of his indescrete relationship with a teenage male Congressional page. Apparently this was only the tip of the iceberg and now the iceberg threatens to tip. They're calling it Pagegate. It even involves the now infamous John Mark Karr, who was arrested in Thailand and deported to the U.S. after falsely confessing to killing JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado 10 years ago. Karr is believed to have knowledge of a major Washington pediphile ring.
More news is certain to follow.
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It even involves the now infamous John Mark Karr ...
Good grief.
In the meantime go to the Wayne Madsen Report (the source of the Karr connection tale) and scroll down to the clipping from the Washington Post that appears under the tagline, "Not sure if this ad placement ... was intentional or not:"
It even involves the now infamous John Mark Karr ...
Good grief.
In the meantime go to the Wayne Madsen Report (the source of the Karr connection tale) and scroll down to the clipping from the Washington Post that appears under the tagline, "Not sure if this ad placement ... was intentional or not:"
Which ad, the "Got Fruit" or the "Fredricks of Hollywood" ad?
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Perhaps we should invite Foley to FF's Sexuality forum?
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Now, with conclusive proof of evolution:
On Friday afternoon, a strategist for Rep. Mark Foley tried to cut a deal with ABC's Brian Ross.
The correspondent, who had dozens of instant messages that Foley sent to teenage House pages, had asked to interview the Florida Republican. Foley's former chief of staff said the congressman was quitting and that Ross could have that information exclusively if he agreed not to publish the raw, sexually explicit messages.
"I said we're not making any deals," Ross recalls. He says the Internet made the story possible, because on Thursday he posted a story on his ABC Web page, the Blotter, after obtaining one milder e-mail that Foley had sent a 16-year-old page, asking for a picture. Within two hours, former pages had e-mailed Ross and provided the salacious messages. The only question then, says Ross, was "whether this could be authenticated."
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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., says she was not told about suggestive e-mails that a Florida congressman sent to a 16-year-old former Capitol page, even though she is one of three representatives who oversee the page program....
Several high-ranking House Republicans have known about the e-mails for months, including Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., chairman of the House Page Board.
Late last year, Shimkus met with Foley about the e-mails. But Shimkus never told Capito or the board’s other member, Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Mich., about them until Friday, according to all three.
“There’s only three of us on the page board. I feel that we should have been informed,” Capito said. “I’m absolutely disgusted by what I’m hearing. I was caught totally unaware.”
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And if anything, these kids are less innocent — these 16 and 17 year-old beasts…and I've seen what they're doing on YouTube and I've seen what they're doing all over the internet — oh yeah — you just have to tune into any part of their pop culture. You're not going to tell me these are innocent babies. Have you read the transcripts that ABC posted going into the weekend of these instant messages, back and forth? The kids are egging the Congressman on! The kids are trying to get this out of him. We haven't got the whole story on this.
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These kids were playing Foley for everything he was worth. Oh yeah. Oh, I haven't…they were talking about how many times they'd masturbated, how many times they'd done it with their girlfriends this weekend…all these things and these "innocent children." And this "poor" congressman sitting there typing, "oh am I going to get any," you know?
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These kids were playing Foley for everything he was worth. Oh yeah. Oh, I haven't…they were talking about how many times they'd masturbated, how many times they'd done it with their girlfriends this weekend…all these things and these "innocent children." And this "poor" congressman sitting there typing, "oh am I going to get any," you know?
Heh...yeah.
WAIT!
Don't anybody move! I was laughing so hard, I dropped the world's smallest violin.
Damn... And just when I was going to break into a rendition of "My Heart Bleeds For You."
There are a few new members that he would feel quite at home with, I'm sure.
16 year old boys =/= 8-12 year old boys
Foley is an pederast, not a pedophile.
In my opinion, it isn't so much that he might have had sex with underaged teenagers that makes it that bad - 16 years old is the age of consent in some places - but it's his position of power over them that makes it so unethical.
That said, I find 50 year olds interested in teenagers (even ones 18-19 years old) to be quite creepy.
There are a few new members that he would feel quite at home with, I'm sure.
16 year old boys =/= 8-12 year old boys
Foley is an pederast, not a pedophile.
In my opinion, it isn't so much that he might have had sex with underaged teenagers that makes it that bad - 16 years old is the age of consent in some places - but it's his position of power over them that makes it so unethical.
That said, I find 50 year olds interested in teenagers (even ones 18-19 years old) to be quite creepy.
Creepy, but it is legal in all 50 states!
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There are a few new members that he would feel quite at home with, I'm sure.
16 year old boys =/= 8-12 year old boys
Foley is an pederast, not a pedophile.
I will grant you that distinction.
Blame the kids, huh? Again, who is in control of the situation? Not the Congressional pages. What I said during the ABSCAM scandal of the 80s applies to this too, "they could've said "No!"."
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It's kinda sad that it takes a sex scandal to make me feel optimistic about the Democrats winning in November. But even with all the fuckups they've made in Iraq and such, I was not that optimistic about the Democrats winning the House.
Also, "I'd love to see your cute butt bouncing in the air" (paraphrase)
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