NEW YORK -- Even today, two years after Mark Foley's very public fall from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as Capitol Hill pages.
Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, finally broke his silence.
"I'm trying to find my way back," Foley said in an interview with The Associated Press, his first public comments on the scandal since resigning from Congress on Sept. 29, 2006.
Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
"There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said. "The fact is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft a law to protect children on the Internet.
Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
"The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of adulthood.
"At the end of the day, they were instant messages that were extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his eyes wandering toward the ceiling.
So why talk now? Sympathy? Forgiveness?
Nope.
Just to free himself from the media clamoring for his first interview.
"I believed I owed my constituents an apology," Foley said. "I embarrassed them and I embarrassed my family and I wanted to have a chance in a public setting to lend my voice to what happened, not through an attorney, not through a spokesperson, but from myself."
Today, he's a pariah in Congress and the Republican Party. The affable man who reveled in the spotlight finds himself branded a pedophile, at best, a creep. Three former staffers refused comment because of their disgust with his behavior. He makes his living investing in real estate and other business.
"In public life, you dream of the day they'll name a hospital after you, or a bridge or a post office," Foley said, twisting a gold band on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist boyfriend wears.
"If I had a post office named after me today, they'd probably return to sender," he said. "It's not a pleasant place to be. It's not what I envisioned ... working this hard all my life to end up in an ash heap because of a momentary lapse of judgment."
But Foley carried on the computer conversations for months, asking about masturbation, sex, and other details.
Shortly after his resignation, his attorney announced that Foley was gay and an alcoholic and had been molested by a priest as a teenage altar boy in Florida. Foley then checked himself into a treatment facility.
"I loved my early life, and then along comes a priest ... who forces me into a sexual relationship at the age of 12. And right shortly thereafter, I fail eighth grade, I start drugs, I start drinking, I start smoking," he said. "My entire life ... implodes."
He was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 as a popular hometown boy who kept busy in glitzy Palm Beach, Fla., attending lavish parties and fundraisers with the likes of Donald Trump, Jay Leno, and actress Bo Derek.
While his homosexuality was said to be the worst-kept secret on the Hill and around Palm Beach, he cloaked himself in a false public persona, appearing at events with beautiful women.
He drank a lot and spiraled into darkness.
"Those demons that were inside me, by not addressing them, caused me to spin out of control," he said.
He doesn't feel fully responsible for Democrats taking over the House in 2006, but owns up to his role and calls his behavior "profoundly regrettable."
"They had the Republicans on a number of ethical scandals and, you know, I served up for them the moral dilemma," he said.
A Republican won back Foley's congressional district last week after the Democrat who replaced him was caught in an adultery scandal. It's become known as "The Curse of the Mark Foley Seat."
"It's not what I had hoped would be my lasting legacy," he said, pausing to brush away tears.
So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics and high-society do now?
"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a day at a time."
> NEW YORK -- Even today, two years after Mark Foley's very public fall > from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, > sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as > Capitol Hill pages.
> Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, > the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, > finally broke his silence.
> "I'm trying to find my way back," Foley said in an interview with The > Associated Press, his first public comments on the scandal since > resigning from Congress on Sept. 29, 2006.
> Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with > teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by > the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
> And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he > remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
> These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
> "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, > 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but > again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said. "The fact > is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
> Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher > penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the > Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft > a law to protect children on the Internet.
> Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
> "The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you > hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a > "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of > adulthood.
> "At the end of the day, they were instant messages that were > extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his > eyes wandering toward the ceiling.
> So why talk now? Sympathy? Forgiveness?
> Nope.
> Just to free himself from the media clamoring for his first interview.
> "I believed I owed my constituents an apology," Foley said. "I > embarrassed them and I embarrassed my family and I wanted to have a > chance in a public setting to lend my voice to what happened, not > through an attorney, not through a spokesperson, but from myself."
> Today, he's a pariah in Congress and the Republican Party. The affable > man who reveled in the spotlight finds himself branded a pedophile, at > best, a creep. Three former staffers refused comment because of their > disgust with his behavior. He makes his living investing in real > estate and other business.
> "In public life, you dream of the day they'll name a hospital after > you, or a bridge or a post office," Foley said, twisting a gold band > on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > boyfriend wears.
> "If I had a post office named after me today, they'd probably return > to sender," he said. "It's not a pleasant place to be. It's not what I > envisioned ... working this hard all my life to end up in an ash heap > because of a momentary lapse of judgment."
> But Foley carried on the computer conversations for months, asking > about masturbation, sex, and other details.
> Shortly after his resignation, his attorney announced that Foley was > gay and an alcoholic and had been molested by a priest as a teenage > altar boy in Florida. Foley then checked himself into a treatment > facility.
> "I loved my early life, and then along comes a priest ... who forces > me into a sexual relationship at the age of 12. And right shortly > thereafter, I fail eighth grade, I start drugs, I start drinking, I > start smoking," he said. "My entire life ... implodes."
> He was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 as a popular hometown boy who > kept busy in glitzy Palm Beach, Fla., attending lavish parties and > fundraisers with the likes of Donald Trump, Jay Leno, and actress Bo > Derek.
> While his homosexuality was said to be the worst-kept secret on the > Hill and around Palm Beach, he cloaked himself in a false public > persona, appearing at events with beautiful women.
> He drank a lot and spiraled into darkness.
> "Those demons that were inside me, by not addressing them, caused me > to spin out of control," he said.
> He doesn't feel fully responsible for Democrats taking over the House > in 2006, but owns up to his role and calls his behavior "profoundly > regrettable."
> "They had the Republicans on a number of ethical scandals and, you > know, I served up for them the moral dilemma," he said.
> A Republican won back Foley's congressional district last week after > the Democrat who replaced him was caught in an adultery scandal. It's > become known as "The Curse of the Mark Foley Seat."
> "It's not what I had hoped would be my lasting legacy," he said, > pausing to brush away tears.
> So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > and high-society do now?
> "I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > day at a time."
Past aside, this guy sounds like he needs some major help...
> Past aside, this guy sounds like he needs some major help...
Yeah, he needs help in owning up to what he did. He claims he, "allowed it to happen" as if he wasn't the one who made the advances. He also says he's a victim of child sexual abuse, as if that in any way excuses what he did.
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> NEW YORK -- Even today, two years after Mark Foley's very public fall > from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, > sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as > Capitol Hill pages.
> Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, > the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, > finally broke his silence.
> "I'm trying to find my way back," Foley said in an interview with The > Associated Press, his first public comments on the scandal since > resigning from Congress on Sept. 29, 2006.
> Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with > teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by > the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
> And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he > remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
> These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
> "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, > 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but > again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said. "The fact > is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
> Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher > penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the > Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft > a law to protect children on the Internet.
> Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
> "The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you > hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a > "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of > adulthood.
> "At the end of the day, they were instant messages that were > extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his > eyes wandering toward the ceiling.
> So why talk now? Sympathy? Forgiveness?
> Nope.
> Just to free himself from the media clamoring for his first interview.
> "I believed I owed my constituents an apology," Foley said. "I > embarrassed them and I embarrassed my family and I wanted to have a > chance in a public setting to lend my voice to what happened, not > through an attorney, not through a spokesperson, but from myself."
> Today, he's a pariah in Congress and the Republican Party. The affable > man who reveled in the spotlight finds himself branded a pedophile, at > best, a creep. Three former staffers refused comment because of their > disgust with his behavior. He makes his living investing in real > estate and other business.
> "In public life, you dream of the day they'll name a hospital after > you, or a bridge or a post office," Foley said, twisting a gold band > on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > boyfriend wears.
> "If I had a post office named after me today, they'd probably return > to sender," he said. "It's not a pleasant place to be. It's not what I > envisioned ... working this hard all my life to end up in an ash heap > because of a momentary lapse of judgment."
> But Foley carried on the computer conversations for months, asking > about masturbation, sex, and other details.
> Shortly after his resignation, his attorney announced that Foley was > gay and an alcoholic and had been molested by a priest as a teenage > altar boy in Florida. Foley then checked himself into a treatment > facility.
> "I loved my early life, and then along comes a priest ... who forces > me into a sexual relationship at the age of 12. And right shortly > thereafter, I fail eighth grade, I start drugs, I start drinking, I > start smoking," he said. "My entire life ... implodes."
> He was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 as a popular hometown boy who > kept busy in glitzy Palm Beach, Fla., attending lavish parties and > fundraisers with the likes of Donald Trump, Jay Leno, and actress Bo > Derek.
> While his homosexuality was said to be the worst-kept secret on the > Hill and around Palm Beach, he cloaked himself in a false public > persona, appearing at events with beautiful women.
> He drank a lot and spiraled into darkness.
> "Those demons that were inside me, by not addressing them, caused me > to spin out of control," he said.
> He doesn't feel fully responsible for Democrats taking over the House > in 2006, but owns up to his role and calls his behavior "profoundly > regrettable."
> "They had the Republicans on a number of ethical scandals and, you > know, I served up for them the moral dilemma," he said.
> A Republican won back Foley's congressional district last week after > the Democrat who replaced him was caught in an adultery scandal. It's > become known as "The Curse of the Mark Foley Seat."
> "It's not what I had hoped would be my lasting legacy," he said, > pausing to brush away tears.
> So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > and high-society do now?
> "I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > day at a time."
What is WRONG with this guy??? He should be hanging his head in shame, and NEVER show his face in public EVER again (unless he wants to do some campaigning for Republican candidates).
> NEW YORK -- Even today, two years after Mark Foley's very public fall > from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, > sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as > Capitol Hill pages.
> Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, > the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, > finally broke his silence.
> "I'm trying to find my way back," Foley said in an interview with The > Associated Press, his first public comments on the scandal since > resigning from Congress on Sept. 29, 2006.
> Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with > teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by > the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
> And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he > remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
> These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
> "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, > 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but > again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said. "The fact > is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
> Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher > penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the > Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft > a law to protect children on the Internet.
> Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
> "The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you > hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a > "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of > adulthood.
> "At the end of the day, they were instant messages that were > extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his > eyes wandering toward the ceiling.
> So why talk now? Sympathy? Forgiveness?
> Nope.
> Just to free himself from the media clamoring for his first interview.
> "I believed I owed my constituents an apology," Foley said. "I > embarrassed them and I embarrassed my family and I wanted to have a > chance in a public setting to lend my voice to what happened, not > through an attorney, not through a spokesperson, but from myself."
> Today, he's a pariah in Congress and the Republican Party. The affable > man who reveled in the spotlight finds himself branded a pedophile, at > best, a creep. Three former staffers refused comment because of their > disgust with his behavior. He makes his living investing in real > estate and other business.
> "In public life, you dream of the day they'll name a hospital after > you, or a bridge or a post office," Foley said, twisting a gold band > on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > boyfriend wears.
> "If I had a post office named after me today, they'd probably return > to sender," he said. "It's not a pleasant place to be. It's not what I > envisioned ... working this hard all my life to end up in an ash heap > because of a momentary lapse of judgment."
> But Foley carried on the computer conversations for months, asking > about masturbation, sex, and other details.
> Shortly after his resignation, his attorney announced that Foley was > gay and an alcoholic and had been molested by a priest as a teenage > altar boy in Florida. Foley then checked himself into a treatment > facility.
> "I loved my early life, and then along comes a priest ... who forces > me into a sexual relationship at the age of 12. And right shortly > thereafter, I fail eighth grade, I start drugs, I start drinking, I > start smoking," he said. "My entire life ... implodes."
I wonder what drug(s) he used.
> He was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 as a popular hometown boy who > kept busy in glitzy Palm Beach, Fla., attending lavish parties and > fundraisers with the likes of Donald Trump, Jay Leno, and actress Bo > Derek.
Bo Derek was the biggest sex icon of the eighties. He's pretty far gone if she couldn't make him hetero.
> While his homosexuality was said to be the worst-kept secret on the > Hill and around Palm Beach, he cloaked himself in a false public > persona, appearing at events with beautiful women.
> He drank a lot and spiraled into darkness.
> "Those demons that were inside me, by not addressing them, caused me > to spin out of control," he said.
If he's found Jesus, he could have been president and started a losing war in the middle east.
> He doesn't feel fully responsible for Democrats taking over the House > in 2006, but owns up to his role and calls his behavior "profoundly > regrettable."
> "They had the Republicans on a number of ethical scandals and, you > know, I served up for them the moral dilemma," he said.
It couldn't possibly have had anything to do with the then failing war in Iraq, could it?
> A Republican won back Foley's congressional district last week after > the Democrat who replaced him was caught in an adultery scandal. It's > become known as "The Curse of the Mark Foley Seat."
It's not a statistic until it happens three times.
<thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >Foley said, twisting a gold band >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >boyfriend wears. >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >and high-society do now? >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >day at a time."
Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time.
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >>Foley said, twisting a gold band >>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >>boyfriend wears. >>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >>and high-society do now? >>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >>day at a time."
> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >>>boyfriend wears. >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >>>and high-society do now? >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >>>day at a time." >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. >> Bwahahahahahaha!! >Democrat: Pussy >Republican: Dick >That's how it's been going.
Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has polished as a Democrat....
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: > >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message > >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band > >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >>>boyfriend wears. > >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >>>and high-society do now? > >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >>>day at a time." > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. > >> Bwahahahahahaha!! > >Democrat: Pussy > >Republican: Dick > >That's how it's been going.
> Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has > polished as a Democrat....
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Mark Foley is an opportunist and a pedophile. He is a democrat he ran as a republican when he saw the chance to capture an open seat. The republican party should have stood by its values and outed him before he became an ebarrassement. They knew he was hitting on the little boys, everyone knew.
On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol
> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >Foley said, twisting a gold band > >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >boyfriend wears. > >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >and high-society do now? > >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >day at a time."
> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat
Actually, this appears to be a Republican problem. Similar to the Catholic problem.
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: > >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message > >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band > >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >>>boyfriend wears. > >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >>>and high-society do now? > >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >>>day at a time." > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. > >> Bwahahahahahaha!! > >Democrat: Pussy > >Republican: Dick > >That's how it's been going.
> Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has > polished as a Democrat....
> And that's only the beginning...
Well, but then again, Barney isn't a hypocrite, telling other people how awful their behavior is while sneaking around doing precisely what he preaches against.
<enospe...@ymail.com> wrote: >On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >> >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >> >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >> >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >> >Foley said, twisting a gold band >> >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >> >boyfriend wears. >> >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >> >and high-society do now? >> >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >> >day at a time." >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat >Actually, this appears to be a Republican problem. Similar to the >Catholic problem.
Its a Republican problem similar to the Democrat-voting Catholic problem?
> > NEW YORK -- Even today, two years after Mark Foley's very public fall > > from grace, the former congressman can't explain why he sent lurid, > > sexually explicit computer messages to male teens who had worked as > > Capitol Hill pages.
> > Sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York this week, > > the Florida Republican, wearing a yellow tie with blue elephants, > > finally broke his silence.
> > "I'm trying to find my way back," Foley said in an interview with The > > Associated Press, his first public comments on the scandal since > > resigning from Congress on Sept. 29, 2006.
> > Foley insists he did nothing illegal and never had sexual contact with > > teens, just inappropriate Internet conversations. Investigations by > > the FBI and Florida authorities ended without criminal charges.
> > And while he concedes his behavior was "extraordinarily stupid," he > > remains somewhat unwilling to accept full public scorn.
> > These were 17-year-olds, just months from being men, he insists.
> > "There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, > > 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate' ... but > > again, I'm the adult here, I'm the congressman," Foley said. "The fact > > is I allowed it to happen. That's where my responsibility lies."
> > Foley had built a national reputation as an advocate for tougher > > penalties against child sexual predators. As co-chairman of the > > Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, he helped craft > > a law to protect children on the Internet.
> > Still, he said, there was no hypocrisy.
> > "The work I was doing was involving young children ... You know, you > > hear the term 'pedophile.' That is prepubescent," Foley said, noting a > > "huge difference" from lurid chats with teens on the brink of > > adulthood.
> > "At the end of the day, they were instant messages that were > > extraordinarily inappropriate," he added, breathing a heavy sigh, his > > eyes wandering toward the ceiling.
> > So why talk now? Sympathy? Forgiveness?
> > Nope.
> > Just to free himself from the media clamoring for his first interview.
> > "I believed I owed my constituents an apology," Foley said. "I > > embarrassed them and I embarrassed my family and I wanted to have a > > chance in a public setting to lend my voice to what happened, not > > through an attorney, not through a spokesperson, but from myself."
> > Today, he's a pariah in Congress and the Republican Party. The affable > > man who reveled in the spotlight finds himself branded a pedophile, at > > best, a creep. Three former staffers refused comment because of their > > disgust with his behavior. He makes his living investing in real > > estate and other business.
> > "In public life, you dream of the day they'll name a hospital after > > you, or a bridge or a post office," Foley said, twisting a gold band > > on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > > boyfriend wears.
> > "If I had a post office named after me today, they'd probably return > > to sender," he said. "It's not a pleasant place to be. It's not what I > > envisioned ... working this hard all my life to end up in an ash heap > > because of a momentary lapse of judgment."
> > But Foley carried on the computer conversations for months, asking > > about masturbation, sex, and other details.
> > Shortly after his resignation, his attorney announced that Foley was > > gay and an alcoholic and had been molested by a priest as a teenage > > altar boy in Florida. Foley then checked himself into a treatment > > facility.
> > "I loved my early life, and then along comes a priest ... who forces > > me into a sexual relationship at the age of 12. And right shortly > > thereafter, I fail eighth grade, I start drugs, I start drinking, I > > start smoking," he said. "My entire life ... implodes."
> > He was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 as a popular hometown boy who > > kept busy in glitzy Palm Beach, Fla., attending lavish parties and > > fundraisers with the likes of Donald Trump, Jay Leno, and actress Bo > > Derek.
> > While his homosexuality was said to be the worst-kept secret on the > > Hill and around Palm Beach, he cloaked himself in a false public > > persona, appearing at events with beautiful women.
> > He drank a lot and spiraled into darkness.
> > "Those demons that were inside me, by not addressing them, caused me > > to spin out of control," he said.
> > He doesn't feel fully responsible for Democrats taking over the House > > in 2006, but owns up to his role and calls his behavior "profoundly > > regrettable."
> > "They had the Republicans on a number of ethical scandals and, you > > know, I served up for them the moral dilemma," he said.
> > A Republican won back Foley's congressional district last week after > > the Democrat who replaced him was caught in an adultery scandal. It's > > become known as "The Curse of the Mark Foley Seat."
> > "It's not what I had hoped would be my lasting legacy," he said, > > pausing to brush away tears.
> > So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > > and high-society do now?
> > "I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > > day at a time."
> Past aside, this guy sounds like he needs some major help...
> On Nov 13, 4:55 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: > > >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message > > >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... > > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > > >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > > >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > > >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > > >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band > > >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > > >>>boyfriend wears. > > >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > > >>>and high-society do now? > > >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > > >>>day at a time." > > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. > > >> Bwahahahahahaha!! > > >Democrat: Pussy > > >Republican: Dick > > >That's how it's been going.
> > Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has > > polished as a Democrat....
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> Mark Foley is an opportunist and a pedophile. He is a democrat he ran > as a republican when he saw the chance to capture an open seat. The > republican party should have stood by its values and outed him before > he became an ebarrassement. They knew he was hitting on the little > boys, everyone knew.- Hide quoted text -
> On Nov 13, 4:41 pm, "Billary/2008" <BillaryClinton2...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > On Nov 13, 4:55 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: > > > >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message > > > >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... > > > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > > > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > > > >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > > > >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > > > >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > > > >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band > > > >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > > > >>>boyfriend wears. > > > >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > > > >>>and high-society do now? > > > >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > > > >>>day at a time." > > > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. > > > >> Bwahahahahahaha!! > > > >Democrat: Pussy > > > >Republican: Dick > > > >That's how it's been going.
> > > Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has > > > polished as a Democrat....
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> > Mark Foley is an opportunist and a pedophile. He is a democrat he ran > > as a republican when he saw the chance to capture an open seat. The > > republican party should have stood by its values and outed him before > > he became an ebarrassement. They knew he was hitting on the little > > boys, everyone knew.- Hide quoted text -
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Last I looked. Sexual harrassement in the workplace was a crime. Question is why didn't any of these boys file charges? And once outed why did they refuse to file charges? The Dems wanted it both ways. They wanted him out of office but they didn't want a full blown "gay" scandal that could implicate others in the Democrat party. They all knew what was going on and being Democrats they covered it up until the moment they needed it.
> On Nov 14, 2:20 pm, Liberal Whisperer <hoofhearte...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 13, 4:41 pm, "Billary/2008" <BillaryClinton2...@gmail.com> > > wrote:
> > > On Nov 13, 4:55 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:17:01 -0800, "Will" <w...@will.net> wrote: > > > > >"Patriot Games" <Patr...@America.Com> wrote in message > > > > >news:o6roh4hb4dimppriqj08dnjtncd65ugc61@4ax.com... > > > > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > > > > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > > > > >>>http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > > > > >>>Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > > > > >>>Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > > > > >>>Foley said, twisting a gold band > > > > >>>on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > > > > >>>boyfriend wears. > > > > >>>So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > > > > >>>and high-society do now? > > > > >>>"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > > > > >>>day at a time." > > > > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. > > > > >> Bwahahahahahaha!! > > > > >Democrat: Pussy > > > > >Republican: Dick > > > > >That's how it's been going.
> > > > Only if you ignore the world-record number of dicks Barney Franks has > > > > polished as a Democrat....
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> Last I looked. Sexual harrassement in the workplace was a crime. > Question is why didn't any of these boys file charges? And once outed > why did they refuse to file charges? The Dems wanted it both ways. > They wanted him out of office but they didn't want a full blown "gay" > scandal that could implicate others in the Democrat party. They all > knew what was going on and being Democrats they covered it up until > the moment they needed it.
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:54:29 -0800 (PST), Enos Penvy
> <enospe...@ymail.com> wrote: > >On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >> >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >> >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >> >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >> >Foley said, twisting a gold band > >> >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >> >boyfriend wears. > >> >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >> >and high-society do now? > >> >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >> >day at a time." > >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat > >Actually, this appears to be a Republican problem. Similar to the > >Catholic problem.
> Its a Republican problem similar to the Democrat-voting Catholic > problem?
<emersonwainwri...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Nov 14, 12:34 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:54:29 -0800 (PST), Enos Penvy >> <enospe...@ymail.com> wrote: >> >On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol >> >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >> >> >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >> >> >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >> >> >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >> >> >Foley said, twisting a gold band >> >> >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >> >> >boyfriend wears. >> >> >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >> >> >and high-society do now? >> >> >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >> >> >day at a time." >> >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat >> >Actually, this appears to be a Republican problem. Similar to the >> >Catholic problem. >> Its a Republican problem similar to the Democrat-voting Catholic >> problem? >> Bwahahahahahahahaha!! >> Try again... >FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don't need to know the sound effects your boyfriemd makes when he's pile-driving your asshole.....
> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >Foley said, twisting a gold band > >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >boyfriend wears. > >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >and high-society do now? > >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >day at a time."
> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time.
> Bwahahahahahaha!!
Hey, PG:
I hear that Foley is looking for a new group of congressional pages. As a devoted conservative, always loyal to the party, why don't you encourage some of your children to send an application?
> On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol
> > <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > > >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > > >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > > >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > > >Foley said, twisting a gold band > > >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > > >boyfriend wears. > > >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > > >and high-society do now? > > >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > > >day at a time."
> > Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time.
> > Bwahahahahahaha!!
> Hey, PG:
> I hear that Foley is looking for a new group of congressional pages. > As a devoted conservative, always loyal to the party, why don't you > encourage some of your children to send an application?
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Because yours have already filled that job,culero.
<ra...@conexus.net> wrote: >On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >> >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >> >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >> >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >> >Foley said, twisting a gold band >> >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >> >boyfriend wears. >> >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >> >and high-society do now? >> >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >> >day at a time." >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. >> Bwahahahahahaha!! >Hey, PG: >I hear that Foley is looking for a new group of congressional pages. >As a devoted conservative, always loyal to the party, why don't you >encourage some of your children to send an application?
My children are not children, they are all grown up and married with their own children.
Maybe you should ask the Negro who whispered that rumor in your ear while sport-fucking your butthole to finish so you can go finish mowing my lawn, SA.
<hoofhearte...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Nov 14, 5:30 pm, Ramon "Culero" Herrera <ra...@conexus.net> wrote: >> On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: >> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol >> > <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: >> > >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... >> > >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal >> > >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST >> > >Foley said, twisting a gold band >> > >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist >> > >boyfriend wears. >> > >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics >> > >and high-society do now? >> > >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a >> > >day at a time." >> > Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time. >> > Bwahahahahahaha!! >> I hear that Foley is looking for a new group of congressional pages. >> As a devoted conservative, always loyal to the party, why don't you >> encourage some of your children to send an application? >Because yours have already filled that job,culero.
culero Definition from Wiktionary:
(Salvador) (vulgar and offensive) a person who likes to sodomize.
(Nicaragua) (vulgar) a male who likes to intrude into the females' conversation.
(Nicaragua) (vulgar) a male who likes to intrude into the females' chores, esp. in the kitchen.
> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >Foley said, twisting a gold band > >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >boyfriend wears. > >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >and high-society do now? > >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >day at a time."
> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat one dick at a time.
> Bwahahahahahaha!!
I've heard you are a mohel. Circumcising your own children with you teeth and chewing on the schmuck.
Also your cameo appearance as Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers flick is well noted.
You are a creepy old fart. Tell Sharon I love her.
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:57:40 -0800 (PST), Emerson Wainwright
> <emersonwainwri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Nov 14, 12:34 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:54:29 -0800 (PST), Enos Penvy > >> <enospe...@ymail.com> wrote: > >> >On Nov 13, 1:08 pm, Patriot Games <Patr...@America.Com> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:25:26 -0400, The Capitol > >> >> <thecapi...@washington.dc> wrote: > >> >> >http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/12/news/doc491ad19eb1765666852... > >> >> >Former Rep. Mark Foley breaks silence on page sex scandal > >> >> >Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:09 AM CST > >> >> >Foley said, twisting a gold band > >> >> >on his ring finger identical to one his high-society dermatologist > >> >> >boyfriend wears. > >> >> >So what does the man who once was such a popular figure in politics > >> >> >and high-society do now? > >> >> >"I don't know. I don't know," he said. "I'm just going to take it a > >> >> >day at a time." > >> >> Sounds more like the traditional Democrat > >> >Actually, this appears to be a Republican problem. Similar to the > >> >Catholic problem. > >> Its a Republican problem similar to the Democrat-voting Catholic > >> problem? > >> Bwahahahahahahahaha!! > >> Try again... > >FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How can you hear? Your asshole's on top of your neck.
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