From the Washington Post:
Often implicit in the chats is an exchange of professional advancement in exchange for sex that plays on the allure of power that Foley used to entice one of the teenagers. Foley at one point promised to help him become the “stylish elite type” person the teenager said he wanted to be.”We [...]
From the bowels of Republican revisionism, we find this gem from Mary Mostert:
The charge here is not that Mark Foley actually DID anything inappropriate to a minor. He, and supposedly the entire Republican Party are said to be in big trouble because, we are told, he sent “inappropriate e-mails to a minor?” So, what was [...]
Via BoingBoing and citynoise.org:
So, apparently Foley has gone to a detox center in Clearwater, Fl. What’s in Clearwater? Scientologists! So, I followed my intuition and did a little Googling, thinking perhaps Foley is drying out with the Sea Org there. This is what I uncovered:
“FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN ACCEPTS SCIENTOLOGY AWARD
On May 24, 2003, the “Clearwater Business [...]
When one is a public figure who has behaved badly and been caught, the standard strategy seems to be to check into rehab after making a tearful confession about alcohol or drug addiction. Mark Foley is no exception. Just like Mel Gibson, the predictable cry of “I’m an addict and am going to [...]
Plausible deniability on Hastert’s part? I think so, since Foley was warned to behave appropriately with pages. Of course, Ann Coulter is convinced it’s all a big political ploy timed deliberately to make the Republicans look bad just before the election.
The Republicans look bad because they consistently chose to overlook the problem that Foley posed [...]
The political blame-tossing between Tom Reynolds and Dennis Hastert over Mark Foley’s foolishness is becoming a partisan political morass.
While these guys toss blame back and forth at each other over not doing something sooner, the real issues are being buried under a rock.
Let’s be clear here: The author and champion of legislation intended to [...]
