Subscribe"In another Foley writes, 'how are you weathering the hurricane…are you safe…send me an email pic of you as well…'And, yes, we can expect to be seeing/hearing highly-charged political activity next week as folks from Congress return to their home districts/states to campaign for the mid-term elections.
The page forwarded that e-mail to a congressional staffer saying it was 'sick sick sick sick sick.'"
Foley's office says it is their policy to keep pictures of former interns and anyone who may ask for a recommendation on file so they can remember them.Isn't it always the congressperson who makes sure they've got photos of former interns?
"What happened was I gave certain people Thank-you cards, you know? I gave Foley one because he was a really nice guy to me and all. Then he asked me for my e-mail on the back of his. So I was like 'sure' because of course I had no suspicions."
"Yes. I have his [Foley's] personal e-mailThis leads me to believe that the staffer wanted to confirm that the boy was communicating with Foley by way of personal e-mail. Hence, I suspect the Foley staffer found it unorthodox for the congressman to be communicating with the kid via his AOL e-mail and not his official congressional e-mail.
"do i have the right emailThe boy get's "freaked out" around August 31, 2005 -- the day when he sent this e-mail to the staffer:
Mark Foley"
"Ok. I am forwarding them [presumably the e-mails from Foley] now.And "...I still haven't e-mailed him back, and I don't think I will for a while, if ever. What do you think about it all???
Maybe it is just me being paranoid, but seriously, this freaked me out.
But do tell me what you think about it all. I have one friend thinking I am being paranoid and the other saying she thinks it is wierd [sic] that he even asked me for my e-mail, much more what he said."
"Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley exchanged personal emails with a 16-year-old former male page for a month, asking how old the young man was, if he wanted a photo, and requesting a photo.
Reports of the emails have rocked the House, bringing back memories of a scandal involving two members of Congress who had sex with two Congressional pages in the 1980s.
While Foley denied doing anything improper, sources say the Capitol Hill Police department is now looking into the Congressman's behavior.
In 1983, the House censured Illinois Republican Congressman Phil Crane and Garry Studds (D-Mass) after both admitted having sex with pages. Crane's lover was female while Studds' was male. Crane, who cried on the floor of the House and asked his colleagues to forgive him, lost his re-election campaign the following year.
Studds, however, refused to admit any guilt and became the first member of the House to openly admit his homosexuality while saying he did nothing wrong. He served several more terms before retring."
Foley sponsored a bunch of relevant legislation.
"Congressman Mark Foley, Republican from Florida, resigned today just hours after ABC News questioned him about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving current and former underage male Congressional pages. Foley used the login name Maf54."Maf54: Do I make you a little horny ?Foley was the Chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children and has long crusaded for tough laws against those who use the Internet for sexual exploitation of children.
Teen: A little.
Maf54: Cool.
"Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former male pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts."
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posted by sourwookie at 2:09 PM on September 28, 2006