Foley, gaffer, and grip.

November 1, 2006 6:04 PM

Enjoy former Rep. Mark Foley's cinematic debut in the stunning film "Strike Force" (a.k.a. "The Librarians"). via HuffPo
posted by moonbird (22 comments total)

I'm told he supervised the best boy.
posted by gsteff at 6:20 PM on November 1, 2006

Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.

And child predators, apparently.
posted by bardic at 6:23 PM on November 1, 2006

*adds strike force to netflix queue*
posted by nola at 6:23 PM on November 1, 2006

I heard he introduced the Best Boy to his Key Grip...
posted by stenseng at 6:32 PM on November 1, 2006

I heard that he... uh... had sex with a young man.
Butt sex.
posted by papakwanz at 6:36 PM on November 1, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

Wonderful. Ultra-Ham.
posted by toma at 6:39 PM on November 1, 2006

And child predators, apparently.

They don't have any child predators in Hollywood?

(OK, to be fair, Ms. Lords was the victim not the predator and Neverland is not actually in LA)
posted by Pollomacho at 7:06 PM on November 1, 2006

A few more things I didn't know about Mark Foley:

*His favorite composer is Erich Wolfgang Korngold
*When he was 12 years old he won a spaniel puppy for fifty cents
*His favorite color is green
*Also, he's a trekkie
posted by maryh at 7:20 PM on November 1, 2006

*Also, he's a trekkie

It's true!

Possibly related.
posted by EarBucket at 7:29 PM on November 1, 2006

Foley has decided "all by himself" to stay hiding in rehab beyond his 30 day treatment program (or at least until the elections are over).
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 7:40 PM on November 1, 2006

*When he was 12 years old he won a spaniel puppy for fifty cents

When you exchange money for an item, you didn't win the item, you bought the item,

Does such a basic misunderstanding explain what goes on in Congress?
posted by rough ashlar at 8:03 PM on November 1, 2006

It was a little cocker spaniel dog in a crate that he'd sent all the way from Texas. Black and white spotted. And our little girl -- Tricia, the 6-year old -- named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna keep it.< ?i>
posted by dhartung at 8:23 PM on November 1, 2006

Cool - thanks for inspiring me to zip (eg., netflix) a bunch of Erika Eleniak movies!
posted by porpoise at 8:27 PM on November 1, 2006

>Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.

I thought that was Radio! *ba dum dum*
posted by heh3d at 8:46 PM on November 1, 2006

What I don't understand is why they didn't ask Foley to testify at the hearings. Wtf? He's in rehab, not dead...
posted by delmoi at 9:10 PM on November 1, 2006

Click, right at the tail end of my netflix queue too. Bet Foley's film career gets a boost.
posted by BillyElmore at 9:18 PM on November 1, 2006

What I don't understand is why they didn't ask Foley to testify at the hearings.

In Washington when you've died politically it's actually worse than actually dropping dead. You do not get an oportunity to come back and explain what you did, particularly when you are a serious embarrassment for your party in a tight election year.
posted by Pollomacho at 9:37 PM on November 1, 2006

Actually
posted by Pollomacho at 9:38 PM on November 1, 2006

Pollomacho, I think you forgot one.
posted by psmealey at 3:09 AM on November 2, 2006

ABC's The Blotter reports that the movie has been "flying off shelves."
posted by ericb at 11:24 AM on November 2, 2006

I didn't forget, I just thought his charges were dropped. Seems that only his misdemenor charges were dropped.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:13 PM on November 2, 2006

ABC's The Blotter reports that the movie has been "flying off shelves."

But did they comfirm that with Drudge?
posted by homunculus at 11:03 PM on November 2, 2006