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Title: BREAKING: FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MARK FOLEY TO RESIGN AFTER ABCNEWS.COM REPORT ABOUT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EMAILS TO AN UNDERAGE INTERN
Source: Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2508295
Published: Sep 29, 2006
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2006-09-29 15:34:02 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4052
Comments: 213

WASHINGTON Sep 29, 2006 (AP)— Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official.

Foley, 52, had been considered a shoo-in for re-election until the e-mails surfaced in recent days.

Campaign aides had previously acknowledged that the Republican congressman e-mailed the former Capitol page five times, but had said there was nothing inappropriate about the exchange. The page was 16 at the time of the e-mail correspondence.

Foley's election opponent, Democrat Tim Mahoney, has called for an investigation.

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#127. To: Brian S (#0)

The page was 16 at the time of the e-mail correspondence.

16 years old? Well the guy's a fruit and he might like them a bit young, but a 16 year old does not qualify one as a pedophile. In fact it's legal in many states and it's marrying age in most. It was an abuse of a position of power and that makes him a predator, but not the age of the complainant.

SmokinOPs  posted on  2006-09-29   17:03:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

You forgot about the difference in his position as well. He's not just any older man looking for any 16 year old.

And he was the Chairman on the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus. Plus he is the GOP representative for a state with a lot of missing children from its state foster care program.

robin  posted on  2006-09-29   17:17:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

You forgot about the difference in his position as well.

No I didn't. I specifically made mention of it : "It was an abuse of a position of power..."

SmokinOPs  posted on  2006-09-29   17:19:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

So you did, sorry.

I still disagree with you about 16. It's too young to make a decision like this, one that could lead to a permanent lifestyle choice too. As Red pointed out, if it's a 16 and 17 year old girl and boy, that's different. But he's too young for the pressure brought to bear by an older man; especially, as you point out in this abuse of power.

robin  posted on  2006-09-29   17:24:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

It's not just about having sex with someone who may or may not be legal. It's about lying to US, it's about using his power to gain advantage over potential partners - some of whom maybe UNDER age, we don't know - it's about pretending to be something he's not, it's about voting for torture and destroying civil liberties while pretending to be a decent American. This guy is a piece of garbage. This whole lifestyle of preying on teenagers - boys or girls is DISGUSTING and should be prosecuted SEVERELY. I would bury this bastard UNDER the jail.

mehitable  posted on  2006-09-29   17:27:47 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Not before he talks! Names, we want all the names.

robin  posted on  2006-09-29   17:28:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#146. To: robin (#144)

Hey, I think this guy might be a potential terrorist and we should use these new torture provisions on him. I'll supervise.

mehitable  posted on  2006-09-29 17:30:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

If he's tortured, he'll name names. (Of course, they may be the names of innocent people.)

aristeides  posted on  2006-09-29 17:30:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

This is from Mark Foley's webpage regarding the issue of children:

As a founder and co-chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, Mark has been instrumental in the development and passage of legislation designed to protect our children.

He authored legislation that became law -- the Volunteers for Children Act -- that gives volunteer organizations that work with children, such as scouting and sports groups, access to FBI fingerprint-based background checks to ensure that they are not inadvertently hiring child molesters.

He has also cosponsored legislation toughening the penalties levied at those who hurt children and, most recently, has joined forces with the Administration and Congress to fight child predators. His Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which has passed both the House and Senate, will overhaul the way we track and monitor predatory pedophiles. He has also introduced and cosponsored legislation designed to eliminate child pornography and exploitive child modeling web sites.

Over the years, Mark also has worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and John Walsh (host of Fox TV’s America’s Most Wanted) on a variety of child protection programs. Among the latest of these is a program designed to show children how to protect themselves from online predators.

Ferret Mike  posted on  2006-09-29 18:11:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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