Florida Congressman sends dirty email to teens
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Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla. -- chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children -- resigned Friday amid reports that he sent sexually explicit Internet messages to teenage boys who worked as congressional pages.
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Lots of news about this. Google News Search
While every party probably has a bad apple or two (or dozen), probably one of the most worrying things is (from AP, published in the Houston Chronicle):
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GOP leaders admit their offices have known for months that a Florida Republican congressman was sending inappropriate e-mails to a boy who had worked as a page in the House of Representatives.
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You can already see how this issue is being handled by the GOP 'spin-masters'.
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This morning on Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume compared Mark Foley’s predatory behavior towards underage pages to President Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Hume said that while Foley is now “in total disgrace in his party,” Clinton’s “inappropriate behavior toward a subordinate [didn’t] even cost Bill Clinton his standing in his party.”
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(Edit: Could a mod fix the spelling of Florida in the thread title please?)
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Last edited by Bobblehead; 10-01-2006 at 11:20 AM.
Reason: stupid Sunday morning spelling mistakes
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