Tag: Mark Foley
Inappropriate Sexual Gestures, Wide Stances, Gross Hypocrisy, And Senator Larry Craig
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 04:14:36 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The Intermountain West and the rest of the country is humming with the news that Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), who voted against gay marriage and is a considered a social conservative was arrested in a Minneapolis Airport bathroom back in June for engaging in lewd conduct. He subsequently plead guilty and was sentenced to 10 days in jail (suspended), 1 year of probation, and a $1000 fine, but it did not become public until now.
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Foley, fast forgotten?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Tue Dec 12, 2006 at 06:00:06 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.
It was the scandal which cost one long-time incumbent his Congressional seat. It was also the scandal which, when stirred in with the other stuff rankling the public, ended up costing Republicans control of Congress and spelled the end of Dennis Hastert's Republican leadership role. It was the Mark Foley congressional page scandal and the House Ethics Committee just completed its investigation into the matter.
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"We track library books better than we do sexual predators [in congress]."
patientfox.
Posted to Politics on Tue Oct 03, 2006 at 06:32:37 PM EST. RSS.
The above quote, with the slight modification at the end, comes from none other than Representative Mark Foley (R-Fl), who resigned this week amid allegations of sexual misconduct with an underage congressional page via e-mail and alleged exchanges with other pages via AOL Instant Messenger. Foley, a six-term Republican house representative from the district surrounding Palm Beach, Florida, says he feels "deeply sorry" and he "apologizes for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent."
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