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There’s a lot about the Mark Foley / Congressional page scandal that requires scrutiny and discussion, starting with the initial post on this weblog that led to a series of responses (1, 2, 3) that led to the initial ABC……

I just got back to the computer after watching the season premiere of LOST (which I thought was great, by the way), and saw the dueling Drudge headlines “ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER” and ” FEATURED……

The fallout from the Mark Foley scandal grows in many directions – from the political to the criminal. The Florida GOP has decided upon a replacement for Mark Foley. He’s three-term state legislator Joe Negron. Mark Foley, meanwhile has entered a reh….

It all makes sense now! It’s just another Rovian Plot(TM) to divert attention from illegal invasions and torture and murder and no-bid sweetheart contracts and the drowning of a Great American City and whatnot! (Sadly, it really is not parody … he really means it)

And the bikini pic of Malkin is really, really real too! Because he says it’s real, so it’s real, by golly!

I love watching and reading as conspiracies twist, turn, falter, or flat out implode.

Something is definetly fishy here. Keep digging Allah!

Cover-up, lie, and deny have been tools in the liberal arsenal for decades. Conservatives, when in like situations, get rid of the damaged goods as they respect Americas grandest institution.

Someone will have to explain to me why democrats have no apparent self respect, and are happy to align themselves with sexual predators, Alcoholics, murderers, Klansmen, and other distasteful people just to assure that they stay in power.

Alcohol: is there anything it can’t do?

Get the Boss into a 2-piece?

DPR,

I have gone to the edge of eternal banishment here by AP, for echoing the hated Ann C. But no matter how low I go, I can always count on you to find a new bottom, so to say.

Here’s to the Dread Pirate Roberts, a pirate’s pirate!

Rep. Mark Foley resigned last week amidst a sex scandal that the liberals are only so happy to jump on. Let me state for all of our readers that we at The Asylum condemn Rep. Foley’s lecherous and illegal actions. Resignation is the easy way out, an…

How do you react to something like this? Former Rep. Mark Foley was cruising to reelection one day and then a child sex predator the next….

When the news first broke I insisted on taking a wait and see attitude because something just didn’t seem right about it, and too much info was second hand and unsupported.
Granted the guy resigned, which leads one to assume guilt, but scandal an…

What striked me is that this appears to be a well-orchestrated attack against the Republican party by nefarious operatives,

I have no doubt that all this is the work of Rep. Rahm Emanuel. It is the same kind of attack he orchestrated against Kathleen Wiley when he worked for Clinton.

As for the email descripencies, the words “fake but accurate” come to mind.

As for the alleged explicit IMs purporting to be from Foley to one of the pages, I’ll believe that they are real or from Foley when the FBI authenticates them, and not before.

And if these IMs are real, WHAT DID NANCY PELOSI KNOW AND WHEN DID SHE KNOW IT? If she, or Emanuel, knew anything about a pedophilic relationship between Foley and an underage page, they should be prosecuted as accessories after the fact for not informing law enforcement.

Their silence for partisan political purposes means that they could have prevented sexual molestation — but refused to do it.

If I were Hastert or Boehner, I’d be making this point in a press conference right about now.

The big surprise here is that sex is supposed to be the Democrats’ sin of choice.

Anyone can call themselves a “Republican” and get elected as one. Even you or Rosie O’Donnell.

Monday UPDATE: Allah and Tom have raised some questions about the discrepencies that appear in the emails circulated by the various MSM outlets. Yeah, Foley is still a creep, but what kind of hit job is it that took the pedo out?

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UPDATE: The s…

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*UPDATE 10/2 1:42 – It appears that some of the Foley emails have been altered. Follow this developing twist at Passionate America, HotAir, LGF, and Flopping Aces. First of all, Foley is a sicko and I would be outraged had……

I been known to cause a few break ups
I been known to cause a few births
I can make you new friends
Or get you fired from Work

[1st Chorus]
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux France
Been making the bars lots of big money
And helping white people dance
I got you in trouble in high school
But college, now that was a ball
You had some of the best times
You’ll never remember with me
Alcohol
Alcohol

I got blamed at your wedding reception
For your best man’s embarrassing speech
And also for those
Naked pictures of you at the beach

I’ve influenced kings and world leaders
I helped Hemmingway write like he did
And I’ll bet you a drink or two that I can make you
Put that lampshade on your head

[2nd Chorus]
‘Cause since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux France
Been making a fool out of folks just like you
And helping white people dance
I’m medicine and I am poison
I can help you up or make you fall
You had some of the best times
You’ll never remember with me
Alcohol
Alcohol

[Repeat 1st Chorus]

“Alcohol” by BRAD PAISLEY

Sorry couldn’t resist … ; )

Seriously though. No doubt Foley is guilty of something or as you point out, he’d be fighting tooth and nail. And I’m not defending anyone, I’m just trying to understand the legal technicalities because the Democrats are spinning this as the Republicans choosing to protect their seat for FIVE years instead of protecting the Pages. So I have a question that I don’t seem to be able to find an answer too.

Were the emails that have been circulated sent to the Page(s) while they were employed as Pages? And those are the emails that Foley was warned to cease? Which from my understanding would mean they were high schoolers. And the instant messages that are said to be more illicit were between Foley and FORMER Page(s) and therefore they were no longer high schoolers and most likely over the age of 18?

Also, I’ve not heard anything about the other side of the conversation in the instant messages. I find it hard to believe that Foley entered into a one-way conversation about masturbation and such things on an instant message.

It seems that the Instant messeges, which are the truly daming ones, are from an unamed source.. and in fact have been altered before release to change the name of the recipient… doesn’t quite rise to the level of legal evidence, and, if the recipient was over 18, as it sounds to me from a quick read, there is nothing illegal about it…

Creepy, weird??? Yes… illegal??? uh… no…