September 29, 2006
Foley Resigns in Scandal
Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18.A spokesman for Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, said the congressman submitted his resignation in a letter late this afternoon to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
Get that last bit? He was the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.
I hope that someone in law enforcement in both Washington and Florida is smart enough to get a search warrant for his House and home personal computers.
At least he did resign rather than try to brazen it out. Probably could have blamed it on a frameup by the VLWC and got away with it if he wanted to.
I wouldn't really be suprised if he winds up smoking a .38 fairly soon.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at September 29, 2006 05:57 PMone word - pitiful
Posted by: El Cid at September 30, 2006 10:47 AM...conservative values?
Posted by: annonymous coward at October 1, 2006 12:12 AMI'm reminded of the case of democratic former congressman Mel Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds had a number of crimes that led to his removal from congress and into jail, including a five year prison term for having sex with a underage female campaign volunteer.
How did the democrats respond to this?
Democrat Mel Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree.
Former democrat presidental wannabe Jessie Jackson gave him a job on the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll.
The job the "Rev." Jackson gave the sexual predator? Youth counselor.
Don't forget that the "Rev." Jackson was paying his mistress hush and child support money (a 6 figure sum) out funds collected by his so-called "non-profit" organization.
Posted by: Mark at October 1, 2006 09:59 AM
