Four and a half weeks and countingFollow

And the Pubbies give away another seat.





I'm glad he was so involved in protecting minors from... other predators.

Loves them family values. Loves 'em, we does.

One time I used by neighbor's computer to send myself an email from his account. I then replied from my computer and copied my boss asking why he thought I was a douchebag and should choke on *****. I had already prepped my boss.

It was pretty damn funny.

Unrelated, but funny.

Mmmm, I guess that settles it.

No. He wrote suggestive statements in some emails. No more suggestive then appear on this forum in an average day. How many of the readers here are under 18? How many get involved in "circle jerks", and talk about fisting and goatfucking, or out and out flirtations?

Are you saying that someone is a pedophile if he teases Cody about being "big boned"? I don't know if he's personally said that, but how many comments of similar nature have flown around this forum?
Additionally, in order to be a pedophile, one would actually have to engage in sexual activity with someone who had not yet reached puberty. This is generally legally abstracted as being under the age of 12. In this case, Foley not only did not engage in any sexual activity, but the "boy" (note the use of this term!) was 16.


The worst you can say is that the emails were in questionable taste.


I'll repeat. The biggest "bomb" about this is that Foley is gay. Because while he could defend himself from any other argument about illegality or breach of ethics, he cannot do so without revealing that he is gay. Clearly, based on the fact that he dropped out of a senate race previously specifically to avoid even the discussion of his sexuality, this is a touchy issue with him (as it is with most gay people who are not out of the closet).


This was an attack on his sexuality hidden behind a "protect our children" veneer. If he'd made similar comments to 16 year old females, it might have made a minor scandal, but without any actual illegal actions would have gone nowhere. This story was specifically pushed out into the mainstream becuase of the sex of the people involved, not the content of the emails.

Same as the Jack Ryan case in Illinois, if Foley had to drop out because the voters would have chased him out of town, the problem lies with the Republican voters. It's already a given that the average firm Democrat wouldn't have been voting for him anyway so the only person the story would be influencing would be those Republicans and Independents who had planned to vote for the guy.

Go ahead and blame the evil liberals for this but, while you claim that there's nothing wrong with what the guy did, don't forget to ask yourself why this story matters enough for the guy to drop his run for office. I guess it's too bad the Republicans in his district aren't ready to vote for a gay guy if that was his only transgression.

Because he's "in the closet". And he's obviously uncomfortable with coming out with his sexuality. I'm pretty sure he'd be equally uncomfortable with it regardless of the opinions of those around him.

It's not uncommon for homosexuals to feel extremely uncomfortable about publically discussing their sexuality. And yeah. That means sometimes a politicial would rather drop out of a race then have to deal with the very issue.


I doubt it had anything to do with the voters or a concern over whether he could win with this scandal hanging around him. I could certainly be reading more into it then there is, but I think you are very much overstating the degree to which a candidate's sexuality affects their chances at winning an election (Republican or not).


There's one of two likely possibilities that I see. Either he has done something "worse" and he's afraid it'll come out if he doesn't drop out, or he hasn't but is mortified by the idea that his sexuality will become a matter of public discussion. While it's possible that the first case is true, given his past reaction to mere questions of his sexuality (dropped out of a senate challenge), I'm leaning towards the latter.

Just because the FBI usually pose as 12 year olds doesn't make it ok that he was 16. In a court, that "boy" as you put it would be tried as a minor under almost all circumstances. I work with a guy that had sex with a 16 year old when he was 18. Guess what, he's a felon.

Look for some stories online, if he solicited sex, he commited a crime. Either way, what he said was suggestive enough.

I very highly doubt 'being gay' as the only reason of his resignation. Admit it Gbaji, you backed yourself in a corner.

It's a shame you can't use metsubushi on an internet forum.

Old hat. We had a Dem out himself and leave politics two years ago.

Hmmm, I did not think of that. All joking aside, there is no defense for this guy. It doesn't matter what angle you look at it from, he's a pederast.

This is why I stopped responding to gbaji. He's emulating varus in ludicrousness at this point.

Another thread ruined by MonxDOT.

Gbaji seriously if he were a Dem would you be saying this, hell it was Fidel Castro would you be defending him?

Well, well, well. Now it appears as though Pubbie party leaders knew about Foley's peccadillos and kept it quiet.

How very Catholic of them. This was one seat that they didn't have to worry about, you see. It was a lock, until it wasn't.

So, why rock the boat? Why make an issue of the fact that a family-values Republican is apparently flagrantly breaking the laws he helped pen?

Hypocrisy revealed just makes me kick my heels and laugh like a happy baby.

I guess the booze made him do it.