FOLEYS FOLLY
Ex Congressman Foley has crossed aline that should never be crossed. He attempted to have relationships with 16 and 17 year old pages. It didn't matter that these were young people sent to work and learn how our government works, it could have been a child in any town, it could have been yours and it could have been mine. What he did was wrong and immoral, in fact what he did was illegal. Just watch the MSNBC specials "To Catch A Predator", none of the men arrested on that show had sex with teenagers, all they did was send sexually explicit E-mails. The same thing Foley did.
What makes this worse is he was "co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children". His job was to set up legislation to protect our children from people like him. I have to ask myself, did he do the job with our children in mind or with his own interests in mind. That should be a subject of investigation, in fact, every member of that comittee should be investigated.
Next to be investigated is House Speaker Dennis Hastert. If he knew of Foleys activities he should resign and also be arrested for aiding a criminal. He knew what Foley was doing, maybe not the extent but he admitted he had talked about it with him. So I have to ask, why was Foley left in the position of setting up legislation to protect children from the predators when he was one himself. It was like putting the Wolf in charge of the hen house.
I am a Conservative and this bites at the root of what I believe. Conservatives stand on morality and doing whats right. Its time we show the nation that we practice what we preach. I am also a retired Naval Officer, I knew that if I did anything closly resembling what Foley did I could expect to be fired from my job and court martialed, maybe even face imprisonment. I have to ask what the difference is between what he did and what other military officers have been court martialed for.... sexually harrassing subordinates. The Pages are subordinates, he had power and he attempted to use his power for sexual gain.
Lets send that message. Lets let the country know that the right thing will be done and all those that supported the sexual deviant, Mark Foley will be punished.
What makes this worse is he was "co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children". His job was to set up legislation to protect our children from people like him. I have to ask myself, did he do the job with our children in mind or with his own interests in mind. That should be a subject of investigation, in fact, every member of that comittee should be investigated.
Next to be investigated is House Speaker Dennis Hastert. If he knew of Foleys activities he should resign and also be arrested for aiding a criminal. He knew what Foley was doing, maybe not the extent but he admitted he had talked about it with him. So I have to ask, why was Foley left in the position of setting up legislation to protect children from the predators when he was one himself. It was like putting the Wolf in charge of the hen house.
I am a Conservative and this bites at the root of what I believe. Conservatives stand on morality and doing whats right. Its time we show the nation that we practice what we preach. I am also a retired Naval Officer, I knew that if I did anything closly resembling what Foley did I could expect to be fired from my job and court martialed, maybe even face imprisonment. I have to ask what the difference is between what he did and what other military officers have been court martialed for.... sexually harrassing subordinates. The Pages are subordinates, he had power and he attempted to use his power for sexual gain.
Lets send that message. Lets let the country know that the right thing will be done and all those that supported the sexual deviant, Mark Foley will be punished.
posted by Normal guy at 11:20 AM
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