Hastert Yanks Press Releases On Efforts To ‘Keep Kids Safe in Cyberspace’ From His Website
Hastert Yanks Press Releases On Efforts To ‘Keep Kids Safe in Cyberspace’ From His Website
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert first claimed he was made aware of Foley’s emails to a young congressional page by media reports on Thursday. He has now admitted he was actually informed last fall.
Up until this morning, the top of Hastert’s website highlighted the congressman’s efforts to “Keep Kids Safe In Cyberspace,” with press releases from 8/29 and 8/22, as well as a link to an 8/29 event:
Those documents are now gone. Hastert has removed the three links, with the top news reading, “Hastert Applauds Federal Funding To Stop Emerald Ash Borer” (7/22 press release):
UPDATE: TPM Muckraker has posted a copy of the August 29, 2006 press release, “Hastert Drives Effort To ‘Keep Kids Safe In Cyberspace,’” here.
UPDATE II: Salon’s Tim Grieve notes that the press releases are back up on Hastert’s site, “albeit right under breaking news about Indian gaming in Shabbona, Illinois.” The information on the 8/29 event has not returned.
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Hastert is a Cut and Runner when it comes to protecting children from predators.
Hastert was for underage boys before he was against them.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:38 amWe are at war with Eurasia. We’ve always been at war with Eurasia.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 amIf Gay marriage is ‘unamerican’, why is it OK to solicit sex with minors of
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 amthe same gender?
If Hastert knew about Foley a year ago, shouldn’t he go, too?
Hastert was for Foley harassing underage boys before he was against it.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 amLet Hastert do the honorable think and resign, even it means that terrorism wins yet again.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:40 amHow many ways can you say corruption.
Cunningham, Ney, DeLay, Foley. Those are the Republicans who have now resigned in a wave of corruption. Others will surely follow.
Yes, there is William Jefferson too.
But the tone for this culture of corruption umbrella is set at the top. And lying is as surely corruption as any of the money grubbing or pedophile behavior exhibited but these other, more common crooks.
Hold them all accountable this November. And that includes Hassert and anybody else involved in cover up activities. Send that message loud and clear.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:43 amI posted this on another thread, but it bears repeating here.
On July 29th of this year, 225 House Republicans, including Mark Foley, voted in favor of the so-called “Deleting Online Predators Act†(DOPA). This legislation would require schools and libraries that receive universal service support (i.e., federal funding) to block access to commercial social networking sites like myspace.com and online chatrooms through which minors may “be subject to unlawful sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or repeated offensive sexual comments from adults.â€
I wonder what was running through Foley’s mind as he cast his vote.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:46 amThis might turn out to be a very intersting event. Hastert and the rest of the enablers, and thats what they should be called, have allowed a child predator to burrow comfortably into a situation where he had power untold over his victims. Wow. Aidding and abetting a known felony act must in and of itself present certain legal entanglements? Surely at least one of these former pages is going to come forward and present testimony that IM’ng was only the begining. He will most certainly speak of physical contact. Mr (congressperson isn’t right) Foley didn’t pursue these individuals without thought of payoff, they never do.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:46 amGOP = Guilty of Perjury; Guilty of Peadophillia;
Where is Air America?
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:46 amNo radio in Dallas.
No internets, either.
The standards have sunk so low in part because most of this country does not care what elected officials do. The power is in the people. Letting these a-holes run amok will eventually get the attention of the masses.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:47 amLet’s see here…
Democrats: paryting (for the most part) with members of the opposite sex. Apparently this is an impeachable offense.
Republicans: attempting to party (for the most part) with members of the same sex. Leaving, in many cases, their trophy wives at home to fend for themselves. Apparently this is NOT an impeachable or terminating offense.
Ever wonder why Laura Bush is the loneliest woman in Washington?
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 amTo Hastert, keeping kids safe in cyberspace isn’t the same as keeping kids safe from a perverted Congressman. So he protected Foley and endangered the children.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 amAll these sick SOB’s are going down.
Check out this email exchange between yours truely and a News Reporter / MYSPACE “friend” of Rep. Mark Foley and Rep. John Shimkus
Dear Nick,
I thought you should know about this if you already did not. Myspace and Facebook security have been notified.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/gop-rep-john-shimkus-r-il-let-foley.html
GOP Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) let Foley spend “a lot of time” with pages, including private dinner with one, after GOP knew Foley was a problem
by John in DC – 10/01/2006 08:41:00 PM
Shimkus is toast. There’s even video of Shimkus letting Foley talk to the pages AFTER the GOP knew Foley had page-issues.
You’ll recall that he is the Republican member of Congress who runs the Page Board, the group in charge of the pages. You’ll also recall that tonight we learned on ABC News that GOP House staff warned the page class of 2001-2002 to stay away from ex-Rep. Mark Foley.
Then why is it that on June 6, 2002, well after the kids were warned to stay away from Foley, Shimkus notes approvingly that Foley has spent a lot of time with the Page Class of 2001-2002? This is Shimkus speaking at the page’s goodbye ceremony,
MR. SHIMKUS: I thank my colleague. Now someone who spends a lot of time with you also, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley), would like to say a thank you.
(Note: We’ve confirmed in the Congressional Record that this is the exact transcript of the proceedings that day.)
The GOP staff knew Foley was a problem the year before, they warned the pages in 2001. Yet Shimkus, the next year is acknowledging that Foley was still permitted to spend “a lot of time” with the pages. In the name of God, why?
Oh, but it gets worse.
Foley then gets up in front of Shimkus and tells a special little story of how he took one male page to a private dinner in downtown Washington, DC. Put the page in his BMW and “cruised” – Foley’s word – to dinner.
And now for the kicker.
Foley told the kid he had to get permission from his mom and he had to notify the Clerk of the House, Jeff Trandahl, the Republican staffer who works for Republican Speaker of the House Denny Hastert (R-IL). You’ll also recall that Trandahl is the Clerk who joined Shimkus in 2005 to talk to Foley about the creepy email exchange with the first child who got this scandal started.
Why did Shimkus let Foley spend so much time with the pages after GOP staff already knew Foley had a “page problem”? Did the Clerk of the House approve of this dinner? Did Shimkus? Clearly Foley had no fear in the kid going to Clerk and asking for permission – so Foley seemed to think the Clerk wouldn’t mind. And clearly Foley had no fear in telling the story in front of Shimkus, so he obviously didn’t think Shimkus would mind either.
Shimkus then introduces Foley. Read what Foley has to say to the pages of the 2001-2002 class in his speech wishing them goodbye.
FOLEY: John [one of the pages] was the highest bidder on lunch with Mark Foley. Maybe you all do not know this story, but John had paid considerable sums to dine with me. I had offered to take the winning bidder to lunch in the Members’ dining room. Then I heard how much John Eunice paid. And I said, “John, there is no way in the world after you committed so much money to have lunch with me that I would dare take you downstairs to eat in the Members’ dining room.” I said, “Where do you want to go?” He says, without reservation, “Morton’s.” I said, “Morton’s? Like in Morton’s Steakhouse?” He said, “Oh, would that be too much?” I said, “Oh, no, we’ll go.” I said, “Call your mother, get permission, make sure she notifies the Clerk and we will go to Morton’s.” And so we proceeded to cruise down in my BMW to Morton’s.
Putting aside the creepy notion of children bidding on dinner with an already-suspected child sex predator, what in God’s name were Shimkus and the Clerk doing approving of Foley taking a kid in his BMW to a private dinner in downtown Washington? The GOP staff already knew that Foley was trouble. They had already warned the kids. Yet Shimkus let Foley spend lots of time with the kids, by Shimkus’ own admission. And then they let Foley cruise the kid to dinner in his beamer.
Shimkus is toast.
Oh, and if anyone would like to see video of Shimkus praising a suspected child predator for spending lots of time with underage 16 year old pages, you can order the video from this specific date from C-Span for $270. As C-Span notes, the video includes appearances by Mr. Foley and Mr. Shimkus.
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From: Nick
Date: Oct 2, 2006 5:33 AM
Look, let me be a conservative, and you can be a crazy liberal. I’m in the press and have personally sat down with each of these men. If you want Dan Stover as a congressman, you are more messed up than I previously thought. Don’t message me again.
Nick
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From: JP
Date: Oct 2, 2006 9:38 AM
Yeah, just like those kids, I wouldn’t want to be bothered with this shit again either. I guess in your case, being conservative means to be supportive of a person who knowingly supported and enabled a child predator?
Party loyalty above what’s right and wrong – sick f**ks like you guys deserve each other. Even better that you’re a reporter who is going to cover for this guy.
It makes normal folks wonder what causes someone like you and – in this case many others for that matter – to cover for a person like this. Why wouldn’t someone go public with a story like this?
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From: Nick
Date: Oct 2, 2006 5:45 AM
Look, here’s the deal. Message me again, and I report you to whomever I have to report you to for harrassment.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:50 amDon’t message me again. Preach to your choir, and not to people who know enough not to give a damn.
listening to sam on AAR right now…
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:50 ammike papantonio, more specifically…
There are more Congressmen involved in this coverup than Hastert and Bohner.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:51 amThey’re coming out of the woodwork on both sides assessing the politcal fallout and comparing to Clinton and Frank. Noone gives a shit about these pages.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:51 am#7 BYU…..running through his mind were thoughts of pure chrisitian love, of the bent over the pew kind. Can you imagine the disconnect required to head the law making on the very crime your involved in? This is major hypocrisy, beyond any understanding.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:52 amThat he was supported by these other perverts, well it speaks for itself. Hastert must have much to hide; it seems all the pols have a built in self destruct button, one just has to find the switch.
Our country has been stolen by an evil we only dimmly understand.
JC – GodofWar,
Laura Bush needs to get herself a real man. We all know self-centered Bush is only about pleasing himself. Wonder if Bush and Cheney knew anything about this predatory action by a Congressman. Would the NSA spying have given the Bush/Cheney cabal this information? Maybe this is why Congress rubber stamps this president.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:54 amHastert’s been caught in his own lies….let’s impeach him immediately! He’s clearly a lying scumbag with skeletons in his own closet from long ago….wrestling coach??
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:54 am“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire”…..and it’ll all be coming out of the woodwork now!
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:56 amTo hell with you people!!!
The emerald ash borer is a menace and must be stopped. While you people are concerned with the possibility that the leadership of the Republican party covered for a perv in their midst, the emerald ash borers are laughing at us. Ignoring the emerald ash borers only emboldens them. We must attack them now. We cannot wait for this threat to materialize, when the smoking gun could come in the form of a
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:57 ammushroom clouddamaging of our trees’ abilities to transport water and nutrients.Dennis is OUR Speaker of OUR House, yes?
So feel free to tell him to get out of the way and support the appointment of an independent prosecutor:
Hasterts’s…
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October 2nd, 2006 at 11:59 amComparing this to Clinton’s behavior? Come-on, Clinton was a “womanizer”, key word her is “woman” meaning an adult. Clinton didn’t have his eye on young teenage pages, not like the perverted Republicans. The GOP is scared. It wasn’t suppose to happen like this… Traitor Rove said he had a plan… like showing a 5 year old video of terrorists smiling that has no meaning anymore because this video doesn’t change anything. Hummm… could be trouble for the GOP in November. I’ve heard Republicans talk about voting for Dems or just plain old staying home on election day.
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:59 am“Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; But I should suffer the MISERY OF DEVILS, were I to make a “whore of my soul”…Thomas Paine
Sounds like Hastert et all are now suffering their very own “misery of devils” since their made “whores of their souls” in enabling these predatory criminal actions against minors.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:00 pmThere must be leaks in the NSA… too much damaging information is being spread across the internet and the MSM.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:02 pmI guess Foley can be called a “perv, cut & run Repub” now??
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:03 pmComment by JP — October 2, 2006 @ 11:50 am
thanks for that… will check into that further…
i am helping DANNY STOVER, IL 19TH, to replace shimkus …
this is causing quite a stir in my neck of the woods…
to the few who know of it… lots of republican denial here…
kinda sad that this story may be the thing that turns around danny’s chances… too bad, but we’ll take it…
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:05 pmshimkus is a perennial do-nothing-special, but keeps getting elected…
one of those “nice guys”…
i just know, even before this, that he was part of the rubberstamp congress that brought this country to such depths of destruction…
…
that’s odd, numerous other sources are saying he new last century?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:07 pmwonder if hastert has anything else he wants to tell us?
Do You Believe In Miracles..?
Is political newcomer John Laesch going to take Denny Hastert’s seat in the 14th District?
Will Dan Stover be taking Shimkus’ seat in the 19th?
I am no expert, but it might make sense if the DNC threw these two candidates a bone or two since their odds at becoming freshmen members of Congress have increased dramatically since last Friday.
At least help them with their web sites and give Stover the $400 he needs for a plane ticket to Chicago for a press conference. Sheesh! ;)
http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:13 pmYou’re either with us in the Global War on Emerald Ash Borers, or you’re against us.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:14 pmHouse Speaker J. Dennis Hastert first claimed he was made aware of Foley’s emails to a young congressional page by media reports on Thursday. He has now admitted he was actually informed last fall.
Apparently, Mr Hastert had decided that keeping the House seat was more important than blowing the whistle on Mr. Foley.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:16 pmDoes anyone know who actually “appointed & annointed” Foley as the Chair of Missing & Exploited Children?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:19 pmIsn’t it apparent that the terrorists are being aided and abetted by Hastert’s flip flopping on preventing child molestation?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 pmThey were warning pages to stay away from Foley as early as 2001, That is 5 years minimum that the GOP has known about this sick pervert. Makes you wonder who else they are covering for?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:26 pmHow about Chris Shays:The agressiveness he displayed on friday towards Foley seems phoney to me.Is Shays not in a leadership role?Seems like he is one who knew also, but now scrambling to cover is ass.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:26 pmAnyone aware of the original emails should resign immediately.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:28 pmYou know, you’d think even republicans – amazing capacity for denial aside – would start getting fed up with being represented by scoundrels… you’d think… Their “team” is so awash in corruption and cronyism, it’s pretty much beyond salvage. My honest, heartfelt, advise to republicans: stop defending your defective leaders, and throw them out! So you’re too brainwashed to ever vote outside your party, fine, replace these a-holes with new republicans, but stop covering for crooks and liars.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:28 pmIf the trail on this goes back to 2001, then there will be plenty of previous minors and/or parents who will come forward about the abuse. This is a horrendously long time to be covering up something as criminal as pedatory child abuse!
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:30 pmParents of America – THROW THESE ASSHOLES OUT OF OFFICE!
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:30 pmUnfortunately I’m not holding my breath that he might actually be held accountable for his actions (or inactions). Remember, when it looks like someone in the GOP screwed up, just blame Clinton.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:31 pmAmerica’s Least Wanted
i pose this. according to kay griggs, the widow of a military officer,(was murdered according to kay but the government deemed it as suicide), has spoke about ‘blackmail’ in the military complex as well as government. and according to her and her husbands diaries this has taken place since kissinger days and he was the main receiver of illicit acts. she also talked about the ’secret’ in skull and bones and folks pedaphilia is the secret. i know this can not surprise anyone. what other ’shut up’ method could be used in such a volitale enviroment? think about it and look at all the pedaphiles amongst our congressman. i have a 4 part interview with her and don’t know how to save/transfer/copy, all of that stuff. i’m working on it and when its up i will share it with all of you.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:31 pmI agree with your heartfelt comments above, eternal springs. To those Republicans who can no longer look themselves in the mirror or who find their souls at deep unrest….I repeat the words of Thomas Paine:
“Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it;
But I should suffer the misery of devils, were I tomake a whore of my soul”.
I believe that many Republicans who have enabled these scoundrels they are feeling that they’ve sold their souls in the process and it can’t be easy to live with oneself.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:33 pmas I’ve said time and time again the good people of Illinois will keep sending this putrid individual back to DC. Therefore, the rest of the country has to suffer his failures. Therein lies the flaw in the political system….local “heroes”, national failures.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:36 pmDon’t worry folks… Sean Hannity will explain to all of us how this is Clinton’s fault. It’s always Clinton’s fault.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:37 pmAsk any Republican who defends these bastards this:
So Mark Foley/Dennis Hastert/John Shimkus/& company are no worse than Clinton, right?
Then tell me the answer to this…I have a family, wife, two 14 year old children (twins), live in an middle-class neighborhood. One day social services and the police come to my door and tell me that one of the neighbors was arrested this morning in connection to sex chats/acts with minors (under 18). Then I come to find out that some of the neighbors knew about this and didn’t report it, even worse, some allowed their children to engage in sexual related activies with this guy. My question is this…if you were in my shoes, would you stay in that neighborhood?
By the way, that story isn’t much different from what happened with Michael Jackson and the parents of the children who stayed at his “Neverland” ranch.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:43 pmWho appointed Mark Foley to this prestigious position of protecting our children? Does anyone know?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pmMake no distinction between the pederasts… and those who harbor them.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pmGangsters Of Politics
The age-old political question is appropriate: who knew what and when?
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:49 pmThose who enabled Foley by cover-up are co-conspirators. Impeachment and criminal prosecution should be considered.
At least help them with their web sites and give Stover the $400 he needs for a plane ticket to Chicago for a press conference. Sheesh! ;)
Comment by PJF — October 2, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
YOU can help too!
http://stoverforcongress.com/
thanks! …
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:51 pmJust a thought: Who changed the age of consent in Washington, DC, from 18 years of age to 16? If you say the GOP, then you win the prise! They changed it to allow them to have sex with the Congressional Pages > it’s blatantly obvious! The Republicans always change the laws to allow them to commit crimes and get away with it too! Foley boinking boys is putrid!
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:51 pmThis Emerald Ash Borer is third in line to become President? The GOP says that it will turn over a new Page… Q: will there be any Republicans left in the House of Representatives after the November 7th election or will there be 435 Democrats? A: Who knows? A2: Only Diebold knows for sure…
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:51 pmCheers.
These pieces of sh*t deserve a jail cell. This is going to be a very blue November indeed!!
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:52 pmUnfortunately, they don’t make ‘em like ‘ol Tom Paine anymore. Now, it’s nothing more than huge football game; and *all* that matters is winning. I won’t hold my breath expecting republicans to do the right thing, the powers that be have divided us for precisely that reason; to keep people from actually voting out of conscience and principle.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:54 pmHonestly, it’s probably BECAUSE he was an abuser that he was so involved politically with stopping it. He was probably so disgusted with himself that he was supporting and advocating these laws in order to balance out what he did… and possibly even subconsciously setting up traps so he himself would get caught someday. Sexual deviants are not always “okay” with what they do (consciously). He was probably abused as a child. And the cycle continues. Sad.
Not saying he shouldn’t be punished. Just pointing out how terrible the “cycle of abuse” is.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:54 pmrob+9-11+truth+seeker:
http://www.asylumgoons.blogspot.com/
would like to pass this on to you. your name gave me the idea.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:55 pmComment by katy — October 2, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
thanks for that… will check into that further…
i am helping DANNY STOVER, IL 19TH, to replace shimkus …
this is causing quite a stir in my neck of the woods…
to the few who know of it… lots of republican denial here…
kinda sad that this story may be the thing that turns around danny’s chances… too bad, but we’ll take it…
shimkus is a perennial do-nothing-special, but keeps getting elected…
one of those “nice guysâ€â€¦
i just know, even before this, that he was part of the rubberstamp congress that brought this country to such depths of destruction…
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Katy, John Dean said we must know who these people are and be aware of them. They are never going to go away but can be kept in check. Almost all of them hide behind religion.
Just check out MYSPACE and go to John Shimkus’ page for the friend/reporter’s info.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:56 pmWhere are the trolls when you need one to step up for the Repugnicans? Where’s Jason or Republican Soldier?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is no time for them to CUT AND RUN when it is time to rally around a fallen soldier in their ranks. Its time for a “family values” or a “gay agenda” speech if you ask me. I mean, why doesn’t Pat Robertson or George Bush rise above the slime and filth of the Republican Party and defend one of their own instead of peeking from behind the curtains and nervously licking their lips? After all, Foley IS Roman Catholic.
I mean, what does junior have against Catholics? Its not like Foley was a priest or such. Oh, well, at least we don’t have to listen to Lame-brain’s speeches for a few days while he waits for Rove to get another scandal to blow over. But to CUT AND RUN instead of staying the course for one of his own is inexecusable.
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pmimpeachment, criminal prosecution. please, it’ll never happen. that is why he stacked the supreme court.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:02 pmSo,… the GOP leadership let him stay and continue to conduct his little hunting party on the kids in the cute little suits running around in front of him all day long just so the GOP could have one more vote available to them in their total control of Congress?
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:04 pmAre we supposed to believe that this is an honorable thing to do? Are we supposed to just brush this off as perfectly understandable, all part of politics today? What, is maintaining your majority such “hard work” that you can’t be bothered with tossing a practicing pervert from your ranks? The kids can get therapy later, let the market handle it? Not consistent with the goal of “one party rule”? What the parents don’t know can’t hurt us?
One of these days, they’re gonna sacrifice the wrong boy, either to their perverts or to their ideology, and Daddy is going to come personally to show them that shallow hole in their chests where their hearts ought to be.
Calling all Dads….. !!!
Actually looking the other way when they knew it was wrong does hurt national security, because its the beginning of looking the other way for who know’s what else.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:05 pmBut you see, no one could have imagined a Congressman stalking young pages…
It’s Clinton’s fault!
Dems should not only hammer at this hard, but point out that they’re using the SAME EVASIONS they used to avoid responsibility for 9-11.
Bring ‘em down.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:11 pmI hope someone with a lot of power and guts takes this issue on full steam ahead because it’s sick.
Northern Mariana Islands Child Sex Slavery & Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay and all the GOP bastards who took trips down there to “see what was going on at the factories”.
I don’t believe they had sex with underage prostituted children while “touring” the island for a week…after all they all came back to the US only to reverse child labor/slavery protection laws for the Northern Mariana Islands, a bill that had unanimous bi-partisan consent.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:14 pmDon’t worry folks… Sean Hannity will explain to all of us how this is Clinton’s fault. It’s always Clinton’s fault.
Comment by Rob+9-11+Truth+seeker — October 2, 2006 @ 12:37 pm
I can almost hear him now.
“Dick Morris, isn’t this just another example of how Democrats are trying to politicize the misfortunes of a member of Congress just to score points with their base, when Bill Clinton was guilty of a far worse offense?”
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:32 pmWhere are the trolls when you need one to step up for the Repugnicans? Where’s Jason or Republican Soldier?
– Joe Sixpack
They were eaten alive in the threads yesterday when they tried defending Foley.
OGBYN was defending him in a previous thread and now seems to be singing a different tune in this thread, but never let him forget at first he was defending Foley. He pretends he is not a neocon, but his colors always show eventually.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:33 pmSo much for decency and “Family values”.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:35 pmWho appointed Mark Foley to this prestigious position of protecting our children? Does anyone know?
Comment by unitynow
He was appointed to the powerful Ways and Means committee and was named one of the party’s deputy whips by Tom DeLay. As for who appointed him to co-chair the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, he was one of the original founders.
Beyond the fact that Rep. Foley has long had questions about his sex preferences, one of the questions Republicans should have asked themselves from the get-go is why would a single, unmarried, childless man of 52 years be so interested in young children and especially teenage boys.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 pmYeah, right — fatboy Hastert sure wouldn’t want to be accused of hypocrisy.
October 2nd, 2006 at 1:52 pmLooks like it’s disappeared again!
http://www.house.gov/hastert
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:15 pmFatboy Hastert is doing the backstroke now! He certainly wouldn’t want any of his wrestling coach skeletons to come parading out of the closet about now! Phew!
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:22 pmNew meaning to this speech referenced at http://speaker.house.gov/.
At home we put children first, and Republicans are doing just that in the Houseâ€
(Washington, D.C.) House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today [July 25, 2006] issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 4472, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The bill passed by voice vote.
“At home, we put the security of our children first and Republicans are doing just that in our nation’s House. We’ve all seen the disturbing headlines about sex offenders and crimes against children. These crimes cannot persist. Protecting our children from Internet predators and child exploitation enterprises are just as high a priority as securing our border from terrorists.
“House Republicans understand that a safer America involves providing safety measures on all fronts. That’s why today we passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.â€
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:28 pmHastert was a wrestling coach. He probably saw all kinds of grappling and gropping without thinking anything of it. What’s a little Greco- Roman among teachers and minors under their protection?
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:55 pmMaybe the “Keeping Kids Safe” thing was pulled because it already happened 4 days ago? Not that I like Hastert – but I’m just sayin.
October 2nd, 2006 at 3:08 pm#71 – no doubt about what I saw on one of the blogs. Guess that’s why he’s moving fast.
October 2nd, 2006 at 3:25 pm[...] No doubt people are tuning in to the Foley scandal. From ThinkProgress.org – Democrats: paryting (for the most part) with members of the opposite sex. Apparently this is an impeachable offense. Republicans: attempting to party (for the most part) with members of the same sex. Leaving, in many cases, their trophy wives at home to fend for themselves. Apparently this is NOT an impeachable or terminating offense. « FT’s Integrated Newsroom Launched [...]
October 2nd, 2006 at 4:55 pmSo, we now know, boys and girls, that Republicans cannot stand 1) the truth and 2) delicious irony.
October 2nd, 2006 at 6:28 pmThe GOP wants to run on a platform of national security but they fail like children in a texas middle school. Not only are kids being murdered in their own schools (not even the Amish are safe) but now we have republicans covering up queer pedophila in their ranks…smells like the Reagan years all over again.
http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_archive.htm
October 2nd, 2006 at 6:37 pmTHIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG TIMEhttp://www.thelawparty.com/FranklinCoverup/franklin.htm
October 2nd, 2006 at 7:48 pmEach and every adult who had knowledge of Foley’s behavior, and who
October 2nd, 2006 at 7:53 pmchose to do nothing to stop it ought be brought up on charges of
aiding to the corruption of a minor!!!
#7 “I wonder what was running through Foley’s mind as he cast his vote.”
Other than prancing little boys I am guessing this was his pennance for being a predator. Hey, it is possible for a Republican to have a conscience…I guess.
October 2nd, 2006 at 7:53 pmTHIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGG TIME
http://www.thelawparty.com/FranklinCoverup/franklin.htm
October 2nd, 2006 at 9:33 pmUm Democrats, where was your outrage over Barney Frank’s brothel, oh and where was the media attention? Why did Clinton commute the sentence of Reynolds a congressman convicted of msleeping with a minor. Why did you guys ignore the Stubbs case. Stubbs actually had sex with an underage male page and he kept his seat and got reelected. Where was the democrat outrage then?
Apparently democrats are only outraged by Republican pedophiles.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:07 amFoley- Resigned and is under investigation
Reynolds- Convicted of having sex with a minor, pardoned by Clinton and hired By Jesse Jackson
Stubbs- Actually has sex with an underage male page and keeps his seat, and gets reelected.
Apparently there is a difference between democrats and republicans. When a republican gets caught soliciting sex with minors, he gets booted out, when it’s a democrat they get to keep their jobs and can look forward to a pardon from a democrat in the white house.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:11 am[...] Hastert Yanks Press Releases On Efforts To Keep Kids Safe in …Think Progress, DC - Oct 2, 2006House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert first claimed he was made aware of Foley s emails to a young congressional page by media reports on Thursday. … [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 4:31 am[...] Page Summary: Hastert and the rest of the enablers, and thats what they should be called, have allowed a child predator to burrow comfortably into a situation where he had power untold over his victims. Aidding and abetting a known felony act must in and of itself present certain legal entanglements. Leaving, in many cases, their trophy wives at home to fend for themselves. Then why is it that on June 6, 2002, well after the kids were warned to stay away from Foley, Shimkus notes approvingly that Foley has spent a lot of time with the Page Class of 2001-2002.read more | digg story [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 10:01 pm