Comments on: Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), head of the House page board, http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:39:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Make Them Accountable / Pagegate http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-949804 Make Them Accountable / Pagegate Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:02:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-949804 [...] House ethics panel to subpoena documents WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee on Thursday launched an investigation of a congressional page sex scandal that has imperiled Republican election prospects, approving dozens of subpoenas for documents and testimony.Foley Scandal: Midday Blog Blitz Boehner, Hastert blame Foley victims (AmericaBlog). . . “Gay conspiracy” meme starting up to defend GOP leaders’ inaction (TPM). . . Rep. Shimkus: “What do you want me to do? Take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?” (Think Progress). . . Cheney: It “makes no sense” for Hastert to resign (Think Progress). . . One Foley teen may have been 18 at the time of nasty IMs(Wonkette, Instapundit). . . Righty Blogs “Out” Foley Victim (Think Progress). . . Righty blog outing of Foley victim was wrong (Michelle Malkin). . .Some back story and supposition on Kirk Fordham (TPM). . . An array of Foley pics (Wonkette). . . Foley emails were classic examples of predatory behavior (Think Progress)  [...] [...] House ethics panel to subpoena documents WASHINGTON – The House ethics committee on Thursday launched an investigation of a congressional page sex scandal that has imperiled Republican election prospects, approving dozens of subpoenas for documents and testimony.Foley Scandal: Midday Blog Blitz Boehner, Hastert blame Foley victims (AmericaBlog). . . “Gay conspiracy” meme starting up to defend GOP leaders’ inaction (TPM). . . Rep. Shimkus: “What do you want me to do? Take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?” (Think Progress). . . Cheney: It “makes no sense” for Hastert to resign (Think Progress). . . One Foley teen may have been 18 at the time of nasty IMs(Wonkette, Instapundit). . . Righty Blogs “Out” Foley Victim (Think Progress). . . Righty blog outing of Foley victim was wrong (Michelle Malkin). . .Some back story and supposition on Kirk Fordham (TPM). . . An array of Foley pics (Wonkette). . . Foley emails were classic examples of predatory behavior (Think Progress)  [...]

]]> By: There+but+for+GOG http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-949492 There+but+for+GOG Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:09:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-949492 Woulda, coulda, shoulda is an AA slogan. It means that, one should move on aftera bad decision or lapse of judgment. It means that the mistake must not be repeated but does <em>not</em> mean one should not be held accountable. Woulda, coulda, shoulda is an AA slogan. It means that, one should move on aftera bad decision or lapse of judgment. It means that the mistake must not be repeated but does not mean one should not be held accountable.

]]> By: Chin http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-949123 Chin Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:01:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-949123 FOLEY IM's WERE PRANK According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL IM exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, it was revealed today. According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, goaded an unwitting Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos. The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of Dem political operatives. The primary source, an ally of Edmund, adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund. Both are fearful that their political careers will be affected if they are publicly brought into the matter. The news come on the heels that Edmund has hired former Timothy McVeigh attorney, Stephen Jones. FOLEY IM’s WERE PRANK

According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL IM exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, it was revealed today.

According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, goaded an unwitting Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos. The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of Dem political operatives.

The primary source, an ally of Edmund, adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund. Both are fearful that their political careers will be affected if they are publicly brought into the matter.

The news come on the heels that Edmund has hired former Timothy McVeigh attorney, Stephen Jones.

]]> By: GeniusBoy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-948555 GeniusBoy Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:18:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-948555 Must be into S & M. Must be into S & M.

]]> By: GeraldGibson http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-948191 GeraldGibson Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:04:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-948191 Didnt the catholic church just try to make the story go away quickly by mostly ignoring it and denying it... and then it turned into a crazy nationwide scandle that exposed hundreds of priests and ex alter boys shooting their ex preditor clergymen and lawsuits and loss of respect for the church and political cartoons showing all kinds of shameful takes on the church and what had been going on and how it was being hidden and allowed to continue. People seem to find it much easier to forget about American soldiers dieing daily in some foreign war than children being violated right here in the homeland... if a large response is not seen then people start feeling complicite themselves and THAT is something the conservatives wont put up with... not even from the catholic church let alone from the federal government representitives.... Didnt the catholic church just try to make the story go away quickly by mostly ignoring it and denying it… and then it turned into a crazy nationwide scandle that exposed hundreds of priests and ex alter boys shooting their ex preditor clergymen and lawsuits and loss of respect for the church and political cartoons showing all kinds of shameful takes on the church and what had been going on and how it was being hidden and allowed to continue.

People seem to find it much easier to forget about American soldiers dieing daily in some foreign war than children being violated right here in the homeland… if a large response is not seen then people start feeling complicite themselves and THAT is something the conservatives wont put up with… not even from the catholic church let alone from the federal government representitives….

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947931 RUCerious Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:17:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947931 And now we have Shimkus, S&M devotee, announcing his pride in doing nothing to protect pages from preying CongressMantises. Geez, ya think that might be a problem for somebody? or some body? And now we have Shimkus, S&M devotee, announcing his pride in doing nothing to protect pages from preying CongressMantises. Geez, ya think that might be a problem for somebody? or some body?

]]> By: budpaul http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947658 budpaul Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:35:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947658 He's proud that he let a sexual predator to continue to have access to his charges? When the hell did the go and change the definition of proud?! <a href='http://least-wanted.blogspot.com' rel="nofollow">America's Least Wanted</a> He’s proud that he let a sexual predator to continue to have access to his charges? When the hell did the go and change the definition of proud?!
America’s Least Wanted

]]> By: Doktor Texas http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947589 Doktor Texas Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:21:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947589 O.K. I'm worried about the GOP "Part of Values". We have a president with a beat, strip and toture fetish, a drunk pedophilic boy chaser, crooks, prescription drug fiends, theives, liars...list too long to mention. Now Shimkus wants to tear off his clothes and torture himself. Pardon me for being prudish, but WTF! Seriously, its like finding out about Rock Hudson...nothing against his being gay, but it was Rock Hudson...Wait, I see it all clearly now. All of the tough talk and bravado, the cute uniforms and dree up photo ops...Ah yes, they all took a page (no pun intended) right out of the old Rob Halford play book. Genius. O.K. I’m worried about the GOP “Part of Values”. We have a president with a beat, strip and toture fetish, a drunk pedophilic boy chaser, crooks, prescription drug fiends, theives, liars…list too long to mention. Now Shimkus wants to tear off his clothes and torture himself. Pardon me for being prudish, but WTF! Seriously, its like finding out about Rock Hudson…nothing against his being gay, but it was Rock Hudson…Wait, I see it all clearly now. All of the tough talk and bravado, the cute uniforms and dree up photo ops…Ah yes, they all took a page (no pun intended) right out of the old Rob Halford play book. Genius.

]]> By: JupiterPluvius http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947559 JupiterPluvius Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:16:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947559 It wasn't just that he didn't tell the Democratic member of the Page Board--he didn't tell the other Republican member, either. Perhaps because, as a woman, she wouldn't understand that sometimes when you "reach rock" you just have to IM a teenager about it. It wasn’t just that he didn’t tell the Democratic member of the Page Board–he didn’t tell the other Republican member, either. Perhaps because, as a woman, she wouldn’t understand that sometimes when you “reach rock” you just have to IM a teenager about it.

]]> By: Taurus http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947554 Taurus Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:15:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947554 The Republicans are the party of contempt. This statement is par for the course. The Republicans are the party of contempt. This statement is par for the course.

]]> By: JaneESchneider http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947524 JaneESchneider Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:08:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947524 #10 and #11 - damn, you beat me to it! #9, LOL! ("Have you ever seen a grown man naked?") #10 and #11 – damn, you beat me to it!

#9, LOL! (”Have you ever seen a grown man naked?”)

]]> By: a+55yo+UPstate+NY+iNDEPENDENT http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947488 a+55yo+UPstate+NY+iNDEPENDENT Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:59:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947488 Shimkus… I still have NOT heard WHY you did NOT notify the entire Page Board… including the democrat on it????????? and WHY did this get taken to the NRCC and NOT the Ethics committee???? Shimkus… I still have NOT heard WHY you did NOT notify the entire Page Board… including the democrat on it?????????

and WHY did this get taken to the NRCC and NOT the Ethics committee????

]]> By: a 55yo UPstate NY iNDEPENDENT http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947481 a 55yo UPstate NY iNDEPENDENT Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:57:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947481 Shimkus... I still have NOT heard WHY you did NOT notify the entire Page Board... including the democrat on it????????? Shimkus… I still have NOT heard WHY you did NOT notify the entire Page Board… including the democrat on it?????????

]]> By: JesusChrist_GodOfWAR http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947440 JesusChrist_GodOfWAR Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:48:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947440 Well, if this is the best issue we have (ie: something that the typical Amerikan voter can understand and "relate to"), then, by all means, let's run with it and get Hastert and Greedy 'Ol Pedophile party out of power. Well, if this is the best issue we have (ie: something that the typical Amerikan voter can understand and “relate to”), then, by all means, let’s run with it and get Hastert and Greedy ‘Ol Pedophile party out of power.

]]> By: Republicans are the fear and smear party http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947408 Republicans are the fear and smear party Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:38:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947408 This is a huge scandal and the repercussions are widespread. The longer Hastert tries to hold onto power the worse he will make it for himself and the GOP. With a scandal like this, the people want investigations and resignations as quickly as possible so that they can put the whole sordid story behind them. The longer that Hastert tries to hold onto power the longer he keeps the story on the front page and the better for Dems. This is a huge scandal and the repercussions are widespread. The longer Hastert tries to hold onto power the worse he will make it for himself and the GOP. With a scandal like this, the people want investigations and resignations as quickly as possible so that they can put the whole sordid story behind them. The longer that Hastert tries to hold onto power the longer he keeps the story on the front page and the better for Dems.

]]> By: RayFromGA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947395 RayFromGA Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:35:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947395 I bet Mark Foley (D-FL) would like to see that shirt off! I bet Mark Foley (D-FL) would like to see that shirt off!

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947392 Jay Randal Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:35:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947392 Shimkus did NOTHING to stop Foley from stalking underage teenage male Pages, so he must resign immediately or voted out in November! Shimkus did NOTHING to stop Foley from stalking underage teenage male Pages, so he must resign immediately or voted out in November!

]]> By: lw http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947391 lw Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:34:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947391 "take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?" Too much information. Look, what you do on your own time is your business. I'm not interested in that kinky stuff. Maybe you and Foley can meet up somewhere. “take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?”

Too much information. Look, what you do on your own time is your business. I’m not interested in that kinky stuff. Maybe you and Foley can meet up somewhere.

]]> By: Elliot http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947382 Elliot Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:33:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947382 un-fn-believable. The party of family values shows its true colors. un-fn-believable. The party of family values shows its true colors.

]]> By: oldtree http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/comment-page-1/#comment-947369 oldtree Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:30:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/rep-john-shimkus-r-il-head-of-the-house-page-board/#comment-947369 may I suggest you resign, submit to the FBI for questioning as to your conspiracy to promote the commission of child sex crimes, turn states evidence so that you can try to avoid spending the remainder of your life in prison. in other words, do the right thing? I wonder if you understand what that means? may I suggest you resign, submit to the FBI for questioning as to your conspiracy to promote the commission of child sex crimes, turn states evidence so that you can try to avoid spending the remainder of your life in prison.
in other words, do the right thing? I wonder if you understand what that means?

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