St. Petersburg Times: 36-pages of Foley Emails, IMs?
From today's Buzz blog at the St. Petersburg Times web site:
Florida Republicans had an emergency meeting about the Foley resignation at the U.S. Capitol late Friday afternoon, with Gov. Jeb Bush taking part by speakerphone.
Rep. C.W. Bill Young said the delegation agreed that House Republican leadership had done the right thing "by moving quickly and basically telling him, 'resign or you're out.'"
The conversation turned to the difficult question of how to get a Republican replacement, Young said. Foley's name will remain on the ballot, but the party will choose a replacement nominee. The difficult spot for Republicans is that they will still have to tell voters to vote for Foley. [...]
Young said the governor "was basically explaining state law and mentioning what the options would be. He was just as upset as we all are."
Someone at the meeting said there are 36 pages of incriminating emails, according to Young.
Young said the meeting ended and, "We concluded by all walking out of the room, shaking our heads."
Hmmm, thirty-six pages of online exchanges may exist between the openly-closeted Foley and the former congressional page? Very interesting, if true.
Two thoughts come to mind. First, when will Brian Ross and ABC News release all of the pages, assuming they've got them? Second, the young adult male page claims to have been freaked out by Foley's sexy emails, yet he seems to have carried on quite a lengthy cyber relationship with the former congressman.
Does not sound to me like the page was too upset to keep corresponding with Foley.
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The articles reference multiple pages who were involved, so I think perhaps the one who was freaked out (and who received the emails) is not the same one who is talking to Foley in the transcript we've seen.
well now its apparently 36 pages of many different incriminating Private messages with several boys, all underage.
period of time messages went on? who authorized release -political or not? will page's privacy be violated? was he a pawn? fat lady must sing!
a minor is still a minor no matter how many conversations he had with the freak. There are twin issues of power at hand. One is the age difference between Foley and the young boy and the other issue is the power dynamic which makes the kid fear for his job or his reputation if he acts against foley. It's all very sad.
2 things:
If you look carefully, it is OBVIOUS that we are talking about at least 2-3 pages.
But most importantly: it is offensive that you would imply that this in some way isn't so bad b/c the victims may have believed they were enjoying the abuse. Whether the victims were upset or not is irrelevant.
WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?!!!
What is most upsetting to me is that the man was actually actively involved in protecting children from internet predators as chairman of the commitee dealing with this sort of thing.
Bios of Foley say he was born in Massachusetts and is a Roman Catholic.
Any chance he was an 'alterboy' there where he learned the fine arts of mentoring and manipulation from a ped priest?
I'd say Foley ran home to get his bank accounts in order (offshore) before the law suits start rolling in.
now it appears timing of it all IS suspicious.
If "it takes one to know one," How come Barney Frank failed to blow his whistle?
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