Page disputes warning about Rep. Foley

[FormerDem06]

Wierd....

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2006/10/02/1002page.html

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But another page, who asked not to be named told The Palm Beach Post, "The program in no official capacity warned us about it," and he said that Loraditch had posted an explanation for his comments to ABC on the college social network, Facebook.com.

Loraditch's Facebook.com statement said: "I have received several heated responses from my fellow pages about media involvement in the current situation. I want to respond with a few points and thoughts.

"Firstly, as to the ABC "Warned" story, while I may have inadvertently used the word, "warned," in communication, I can assure you it was not intended. The fact of the matter is in an informal situation a supervisor mentioned that Foley was a bit odd or flaky and did not connote by tone or otherwise that he should be avoided.

"Secondly as to talking out in general, . . . I don't think anyone can argue that protecting kids, pages, or whomever from sexual predators is anything but the most important of this whole saga. Nothing comes in front of the safety of the page program, not the page program, a member of congress, no one.

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Thirdly, I have stressed several key points in my contact with media that all situations with Mr. Foley occurred after we had finished our service as pages. That if anything had happed while we were in Washington, it would have been dealt with. That I have full faith and trust that any of the supervisors and staff we worked with would have properly dealt with any situation like the current one. That the page program is one of the most wonderful and educational experiences a youth can have.

"Fourthly, although not all of you know people who have had these horrible conversation with Foley, I do. And frankly that gives me all the more reason to speak out. . . .
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[Stand and Fight]

2. That's disgusting... Vile language.

The fact that this happened is sickening enough, and I wish you would keep such filthy adolescent musings to yourself!

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Ditto.....

n/t

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[file83]

5. This isn't your 5th grade playground - this is an adult forum and we

expect everyone to act as such. It's not "censorship" - it's keeping this forum from descending into the gutter. If you want to hang out in the gutter, there are plenty of places on the internet to do that. But not here.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. ...

You'd rather discussions of who's pitching and who's catching be discussed on 5th grade play grounds? Because that's sort of what Foley's in trouble for.

[Demit]

6. This isn't a free speech thing. God, what a cheap use of the concept.

Your crude language doesn't add anything to the discussion. It just coarsens it.

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[rocktivity]

7. If you were told to be careful around Foley, you were WARNED

But what I'm really wondering if this ex-page was WARNED to retract his story? "Secondly, thirdly, fourthly?" Sounds like it was written by someone in his early twenties, all right.

:eyes:
rocknation

[LostinVA]

9. Disgusting comments, and inherently bigoted, too

"Taking it up the ass" -- just what my homophobic relatives say. Ugh.

[MattP]

8. He said he was warned

I saw his interview on Nightline and he said he was warned about Foley so he is full of shit.

[uppityperson]

11. but just because he said "warned" and said Foley was odd, flaky,doesn't

mean he really meant he "warned" them. See? Using the word "warning" and "beware" doesn't mean "warned. See?

:sarcasm:

[Spazito]

12. The only thing I see that has been added from his original

point are the words "in no official capacity" which, in substance, changes nothing. The pages were warned about Foley by those running the program, period, and trying to mitigate the warning by saying it was not official is ridiculous. I am not blaming the page for this change, I blame the people in charge of the program who, imo, put pressure on this page to "correct the record" in hopes of taking the heat off for their lack of action.

[HuffleClaw]

14. this happened during watergate

the retraction and altering of stories.

[Spazito]

15. Yep, the essence of the story remains but they try and change

the semantics around it to make it look like it is a substantive change when it isn't.

[allisonthegreat]

18. Warned by those running the program?

That is enough for those in control to be guilty themselves, should it not??

[Harper_is_Bush]

16. Are pages hired in a partisan fashion?

i.e. do they serve one party or another and are hired in that fashion?

[Stand and Fight]

17. Depends on the person who nominates them (Represenative, R or D, etc)