New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/new_foley_insta.html

New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote

Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page, according to new Internet instant messages provided to ABC News by former pages.

ABC News now has obtained 52 separate instant message exchanges, which former pages say were sent by Foley, using the screen name Maf54, to two different boys under the age of 18.

[wicket]

1. Better pop some popcorn

:popcorn: :popcorn:

Wow, this just keeps blowing up.

[maddezmom]

4. I'm getting my garbage pail out

:puke:

[seafan]

Also the penicillin and tetanus shots.

Somebody please wake us up from this horrible nightmare!

[Julius Civitatus]

32. Getting another tub of popcorn ready...

This is getting sicker and sicker...

[AngryAmish]

38. I'm gonna weigh 300 lbs soon

All this damn popcorn...

[Pachamama]

47. Got Butter???

:popcorn:

[wicket]

68. I'll take some parmesan on that too

:D

[Pachamama]

49. Got Butter???

:popcorn:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. Awww, he also encouraged and facilitated underage drinking....how sweet

:puke:

[SlavesandBulldozers]

15. LOOOLLZ

RUH ROH!

[ClintonTyree]

76. I can't wait to see Brit Hume's..........

head spin around trying to excuse THIS. :rofl: I hope this keeps building all the way to November 7. I DO feel sorry for the Pages though, having to put up with that sicko all these years. But Foley? :rofl: You sick son-of-a-bitch! :rofl:

[tanyev]

3. "We may need to drink at my house so we don't get busted."

Nice family values, buddy.

[IChing]

5. Yuck........and he is online today

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :wtf:

[cui bono]

72. lol. Did you add him to your buddy list?

[TwentyFive]

6. And Hastert knew Nothing? He reminds me of Sgt Schultz on Hogan's Heros.

Republican voters are dumber than Col. Klink. They will believe anything they're told.

[SoCalDem]

16. There is a resemblance too

[TwentyFive]

29. Hastert & Sgt. Schultz separated at birth. I know NOTHING! I know NOTHING!

You're right, they look alike to. Maybe once they all get carted off jail, they have time to replay the Nazis on Hogan's Heros.

Cheney would play Gen. Burkhardter, but Bush of course would want to play the Fuhrer.

[TwentyFive]

34. And they thought Michael Jackson and the Jesus Juice was weird!

Little did they know, Foley was doing the same exact thing!

The only good thing about this is what FOOLS the Republicans are being turned into. Unlike us, they believed all the REPUBLICAN LIES!!

They voted for a complete and total bunch of PERVERT PROTECTORS!!!

[SoCalDem]

Hastert also bears a resemblance to this guy

[leftchick]

46. damn!

you aren't kidding!

[Imagevision]

20. "you're not old enough to drink"? - shhh... geeeezzuuuussss.......!

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Busted. Too late.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. That's another crime.

Furnishing alcohol to minors.

[LynneSin]

9. Seriously - post a damn warning with stuff like that

:puke:

[berni_mccoy]

10. ARREST THIS SICKO NOW!

For Crying Out loud, FROGMARCH HIM!

[Rocknrule]

13. Whoah there...don't let the fact that he's a child molester prevent you

from remembering that he's a Republican! We don't want to incur God's wrath by arresting a member of the Holy Party that He personally chose to rule the world and be above any laws, right?
:sarcasm:

[LiberalFighter]

89. That's right!!! Pat Robertson and his gang support creeps like this.

Do we have any religous right nuts we can tie in with Foley?

[tridim]

11. I'm starting to get the sense that the Page program is not what it seems

If it's what I think it is, this thing is going to go nuclear. It's going to go far beyond Foley and might implicate such wholesome characters as Rush Limbaugh, Abramoff and Guckert/Gannon. The mind boggles.

[TwentyFive]

19. Yeah - Limbaugh coming back from kiddie sex land with his Viagra.

Rumors have been swirling around him for years. I'd love to see him get caught in the dragnet.

[Imagevision]

12. Hollee freegin mollee, I guess the best is yet to cum...

[TwentyFive]

14. FOLEY: "We may need to drink at my house - so we don't get busted"

Oh my!

Did he call Michael Jackson to find the best kinds of Jesus Juice?

I wonder how they will convince the poor dumb Republicans that this was all Bill Clinton's fault.

[Hav]

26. .

I almost sounds like a way to get the kid come to his house instead of a public place.

[tridim]

33. Anyone remember that Very Special Episode of Diff'rent Strokes..

With Gordon Jump as the Bike Shop guy?

It's the same storyline.

[LostinVA]

59. Okay, I personally think Michael Jackson is as guilty as sin, HOWEVER

Foley has about eight trillion zillion more pieces of evidence against him than Jackson did... so... where's the DA on this, huh?

My Mom thinks Foley's going to kill himself. (then, we'll hear about the Dems hounding him to death)

[Hav]

17. .

For those who missed it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2296333

Maf54: I want to see you
Teen: Like I said not til feb…then we will go to dinner
Maf54: and then what happens
Teen: we eat…we drink…who knows…hang out…late into the night
Maf54: and
Teen: I dunno
Maf54: dunno what
Teen: hmmm I have the feeling that you are fishing here…im not sure what I would be comfortable with…well see



This guy is really creepy.

[Purveyor]

18. Turn down the lights Katy, this party is just getting started... n/t

[Demit]

21. Part of what gets me is how adolescent this 52 year old man sounds.

He talks like a twelve year old. Maybe that will be his defense, that he's actually younger, mentally, than the boys he's preying on.

[TwentyFive]

37. No no no! That was supposed to be the MICHAEL JACKSON defense.

And the religous perverts thought Michael Jackson was weird? Sheeesh!

[Sydnie]

22. If he had to leave to go vote doesn't that mean he was in his office?

Shouldn't it stand to reason that he was chatting with this kid from his office on the hill then?

[Imagevision]

28. Amazing no-one has touched on Foley computer contents??!!

[Sydnie]

48. Nor sealed off his offices!

Guess they only do that when it involves "cold" cash, huh? :shrug:

[jdadd]

78. I bet the harddrive

has allready been swapped and reloaded..:mad:

[PegDAC]

87. I think he was actually

in the House Chamber with his laptop during the vote.

[WI_DEM]

23. And this guy never had sex with them? hmm.

[w8liftinglady]

24. I hope he didn't get to his hard drives...

I'll bet my next paycheck that he had contact with these kids,and there are pictures.

[myrna minx]

36. It just chills the blood, w8liftinglady.

This is typical predatory behavior. I think this is going to get worse, too. :-( -> for the kids.

On edit-now we know why Hastert went ballistic about the seizure of "evidence" from William Jefferson's office.

[Imagevision]

39. Foley's hard-drive content should have been yesterday's news!!

[Imagevision]

25. When you go to vote bring your camera, something's gonna give...

Foley mess has made it more impossible for the GOP to retain power, something huge will have to ocurr...

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. Oh My God This Makes Me Want To Fucking Puke My Guts Out.

This is a goddamn member of Congress for God's sake! What an absolute fucking sicko. What an absolute disgrace. This fucker should be arrested pronto!

Ughhhh. How goddamn sickening.

[Ian David]

30. No one could have anticipated the molesting of the pages. n/t

[Recursion]

55. I'll even say I can draw a line...

...between a Congressman having a moment of weakness over a single page (and, hey, these kids are 16 and 17, not 10, and maybe the single page has a moment of weakness too -- I had a couple of trists with interns when I was a page; back when a 20-year-old was an "older woman" :) ), and this kind of creepy long-running contact with a whole bunch of them. Not that the "single incident" model is acceptable or anything (if nothing else it's a textbook hostile working environment and like any work situation can lead to charges of bias or favoritism), but that's something I could conceivably forgive in an otherwise-decent life. But e-stalking a whole series of teens who came to work for you because they wanted you to show them how this country is governed is revolting.

I can anticipate that as long as there are congressmen and pages (or interns, or staffers, or what have you), there will from time to time be isolated scandals, against which various protections and protocols can be set up. I seriously doubt anyone anticipated a Congressman would keep a harem of cyber-fuckbuddies from the Page program, and I really really doubt anyone would expect a leadership member who found out to cover it up.

[Ian David]

74. The Republickers have turned the dormitory into Abu Page. n/t

[Maven]

31. this guy was so desperate and pathetic n/t

[TornadoTN]

35. Remeber: The GOP Says He Was "FRAMED" or a "MISUNDERSTOOD ROMANTIC"

I'm loving the delicious irony of the whole matter. It's only a matter of time before the G.O.P. Capsizes under the weight of this (and Denny Hastert).

[Rocknrule]

54. Are they going to propose an amendment allowing man-boy marriage?

(while of course banning gay marriage)

[TornadoTN]

58. Using their logic, it would follow

Seriously, think about it!

The Clenis = NOT OK, BAD FOR THE MORAL FABRIC OF OUR NATION, THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Foley's Foley = OK, HE WAS A MISUNDERSTOOD ROMANTIC, THE KID SET HIM UP, IT'S THE DEMOCRATS, BBBBBUTTT CLINTON!

So they hate gays, but approve of pedophilia (that happened to be with two men, the gay fact is not the issue). To follow their logic, they approve it because its children and think its no big deal. But its not ok with two consenting adults.

Their logic, just like everything else, is flawed and stinks of rancid Republicans.

[Spazito]

40. Geez, this just keeps mushrooming....

There is NO way this isn't going to directly affect the midterm elections. All the Dems have to do is remind the public that the repub leadership covered this up and actually protected this pervert for at least a year and possibly for as many of 5 years.

[Subdivisions]

41. What a sick fucker. He should be on a cold slab in a jail cell

right now.

Why is he still free?

[Crankie Avalon]

42. But...but...but...Tony said these were just naughty e-mails...

...not the planning of rendezvous for underage drinking and pedophile sex!

[Recursion]

43. I can't tell whether he's acting adolescent to lure them...

...or whether something in his emotions or psyche is "stuck" at about age 16 and that's why he finds them attractive. My (limited) experiences with ephebophiles suggests the latter; they get stuck on some issue in adolescence and never outgrow it. And unlike pedophiles, who do see themselves as "hunters" and their victims as prey, ephebophiles in a weird way in their own minds are actually "dating" their victims, and can't really handle relationships with other adults because they never really got out of adolescence themselves.

I mean, seriously, look at how childlike some of his IMs are. "we better drink in my house so we won't get busted." Yes, it could just be a shady ploy to get the kid drunk in his house (and it's surely at least partly that), but there's something so sad there... like there's a 16-year-old saying "dude, my parents have been away for... ummm... 30 years now... I've got this sweet pad all to myself. Let's get wasted!"

[Imagevision]

44. Bush expresses cofidence in Hastert's Foley investigation... duh!

[Catherine Vincent]

45. This can't be real?

Unbelievable.

[Pachamama]

56. Next thing you know, we will hear he had one of those "pumps"

EEEWWWW!!

PS: Not only is this so unbelievable, yet totally believable, but I think everyday more and more is coming out (no pun intended).

First it was "over friendly" emails to one page. Then it was clear that it was involving more than one page. Then it was clear they involved very explicit and suggestive language. Then it became clear that they involved solicitation for getting together. Then it has been suggested in some emails that there has been contact. Now we hear these emails and instant messages were sent not just during off-time but actually during the business day. Next we will hear about the actual "contact" and liasions....

Then we may be hearing about who all knew about it and even "joined in"....

Believe it....

[WilliamPitt]

50. Any doubts left about why he quit so fast?

[malaise]

67. There's a lot more to come

I'm taking bets.

[JackORoses]

51. I know nussing!

Nussinggggg!!!!

[Catherine Vincent]

66. LOL!

[civildisoBDence]

85. I used to think comparing these guys to Nazis was WAY over the top

But now that we've found the RIGHT Nazis, it all makes perfect sense!

Newsprism

[LostinVA]

52. And the Repubes STILL: carp about Clinton and Monica in the Oval Office?

Come the hell ON.

[patrice]

53. Be careful All;. "Fool me once . . . " and all that.

[Oilwellian]

57. It seems like Foley lured these kids with alcohol

What a piece of shit this man is.

[w8liftinglady]

60. he is a cookie-cutter sexual predator...throw the book at him

[Imagevision]

61. Bush actually wants us to believe; "Hastert will take care of it" ...

[sadiesworld]

62. .

[DemReadingDU]

63. where are these instant messages stored?

How are these old messages being retrieved?

Are these old messages on Foley's computer? on an AOL server?

How long is this type of data kept?

Is this part of the governmental spying, that everything is somehow somewhere captured in a database?

I'm beginning to think that everything I have ever sent via email is saved, and I might be an 'enemy combatant'!

[Hav]

65. .

I believe that ABC said that the pages themselves sent these Aim conversations to ABC.

[qanda]

64. sick, sad and sorry

[CoffeeCat]

69. These pages are the KEY....

I am so happy to see that former pages are emailing these conversations
to ABC News. They are obviously willing to share information about this,
and that is excellent news.

I'm sure they were sickened when it was happening, but what are they supposed
to do--when they are employed by these slimeballs?

Now that the slimeballs are in trouble--these pages are revealing the truth.

Could it be, that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg???????

As right-wing nut jobs cover this up, minimize it and blame the pages (like
Drudge is), this will only embolden the pages to give up more information. I'm sure
it pissed off the pages to hear Foley's IMs categorized at "overly friendly".
It probably doesn't make them too happy when Druge blames them. The pages can also
see through the bs, when the Republicans blame the Dems for all of this. The pages
lived through all of this, and they understand how bad it was and who is to blame.

I am happy to see them standing up and revealing the truth. I don't care if the
perps are Reps or Dems. This kind of abuse and harassment should NEVER stand.
EVER! The US Congress is not a playground for predatory pedophiles and silence
only helps the perps.

They hold ALL of the cards and they can change the course of history if they
keep telling the truth. Democracy relies on transparency, and Americans need
to know what is going on---so we can stop this.

[Philosoraptor]

70. STORY JUST WENT MAINSTREAM ON CNN

[hijinx87]

71. this whole foley thing . . .

bothers me for a completely different reason.

it reinforces the barbaric and backwards image of
gay men as being dangerous, out of control sexual
predators.

foley is gone, and with him quite likely are the
rethugs in congress, but the stain this scandal
has left could remain for years.

what I am seeing is deeply distressing.

[mhatrw]

80. Foley is not a gay man. He is a sexual predator closet case.

[TorchTheWitch]

81. WHAT? He is too a gay man!

He's a gay man who also happens to be a sexual predator of teen boys. If he was a sexual predator of teen girls then he'd be a straight man who also happens to be a sexual predator of teen girls. If he was a sexual predator of teen girls AND boys then he'd be a bisexual sexual predator of teen girls and boys. His sexual preference is in members of his same sex, therefore he is a gay man.

OBVIOUSLY, not all gay men are also sexual predators of any kind just as not all straight men are sexual preditors of any kind, and not all bisexual men are sexual predators of any kind. He is interested sexually in only members of his same sex, therefore he is a gay man. ALL sexual predators of minors have the same sexual gender preferences as the rest of us... either gay, straight or bisexual. The difference between sexual predators of teens and/or children and us normal folks is that they are sexual predators of teens and/or children. His gender preference is immaterial, but he has a preference just as we all do, and his just happens to be that of his same gender.

Denying he's gay is just ridiculous. He's gay, and his gender preference has NOTHING to do with the fact that he's a sexual predator.

[hijinx87]

82. that very nearly proves my point n/t

[Irreverend IX]

73. How sweet it is. nt

[demo dutch]

75. It's getting "better & Better" by the day

[ClintonTyree]

77. But President Bush fully supports an investigation.........

:eyes: Wow, georgie! That certainly makes everyone feel better. :sarcasm:

[DallasTim]

79. Caused by Alcohol?

So from what I understand, Foley has entered alcohol rehab in an attempt to find a 'cause' other than the fact that he's just plain disgusting. And now we find that he was soliciting a teenager while voting. So which is it - was he engaging in this disgusting behavior sober or was he voting while intoxicated?

[Warren DeMontague]

83. Ew Ew Ew Ew Ew.

I'm no expert on the law, but isn't inviting an underaged kid for a drink some kind of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" offense, too?

Oh, and if this guy "never actually did anything" with any of these kids I'm Captain fucking Kirk.

[spanone]

84. Isn't this illegal? This is a minor & a 52 year old fucked up man.

[Arugula Latte]

86. Minor side note:

Does this man, a Representatives in the United States House, not understand basic English grammar? Does he not understand "you're" is the contraction of "you" and "are," and that "your" is a possessive?

Jesus! These mor-ans (that's intentional spelling, lurking Freeps!) are representing us?

[whistle]

88. Marc Foley's attorney says that Marc was molested as a child...

...so being a victim now that he has become a grown adult male in spite of the successes he has achieved he was compelled to molest other youngsters.:wtf:

That may work for audience guest appearances on Oprah Winfrey or Dr. Phil but for a U.S. Congressman to use this kind of adult child victimization is pure bullshit. Marc Foley needs to do prison time.

[Michael G.]

90. It Makes You Wonder...

How many other Republicans/Neocons are living in the closet, with either gay impulses or some other form of alternate lifestyle? I suppose this means that the right wing will be pressing all the more for the "Defense of Marriage" act. I suppose also that the right wing will have to prove themselves diehard straight all the more, given the outrageous incident of Mr. Foley and his young boys.

Also---I wonder what Mr. Foley's wife thinks of this situation. It must not be too hot under the sheets tonight, I suppose. That "Defense of Marriage" act might come in handy about now, especially for Mr. Foley...:sarcasm:

[Greeby]

91. Rawstory say the bill in question was HR 1559

Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Foley_had_cybersex_in_House_chamber_1003.html

Basically it was the initial $62 billion to pay for the war.

Geez, I knew Republicans had a hard-on for war, but this is both sick and ridiculous :puke: