Foley To Resign Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

[beltman713]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...resigns_o.html

Foley To Resign Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

September 29, 2006 3:02 PM

Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:

Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18.

A spokesman for Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, said the congressman submitted his resignation in a letter late this afternoon to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former male pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts.

In a statement, Foley said, "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent."

[AuGmENTor]

Wow, please turn in your life at the door on your way out...

[Partridge]

I read some of these. Jeez! The guy is a total loser, chatting up underagers. Scumbag. And he's really crap at chat up too.

"mmm, lovely thighs"

"I'm hard, r u?"

LOL

[Partridge]

Message logs:

http://abcnews.go.com/images/WNT/02-02-03b.pdf

http://abcnews.go.com/images/WNT/foley_excerpts4.pdf

[PhilosophyGenius]

Hey Partridge, you seem to know a little bit too much about this situation.

[beltman713]

He (Foley) might not be the only one who goes down for this.

[AuGmENTor]

He (Foley) might not be the only one who goes down for this.

What are you thinkin? like who else? Isnt there like a whole sub-society within the government that does things like that? A secret sex society if you will?

[beltman713]

I've read that too, but they are saying that certain Republicans knew about this a year ago and basically let him off the hook if he promised not to do it again.

[Gold9472]

I wonder if the fact that Hastert knew, and didn't do anything, adds to the mystique of the allegations of politicians and children.

[beltman713]

Did you see where Tony Snow basically said that it wasn't that big a deal, these kinds of thing happen on the hill all the time.