"toto" <scarecrow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:8qsoi2hnshtdrj0s608p6acaef128bmckm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:36:39 -0700, "Seveigny" <seveigny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>> What I cannot understand is why Congress has not appointed a
>>> Special Prosecutor to investigate these alleged allegations ?
>>> Ken Starr where are you when we need you the most ?
>>> When all else is said and done no one but no one
>>> understands *** fetishes like you do !
>>
>>Whether or not you characterize former Representative as a pedophile
>>depends
>>on your definition of pedophilia. Dictionary.com defines pedophila as
"an
>>adult who is ***ually attracted to young children.
>>
>>Pages are teenagers, not young children. That said, Mark Foley is
someone
>>who attempted to engage in inappropriate relation****ps with young men.
He
>>blames his inappropriate actions on his alcoholism. While alchohol does
>>lower the inhibitions that society prescribes, Mr. Foley shouldn't be
>>placing the blame of his behavior on his abuse of alcohol.
>>No, Mr. Foley isn't misunderstood.
>>The Republican leader****p is now attempting to see where they went
wrong
>>vis a vi Mr. Foley. It seems clear, from various re****ts, that the
>>leader****p knew that he was behaving inappropriately but they took no
>>action. My question? If the leader****p ignored Mr. Foley's
inappropriate
>>behavior, how many other incidents took place that were ignored? They
>>ignored inappropriate behavior by a male Representative towards male
>>pages.
>>There are female pages. Perhaps inappropriate behavior towards female
>>pages was ignored as well?
>>I must add, that the Republican party has sold itself as the guardian of
>>family values. It is ironic that this same party has failed to
safeguard
>>the young men and women who serve as pages in the House and Senate.
>> ~Cate
>
> This is NOT new behavior at all. Does anyone remember the scandals in
> 1973 and 1983 (Rep Gerry Studds, Democrat of Massachusetts, with a
> male page in 1973, and Rep Dan Crane, Republican of Illinois, with a
> female page circa 1983)?
>
We should also remember that both Studds and Crane were censured by the
house.
mark
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