WP,pg 1: Foley's Intentions Appear Clear In Exchanges

[DeepModem Mom]

Lawmaker's Intentions Appear Clear In Exchanges
By Jonathan Weisman and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, October 5, 2006; A01

The message exchanges included plenty of kid stuff -- talk of killer finals and botched SATs, cramming to learn the lines of a school play, picking up a sister at cheerleading practice. But when two former pages sat down at their computers to furtively chat with then-Rep. Mark Foley, they were also acting out a parent's nightmare with a man with clear designs....

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Now, with the help of a former House page who served with the two male pages who conversed online with Foley, The Washington Post obtained dozens of America Online instant messages yesterday that illuminate the apparent predations of the disgraced former congressman....Some of the instant messages were previously reported by ABC News. The conversations occurred between December 2002 and October 2003, according to the date stamps on the computer files. The vast majority of the messages were between Foley and one of the two former pages. Some of the exchanges took place before the boy turned 18. Attempts by The Post to contact the two former pages were unsuccessful.

Taken together, the chats seem to make clear that Foley tried to lure the boys into sexual encounters, and certainly encouraged lurid behavior online. In one conversation, it appears clear that Foley met with one boy in San Diego.

There is no clear evidence that Foley and the boys had sexual contact....Often implicit in the chats is an exchange of professional advancement in exchange for sex that plays on the allure of power that Foley used to entice one of the teenagers. Foley at one point promised to help him become the "stylish elite type" person the teenager said he wanted to be.

"We will make you successful," Foley promised, "as long as you don't mind me grabbing your (deleted) once in a while."... Foley appeared aware that he was behaving badly, chastising himself but unable to stop. It was that behavior that his former chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, seemed to allude to when he said today that he turned to the most senior House leadership officials to intervene when his own efforts to stop Foley's actions had failed....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100500008_pf.html

[ruggerson]

1. Well so much for Drudge trying to confuse people

into thinking there was only one boy and that he was over 18 the whole time their IM relationship was occurring.

Earth to Drudge: there were two boys, one of whom was sixteen, the other seventeen when these graphic conversations took place, and there was at least a third boy, who he emailed for a picture. And without a doubt, there were many others and they will come out in the wash.

Do you honestly think this guy just started doing this four years ago? Get fucking real, Drudge. I realize your panties are in a wad because this damages your beloved Republican party, but you really don't have to defend predators because your party is about to lose an election.

Do you?

[zonkers]

4. As someone who tried to decipher it, that garbage was despicable.

[drm604]

8. Not to mention...

And without a doubt, there were many others and they will come out in the wash.

Not to mention what might have happened while he was a Boy Scout leader. Why isn't anybody talking about this? This should be all over the media. It's possible he affected many lives in that position and, if so, there may be victims who are willing to talk about it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2862998

[0007]

9. Drudge is the butt of all jokes......who indeed listens to this nitwit?

[NOLADEM]

10. Screw Drudge!

Something tells me he has a little boy or girl in his past too. Don't know why, but I just sense that it could be possible.

No proof, but just looking at the guy, he strikes me as a man who might have a few stories to tell.

Do you, Drudge?

[patrick t. cakes]

2. stylish elite type...

more like a pock marked dirty old man type. and whose the "we" in "we will make you succesful"

[Blaq Dem]

3. Man-boy love fest ruined for the GOP

No wonder they're angry. They can't even spin this one.

[Stand and Fight]

5. Quid Pro Quo... Foley wanted the boy for sex and in return...

Often implicit in the chats is an exchange of professional advancement in exchange for sex that plays on the allure of power that Foley used to entice one of the teenagers. Foley at one point promised to help him become the "stylish elite type" person the teenager said he wanted to be.

"We will make you successful," Foley promised, "as long as you don't mind me grabbing your once in a while."

He wanted to have his way with the boy in exchange for political influence on the boy's life... Absolutely despicable. This guy is just what he said he is not in one of the exchanges -- a sicko. Solicitation of sex in exchange for "helping" the boy out. Good night!

[DeepModem Mom]

12. You hit on one of the most important aspects of this thing...

I've seen so far.

[tridim]

6. I think I know where this is going, but I don't want to jinx it

:think: :shrug:

[wakeme2008]

7. IMHO there are dozens of boys in this

All the Pages were from Repug Donors and most will not come forward. And IMHO, Foley email and IM dozens of Pages and only continued with the ones that he got positive vibes from.

[bettyellen]

11. "implicit in the chats is an exchange of professional advancement

in exchange for sex that plays on the allure of power that Foley used to entice one of the teenagers. Foley at one point promised to help him become the "stylish elite type" person the teenager said he wanted to be.

"We will make you successful," Foley promised, "as long as you don't mind me grabbing your (deleted) once in a while."..'


where are all the predator apologists now?

[daleo]

13. I think Foley is looking at prison for sure now

Some his enablers (e.g. Hastert) might be too.

[PinkyisBlue]

14. Foley is not noted to be Republican in this article.

In fact, only once is the word Republican even mentioned in the whole article, with reference to Dennis Hastert. Since so many news sources are now claiming that Foley is a Democrat, it seems fishy to me. Just like with the DeLay and Abramoff scandals, the Republicans are trying to make their problems the Democrats problems. Even Fox "news" has said the Democrats knew about Foley and did nothing about him.

[Stand and Fight]

15. Kick n/t