How can Foley get off, but other sexual predators can't-- Excuse the clumsy pun.

[trumad]

WASHINGTON - Former Congressman Mark Foley is unlikely to face criminal charges for sending sexually explicit e-mails to teenage boys, sources close to the year-long investigation have told Scripps Howard News Service/ news partner TCPalm.com.

That could change if new evidence surfaces in the next week that proved Foley, 52, sent online messages to male teenagers with the intent to "seduce, solicit, lure, entice, or attempt to seduce a child," a third degree felony under Florida law.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-824foley,0,3218572.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout

Help me out here... On NBC's Catch a Predator series, Predators have been arrested for soliciting teenagers via the internet... Why not Foley?

[Deja Q]

1. There is no excuse!!

That pun was NOT clumsy and definitely worthy of a DUzy! :thumbsup:

[Parche]

4. Pun

And He did it on the sperm of the moment...........:shrug: :hi:

[Cyrano]

2. He's a Republican, wealthy, connected, and besides, he went to rehab.

Actually, if you change the word "Republican" to "Democrat" in the above explanation, he'd be serving two consecutive life sentences.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I wonder if it's because he has information that can take down even more

predators in Congress?

Do you have any idea how odd that sounds?

[Disturbed]

5. "He's a Republican, wealthy, connected " & the Rethugs

are trying to avoid another trial of a fellow Rethug. This would further damage their "Family Values" BS.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. I also wonder if it has anything to do with the trio who were just recently found

dead in Orlando. One was an RNC consultant. There's conjecture that it was a gay love triangle. Maybe there was fear that the jig is up? That the RNC is going to clamp down on Log Cabin Republicans?

[LynneSin]

6. The age of consent is 16 in DC - and the pages were of consent

Simply being a pervy man going after kids old enough to be your grandkids doesn't make you a sexual predator. There may have been no proof that he was going after anyone under the age of consent.

I know, it's shitty but I'm guessing that's what happened

[rzemanfl]

8. The page in question was not in D.C., but home in Florida as I

understand it. Foley is a horrible, hypocritical piece of shit.

[Bitwit1234]

9. Don't worry. He can't help himself and if he even attempts this again

the teen ager knows well enough to get the authorities this time right away and his ass will be locked up.

[blogslut]

10. pfft

Who is the "source close to the investigation" - his lawyer?