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| Democrats See Chance in Foley's District |
| 2006-10-01 |
| Considered a long shot just two days ago to unseat a prominent House Republican, Democrat Tim Mahoney on Saturday began to talk about the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley that may propel him to Congress. Foley resigned Friday after revelations that he exchanged raunchy electronic messages with a teenage boy, a former congressional page, sending the Florida GOP scrambling for a replacement candidate less than six weeks before the election. Mahoney on Saturday criticized Republican leaders for not fully investigating Foley when e-mails to the 16-year-old page were brought to their attention about a year ago. Pages are high school students who attend classes under congressional supervision and work as messengers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Is the 16-yo page at issue a male or female? First news reports said female, yesterday's now says male. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-01 22:17 |
| #8 Good one Zenster! Damn funny. I remember when Senator InNoWayDidITouchIt resigned with dignity. Senator McCain was right behind him. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-10-01 19:10 |
| #7 1. Have talk with former Congressman behind closed doors. 2. Load gun. 3. Leave room. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-10-01 11:35 |
| #6 Trunks have to resign for 'trouser troubles' because their constituents find such behavior 'wrong'. Donks get re-elected under similar situations because such behavior is normal and acceptable to a majority of their constituents. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-10-01 10:18 |
| #5 Maybe the Dem have found the solution: wear trousers with the belt well above the bellybutton |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-10-01 08:59 |
| #4 Name the Democratic congressmen who have resigned because of trouser troubles. Yes, that was a trick question. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-01 08:35 |
| #3 So, it's not just democrats who sign their resignations with their dicks? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-01 06:06 |
| #2 Guys like Foley and the other Pubs who've turned out to be no different than the DhimmiDonk assholes, providing aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war, should just be shot. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-01 04:03 |
| #1 So, your candidates run on a platform of not child molesting now? What a VISION! Yay democrats. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-10-01 01:03 |