ABC News: Pages ‘Sending All Sorts of Messages About Possible Other Members’ - The Orange Mane

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-03-2006, 02:31 AM

Tonight on ABC, investigative journalist Brian Ross suggested there may be other members of Congress who engaged in inappropriate behavior towards congressional pages:

BRIAN ROSS: So far, Foley is the only member whose overt sexual approaches have been documented. Charlie?

CHARLES GIBSON: The only one to be documented, but are there other shoes to drop?

ROSS: We’re hearing quite a bit from former pages. They’re sending us all sorts of messages about possible other members.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/pages-ross

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-03-2006, 03:08 AM

Why Capitol Pages Fear Retaliation

For generations, American parents have sent their high-school-age children to Washington to serve as Capitol Hill pages and to learn about the real world of politics. In the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley's salacious e-mails, it's clear that one lesson the pages learned was to fear Republican retaliation.

It now appears that one of the chief reasons why Foley's e-mails remained secret for so long - and why some former pages still won't speak publicly - is that they recognize that divulging what Foley did to them could kill their hopes for future careers in politics.

This fear of retaliation from today's take-no-prisoners Republican power structure in Washington has been a little-noted subtext to the stories about Foley's sudden resignation on Sept. 29 over his e-mails to pages since 2003.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/

Atlas · 10-03-2006, 03:44 AM

There are going to be a lot of nervous politicians out there today!!!

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-03-2006, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlas

There are going to be a lot of nervous politicians out there today!!!

I hope this will be the event that finally buries Hastert and the rest of these republican crooks once and for all.

baja · 10-03-2006, 08:33 AM

Don't be surprised if there some dems on that coming list. No pun intended.

alkemical · 10-03-2006, 08:53 AM

I saw some documentary that was to be released but got shelved - i found it on the net somewhere and i'll try to find it again.

But it had to do with kids from 'boystown' being used in a sex ring for politicians -local and otherwise -

spdirty · 10-03-2006, 09:41 AM

Good. I hope these pages come out and nail every one of those friggin dirtbags.

GOP, demorat, doesnt matter, get em all out of there.

Arrogant fuggers.

Although it is at the very least interesting that this comes out 1 month before an election when people knew about Foley for a year. LABF, don't try to say that every single dem had no clue about it and/or didnt wait till now to open this up.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-03-2006, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by spdirty

LABF, don't try to say that every single dem had no clue about it and/or didnt wait till now to open this up.

The burden to prove any of the above would be on you.

In any event, it's nice to see how you're already trying to deflect attention from your boy Foley to the Dems.

You've learned the W*GS defense well, grasshopper.

spdirty · 10-03-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

The burden to prove any of the above would be on you.

In any event, it's nice to see how you're already trying to deflect attention from your boy Foley to the Dems.

You've learned the W*GS defense well, grasshopper.

The burden of proof is easy. It broke now. Not November 16th, or March 4th, but 1 month before the elections. Its all I need. Typical political October surprise bs.

And like I said. whomever knew about it, and didnt do anything about it, should also be exposed and the voters should fire them if they don't resign.

BTW, while you talk about the culture of corruption in congress, how's William Jefferson doing?

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-03-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spdirty

BTW, while you talk about the culture of corruption in congress, how's William Jefferson doing?

Ha ha ha!

You Grand Old Pedophile flank coverers are all reading from the same hymn book, aren't you?

You think Jefferson somehow makes us even.

Not even close, bubba, not even close.

maven · 10-03-2006, 09:24 PM

Looks like the King is trying to clean up DC

epicSocialism4tw · 10-03-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

The burden to prove any of the above would be on you.

He could go the LABF route and just pull a bunch of opinion pieces from the most extremely partisan sites on the web to spam this thread with.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-04-2006, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by angryllama

He could go the LABF route and just pull a bunch of opinion pieces from the most extremely partisan sites on the web to spam this thread with.

Or he could go the angrydramaqueen route and just shamelessly lie his ass off.

In either case, watching you and your Grand Old Pedophile buddies tap dance around Foley is hilarious.

epicSocialism4tw · 10-04-2006, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

Or he could go the angrydramaqueen route and just shamelessly lie his ass off.
In either case, watching you and your Grand Old Pedophile buddies tap dance around Foley is hilarious.

Why on earth would anyone"tap dance" around such a depraved human being in this situation? The issue is obvious. The guy made a grave, grave set of mistakes that exhibit the worst behavior a human can offer. There is no doubt about that. Only the sick folks at NAMBLA would say otherwise.

I hope that the Democratic Party pays you for this stuff, because I dont see how anyone on this site buys anything that you are selling here. They have to be paying Taco for your admission here, because anyone else with such a limited grasp of the other regulars' political alignment would have long since been booted on any other board.

Your presence here is a blatant insult to the intelligence of everyone who frequents this message board.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-04-2006, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by angryllama

...I dont see how anyone on this site buys anything that you are selling here.

This shouldn't surprise anyone (anymore than your attempts to deflect attention from the Foley scandal by attacking me should come as a surprise.)

You have always been a delusional individual who simply sees whatever he wants to see.

Facts and the truth never enter into it.

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Originally Posted by angryllama

Your presence here is a blatant insult to the intelligence of everyone who frequents this message board.

This from an unrepentant supporter of the most corrupt, criminal administation in U.S. history?

That's hilarious!

epicSocialism4tw · 10-04-2006, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

This shouldn't surprise anyone (anymore than your attempts to deflect attention from the Foley scandal by attacking me should come as a surprise.)

Deflect? You are an odd bird.

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You have always been a delusional individual who simply sees whatever he wants to see.
Facts and the truth never enter into it.

Formulaic personal attack from the Democratic Internet Propaganda Handbook section 2A.

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Frequent use of smilies...from the Democratic Internet Propaganda Handbook section 1C.

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This from an unrepentant supporter of the most corrupt, criminal administation in U.S. history?

What on earth does any of that mean, and how on earth would any of that apply to me? Further evidence that you arent familiar with other regulars' political ideas.

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That's hilarious!

More smilies. Refer to section 1C.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-04-2006, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by angryllama

Deflect? You are an odd bird.

Says the BS artist who is jacking a thread about Foley/deflecting attention to Democrats and to me.

epicSocialism4tw · 10-04-2006, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

Says the BS artist who is jacking a thread about Foley/deflecting attention to Democrats and to me.

That has nothing to do with the point that I made. You are certainly dedicated to the "spin" tactic of propaganda.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-04-2006, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angryllama

That has nothing to do with the point that I made.

It has everything to do with the "point" you made.

You should be hanging your head in shame.

Instead, you're here trying your damndest to steer this thread away from the topic, i.e., Foley's crimes, and turn it into an attack on the nearest liberal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by angryllama

You are certainly dedicated to the "spin" tactic of propaganda.

Oh, the irony.

Propaganda and spin are all you, as a supporter of the Grand Old Pedophiles, have left.

ClevelandBronco · 10-04-2006, 03:27 AM

Hang every one of them if there's sufficient proof.

Any Republican that pulled anything like this must be removed immediately. If he can't be shamed into resigning immediately, he bloody well ought to be forcibly removed in November.

I don't care one way or the other about whether any Democrats are ultimately implicated in similar misconduct. That's for the left to clean up if it happens and if they want to deal with it.

But, damn it, I want this slime out of my party right freaking now.

Bronco_Beerslug · 10-04-2006, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Hang every one of them if there's sufficient proof.

Any Republican that pulled anything like this must be removed immediately. If he can't be shamed into resigning immediately, he bloody well ought to be forcibly removed in November.

I don't care one way or the other about whether any Democrats are ultimately implicated in similar misconduct. That's for the left to clean up if it happens and if they want to deal with it.

But, damn it, I want this slime out of my party right freaking now.

Careful, the depletion may be so drastic and deep that only a shell of a party would remain.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 10-04-2006, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Hang every one of them if there's sufficient proof.

Any Republican that pulled anything like this must be removed immediately. If he can't be shamed into resigning immediately, he bloody well ought to be forcibly removed in November.

I don't care one way or the other about whether any Democrats are ultimately implicated in similar misconduct. That's for the left to clean up if it happens and if they want to deal with it.

But, damn it, I want this slime out of my party right freaking now.

Finally.

A republican who weighs in w/o going straight for the "but what about William Jefferson?" deflection.

BroncoBuff · 10-04-2006, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by baja fan

Don't be surprised if there some dems on that coming list. No pun intended.

Yeah, that's obviously the question... who are these guys?

Wow. I can't wait to hear.

If we're all honest - 16 years old can be a very attractive age ... and it's a legal age of consent in some states - Florida included. BUT - Congress itself stands en loco parentis for these pages while they are there - legally, that means they are parents of these kids while they're acting as pages. And they are minors. So, 16 or not, legal or not, Foley should be arrested and charged with a crime.

Rohirrim · 10-04-2006, 08:39 AM

The interesting part of this is that it's giving old time conservatives the space to come out and start whacking the neocons who took over their party. They're the ones leading the charge to throw out Hastert and his crew. The Dems should just sit back and shut up on this one.

elsid13 · 10-04-2006, 04:28 PM

Interesting piece from ABC new in DC today about 1700 EST - George Stephanopoulos on John Riggens show (don't ask) that there were 8 names going to come out and that the House Leaders knew about this stuff for over 2 years. Expect the names to hit the primetime news tonight. Republician leadership is extremely worried about some of those names.

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L.A. BRONCOS FAN Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a bunker in an undisclosed location Posts: 52,694	ABC News: Pages ‘Sending All Sorts of Messages About Possible Other Members’ Tonight on ABC, investigative journalist Brian Ross suggested there may be other members of Congress who engaged in inappropriate behavior towards congressional pages: BRIAN ROSS: So far, Foley is the only member whose overt sexual approaches have been documented. Charlie? CHARLES GIBSON: The only one to be documented, but are there other shoes to drop? ROSS: We’re hearing quite a bit from former pages. They’re sending us all sorts of messages about possible other members. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/02/pages-ross

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spdirty Ring of Famer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bailey Posts: 13,901 Adopt-a-Bronco: Koppen	Good. I hope these pages come out and nail every one of those friggin dirtbags. GOP, demorat, doesnt matter, get em all out of there. Arrogant fuggers. Although it is at the very least interesting that this comes out 1 month before an election when people knew about Foley for a year. LABF, don't try to say that every single dem had no clue about it and/or didnt wait till now to open this up. Last edited by spdirty; 10-03-2006 at 09:44 AM..

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10-03-2006, 03:08 AM	#2
L.A. BRONCOS FAN Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a bunker in an undisclosed location Posts: 52,694	Why Capitol Pages Fear Retaliation For generations, American parents have sent their high-school-age children to Washington to serve as Capitol Hill pages and to learn about the real world of politics. In the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley's salacious e-mails, it's clear that one lesson the pages learned was to fear Republican retaliation. It now appears that one of the chief reasons why Foley's e-mails remained secret for so long - and why some former pages still won't speak publicly - is that they recognize that divulging what Foley did to them could kill their hopes for future careers in politics. This fear of retaliation from today's take-no-prisoners Republican power structure in Washington has been a little-noted subtext to the stories about Foley's sudden resignation on Sept. 29 over his e-mails to pages since 2003. http://www.consortiumnews.com/

10-03-2006, 03:44 AM	#3
Atlas Draft Defense Early&Often Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18,526	There are going to be a lot of nervous politicians out there today!!!

10-03-2006, 08:33 AM	#5
baja It is what it Is. Pay attention. Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 53,841 Adopt-a-Bronco: Buy My Book	Don't be surprised if there some dems on that coming list. No pun intended.

10-03-2006, 08:53 AM	#6
alkemical Guerrilla Ontologist rorrim\|mirror Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Future Posts: 42,691 Adopt-a-Bronco: Prima Materia	I saw some documentary that was to be released but got shelved - i found it on the net somewhere and i'll try to find it again. But it had to do with kids from 'boystown' being used in a sex ring for politicians -local and otherwise -

10-03-2006, 09:24 PM	#11
maven ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆ Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,745	Looks like the King is trying to clean up DC

10-04-2006, 03:27 AM	#20
ClevelandBronco Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Freedonia Posts: 1,643	Hang every one of them if there's sufficient proof. Any Republican that pulled anything like this must be removed immediately. If he can't be shamed into resigning immediately, he bloody well ought to be forcibly removed in November. I don't care one way or the other about whether any Democrats are ultimately implicated in similar misconduct. That's for the left to clean up if it happens and if they want to deal with it. But, damn it, I want this slime out of my party right freaking now.

10-04-2006, 08:39 AM	#24
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,830	The interesting part of this is that it's giving old time conservatives the space to come out and start whacking the neocons who took over their party. They're the ones leading the charge to throw out Hastert and his crew. The Dems should just sit back and shut up on this one.

10-04-2006, 04:28 PM	#25
elsid13 Lost In Space Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: DC Posts: 19,081	Interesting piece from ABC new in DC today about 1700 EST - George Stephanopoulos on John Riggens show (don't ask) that there were 8 names going to come out and that the House Leaders knew about this stuff for over 2 years. Expect the names to hit the primetime news tonight. Republician leadership is extremely worried about some of those names.