Foley is HARDCORE!
Slightly (link update 3 Oct 2006)Rather creepy Florida Republican Representative Mark Foley has resigned over emails which suggest an inappropriate interest in a (then) 16-year-old Congressional page. The page was a young man; this is the sort of thing that makes you un-electable as a Florida Republican. This means that, unless a retired or defeated veteran can be found, another freshman will be joining Congress this year. The campaign I dream of running - Vote Freshman, an effort to rein in the expansion of state power by replacing experienced professionals with a mix of trainees and still-untarnished idealists - is running itself. Yay!
At this point, let me dream a little more: I’d like to see Mark Foley replaced by former professional wrestler Mick “Mankind” Foley. Seriously, I’d pay for tickets.
Speaker: “The gentleman from Florida with the sock puppet on his hand has the floor.”
Mr. Foley: “No, Mr. Speaker, you have the floor… in your face! Mankind has done this to you! Mankind has reduced you to a floor-eating worm!”
Abby:
Did you see Foley is blaming his behavior on his own molestation by a clergyman during his early teenage years?
3 October 2006, 2:26 pmColin:
Two words come to mind: “what” and “ever.” Maybe if Foley wanted to act out his forbidden desires, he should have joined the clergy too.
What a fool. At least he’s doing something useful on the way out.
3 October 2006, 9:12 pm