Mark Foley : Republican Florida Sixteenth District. Resigned after trying to solicit sex from male congressional pages via an instantmessenger program. The conversations included his asking a sixteen-year-old "stud" whether his penis was erect and requesting that he take out and measure his penis. The cover-up involved Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner.
Karl Rove,Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, called Evangelicals 'nuts', 'ridiculous' and 'out of control' but considered them politically invaluable.
“National Christian leaders received hugs and smiles in person at the White House -and then were dismissed behind their backs and described as ‘ridiculous,’ ‘out of control,’ and just plain ‘goofy,’”
White House political affairs director Ken Mehlman knowingly participated in a scheme to use the office, and taxpayer funds, to mount ostensibly “nonpartisan” events that were, in reality, designed with the intent stealing religious voters.
2006-10-24
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