WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) said through his lawyer Tuesday that he was sexually abused by a clergyman as a teenager, but accepts full responsibility for sending salacious computer messages to teenage male pages.
Is the G.O.P. (Gays Or Pediphiles-as referred to by the late night comedians) being the recipients of unfair fallout from Rep. Foley and his recent resignation.
Is the Congress policing itself with the vigor necessary to maintain the public trust and is it one big clubhouse, regardless of political affiliation.
Is the Congress of the United States one big Betty Ford Clinic and/or rehab center?
On a scale of 1-10 (1 being totally corrupt and 10 being extremely honest) how would you rate your congressman/woman...Trustworthy and above board, shady, sleezy, sell-out artist, etc.
And, that includes your United States Senator.
2006-10-03 19:57:25 · 9 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
lol most people vote within party lines regardless of what one of their representatives did or did not do.
So my guess would be, the GOP is not really going to be affected that much by this whole Foley thing..
2006-10-03 20:32:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jmyooooh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably give my Congressman an 8.5 (down from 9.5 some years ago -- he's been doing a song-and-dance routine on illegal immigration lately that is uncharacteristic of his fairly straightforward past), and my Senators (Boxer and Feinstein) a 6 and 7 respectively.
Personally, I'm not sure I'd want them to score a 10. Most aspects of the job require some poker-playing skills. (Pres. Carter was, during his term, somewhere around a 10, and he got worked over pretty bad.)
You ask -- you have a lot of questions! -- whether Congress is policing itself with "the vigor necessary to maintain the public trust." Well, it would be weird if it did. The courts and the executive are supposed to "police" the legislature; the legislature polices them in return. The nation's forefathers never expected Congress to be very well behaved -- it's pretty much set up to be a vicious nest of vipers that rarely gets anything done unless an issue is so compelling that all the vipers decide they have to work together. There was a lot of concern in those formative early years over things like "tyranny of the majority," and the Congress we have today is pretty much the result of those early attempts to prevent sweeping legislative abuse.
As for the GOP and Foley -- well, fallout happens. I think they've handled it better than the Democrats would have. (Democrats seldom resign over things like this, and seldom encourage each other to do so. The GOP's been okay -- not great, but okay -- on the Foley thing.) I think some of the fallout is unfair to the party, but the Democrats had their turn with the Condit-Levy bit, so this seems to be par for the course.
2006-10-03 20:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by Graythebruce 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My Congressman gets a 9. He's always responded personally to any serious questions I've thrown at him. He publicly endorses all the views on which he campaigned.
No, the Republican party is not suffering unjustly. If there was any cover up, those involved should resign or be voted out. BUT the same should be true around the board. I remember a certain prominent member of the other party who had a thing for young girls. This gentleman had actual sexual contact (some consensual, some not) and, when caught, denied it. Then later he admitted it. Never did he resign. Never was the whole DFL investigated for cover up. The suffering is not unjust; it is the consequence of the action. It is, however, asymmetrical compared to worse situations in the last administration.
2006-10-03 20:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Senators John Kyl and Senator Jon McCaine are good trustworthy men who work for the state of AZ and the best interests of this country. They should not be tarred by the same stick as someone who is a obviously been corrupted by his position of power.
THe Republican party in general is not doing this sort of thing. 99% of Republicans are not sex predators.
Corruption however really is not about Republican or Democrat ( although personally I have seen more corruption in Democrats due to their affiliations with the mob etc. )
Corruption comes from power, therefore it can affect any person or side which comes to power. It is about power and control, not about which party you are on. Historically all politicians CAN have this happen to them, they must be strong enough to resist it, as it is a temptation that comes with the territory. I am talking about corruption and the improper use of power, not any particular vice.
2006-10-03 21:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by inzaratha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each and every of the Democrats have performed is element out that the Republican management knew approximately this "slimeball" virtually a year in the past and did no longer something approximately it. it is form of tousled on the management's area - and this is precise of the Democrats to point this out. Are you so without ideas-means which you think of that the management has no criminal duty to do away with a sicko like Foley on their own and not enable him carry around for yet another year? the guy could have been kicked out of the social gathering some time past, yet somewhat the moron Republicans allowed the difficulty to stew until precise until now the election... so now his call remains on the poll. thank you to flow Republicans! you have somewhat helped my social gathering out.
2016-10-18 11:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by wach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If only it was just Foley... and it is one big clubhouse...
to answer your question... a 5
2006-10-03 20:03:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow.. canctu... best answer ever.
2006-10-03 20:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're not suffering ENOUGH.
2006-10-03 20:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
You miss the point!!! Typical Republican!
The Republican Leadership knew it for a year and did NOTHING while Foley continued his actions! That is a crime under the Child Protection Act!!!
No they aren't receiving unfair fallout! You crazy-cons are still attacking Clinton 6 1/2 years later for Christs sake, and what he did was legal!
Read the following and tell me Republicans are being attacked unfairly! Also think what Fox news would be doing if it were a democrat!
•Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy. •Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper was arrested for soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet. •Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl. •Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable. •Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation. •Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy. •Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business. •Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl. •Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls. •Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester. •Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls. •Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet. •Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls. •Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. •Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. •Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor. •Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida. •Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered. •Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. •Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. •Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child. •Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile. •Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. •Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared in an anti-Gore television commercial. •Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s. •Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s. •Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail. •Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos. •Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children. •Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child. •Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page. •Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter. •Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. •Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. •Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. •Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD. •Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. •Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.•Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.•Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.•Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. •Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison. •Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl. •Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.•Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).•Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl. •Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.•Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.•Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters. •Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. •Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. •Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. •Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. •Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession. •Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. •Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison. •Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter. •Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls. •Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. •Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer. •Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women. •Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here.
2006-10-03 20:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋