I think in a perfect democracy everyone gets representation and I can tell you there are a lot of people with even stranger sexual desires and actions than Foley. Why don't they get represented? He shouldn't have been in charge of preventing people from doing what he was doing, but I don't see why he can't still be a senator.
He's been like this his whole career. Should all his votes over those years no longer count? It seems his ability to legislate is independent of his conduct in his free time. He should be punished but I don't think he needs to lose his job until someone else is elected by those who voted for him. Your thoughts?
2006-10-09 04:26:41 · 8 answers · asked by JonFugeEverybody! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
oh he was a representative. whoops
2006-10-09 04:47:10 · update #1
I don't know what the ages of the guts he fiddled with were at the time. If they were underage, then what he did was criminal. He should be in the slammer. If the guys were eighteen or over at the time, he's on a par with B. Franks. The reason he lost his job, is that he resigned. Those who elected him have nothing to say if he chooses to resign.
2006-10-09 04:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. He was a member pf the house of representatives, not a senator.
If the people he was emailing were of legal age then it has nothing to do with his duties as a member. That wasn't the case here. Because of that the real question is now why, if the Republican leadership know about his activities, did they do nothing to reign him in.
2006-10-09 12:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You raise a very interesting point to this debate. And there have been cases of politicians actually having sex with pages and not losing their position. I think there is a bit of a double standard with this.
But you're right, I suppose people with fetishes do deserve representation like the rest of us. But where do you draw the line between what is acceptable and what is considered criminal?
2006-10-09 11:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by Souris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the biggest problem is that he has shown an inability to maintain a professional working relationship with his coworkers. I know I would get fired for propositioning one of my coworkers, especially a teenage clerk. If he cannot even maintain a professional relationship with his teenage clerk, how could be represent his constituency?
All such behavior should be blasted to the fullest extent. People need to know there are rules and they have to follow them. The abuses of power among our Congressmen alone are a horrible example of the type of behavior our society seems to condone. Shouldn't we be telling these people to behave and act like professionals?
2006-10-09 11:35:34 · answer #4 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont know but the media needs to shut the hell up about it. I think people are using that so the Republicans wont get voted for in midterm elections.
2006-10-09 11:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the wierd stuff Kennedy has done and that lush is still around. I fail to see the problem here.
2006-10-09 11:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the democrats don't have a plan (which they never seem to) they have to attack something, anything as long as they are in the news.
What he did was wrong and I in no way condone his actions.
2006-10-09 12:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by usaf.primebeef 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1st, he was not a senator!
2006-10-09 11:37:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋