Tag: mark foley

Now that prosecutors have filed papers asserting that Dennis Hastert, during his time as a wrestling coach, had sexual relations with at least 4 underage students, it's time to look back to a story from a decade ago.

As the trial starts, get ready for a lot of talk about John Edwards: CBS News) With opening arguments in the trial of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards set to begin on on Monday, a CBS News/New York Times poll shows that public opinion of him has plummeted since he was a […]

And today we have the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, calling on Anthony Weiner to step down. This would be the same John Boehner, who had prior knowledge of Mark Foley’s activities and ignored it. This is the man, who decided to ignore someone trying to prey on children because of politics. How can […]

Eric Cantor has already called on Anthony Weiner to resign amid the photo scandal, but now he is calling on Nancy Pelosi to strip Anthony Weiner of his committee assignments: Majority Leader Eric Cantor escalated the GOP’s war of words over Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) online indiscretions on Monday, calling on Democrats to remove him […]

Sean Hannity decided to have disgraced former representative, Mark Foley, on his show to discuss the Anthony Weiner non-sex “scandal”. Foley, who was forced to resign after sending sexually explicit messages to underage congressional pages, told Hannity that it should not be illegal to send such messages to minors (via Think Progress): This is really […]

As you have most likely heard by now Anthony Weiner has admitted to sending the lewd photos of himself over the internet, including the now infamous bulge shot. I can’t begin to explain how frustrating this is. It’s not for the main subject of this story, his bulge and internet habits, but rather for his […]

Rep. Scott Randolph (D-FL) is in trouble with Florida House Republicans for saying a new dirty word on the House floor: At one point Randolph suggested that his wife “incorporate her uterus” to stop Republicans from pushing measures that would restrict abortions. Republicans, after all, wouldn’t want to further regulate a Florida business. Apparently the […]

Morning Joe is still stuck on Massa. Really, it appears that Joe has some inner regret for not being one of Massa’s targets, but something they have been saying has really got me going. All morning they have been comparing Eric Massa to Mark Foley. Massa is accused of making sexual advances towards male staffers […]

Drudge is pushing this right wing rumor that President Obama was checking out some 16 year olds ass while at the G8: Oh and here’s the really bad part. That “Second Stimulus Package” is a joke referring to the picture that links to the picture on Yahoo. Even 6 out of 7 of Drudge’s top […]

I find it very interesting that Mark Sanford is now equating himself to King David: I have been doing a lot of soul searching on that front. What I find interesting is the story of David, and the way in which he fell mightily, he fell in very very significant ways. But then picked up […]