What did they know and when?

[yesthattom]

REPUBLICAN child molester Representative Mark Foley, has stepped down. Now it turns out that REPUBLICAN leaders knew about his child molesting ways a YEAR AGO. This goes beyond the Republican Culture of Corruption. This is the Culture of Corruption and Coverup:

• Anyone that knew and hid the information should step down immediately.
• Every REPUBLICAN that voted agaist the immediate investigation should be the target of TV commericials that demand that they step down.

I want to see the blue shirt the boy was wearing and have DNA tested! DEMAND TO SEE THE BLUE SHIRT!

• NY TIMES: Democrats express outrage
• “This touched off a political upheaval, particularly after disclosures that top House Republicans knew for months about the original message traffic with the 16-year-old former page but kept it secret, while Mr. Foley remained head of the missing and exploited children’s caucus in Congress.”
He was the HEAD OF THE MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN’S CAUCUS! MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE BE HEAD OF THE CAUCUS AGAINST MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN!

• Historical note: Edwin W Edwards, Governor of Louisiana during his 1983 race against David C Treen said, “[I could not lose unless I was] caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.” (The quote in cartoon form)

DEMAND TO SEE THE BLUE SHIRT!

Comments

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

I think Republican Congress-Critters Hastert, Boehner, Shimkus, Alexander, and Reynolds, and House Clerk Trandahl all deserve to go to jail. They knew and did not tell the police. Those in authority who know of a crime, and allow it to continue, are as guilty as the participants. Just like those Catholic bishops who knew of pedophile priests and allowed the crimes to continue.

[lilbjorn.livejournal.com]

... and we know how many bishops went to jail.

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

... not enough. They got away with their crimes.

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

Here is a list of who alledgedly knew: (from http://rmjwell.livejournal.com/605676.html)

The Clerk of the House, Jeff Trandahl.

Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned in disgrace after six terms in the U. S. House.

Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH) learned of Foley's inappropriate "contact" in the spring of 2006; initally claimed yesterday he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert about it back in the spring, then later yesterday said he couldn't remember if he'd told Hastert or not.

Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) Speaker of the House who said through his spokesman that he was unaware of sexual exchanges between Foley and the page.

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) Head of the Page Board that oversees the pages and their activities. first learned of an e-mail contact between Foley and the boy in late 2005.

Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)Sponsored the boy from his district to be a page and said he learned of the online exchanges "some months ago." He passed the information onto Rep. Thomas Reynolds.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds (R-NY) Chairman of the House Republican campaign organization.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

My source for political cartoons: I just read Ted Rall's website. The one quoted above is just from my searching for "dead girl live boy" on Google.

I'm one of your 3 sources? I'll have to start doing a better job!

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I haven't seen a Fred Mulhearn cartoon in eons -- he's my hometown paper's political cartoonist. I remember the Edwards quote well, and vaguely remember there being a controversy over an unpublished cartoon, but never actually saw it until now. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. :)