Slog - Comments on Make That Twelve http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12 With Republican Congressman Mark Foley of Florida resigning today over allegations that he sent inappropriate emails to a young House paige, the Democrats' chances of taking back Congress just got a lot better. Conventional wisdom used to be that Democrats had to pick up 15 seats around the country to win back the majority in the House of Representatives. But now, by MyDD's count, the Democrats are assured three pickups (including Foley's seat, as of today) and only need to worry about finding 12 more. Current Projection: Democratic Gains of 18-24 [seats] Democratic Majority of 221-227 Odds of Democratic Control:... Copyright 2008 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:13:56 -0800 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:05:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf According to Salon, even though Foley resigned, according to Florida law his name stays on the ballot, and any votes he receives go to the candidate the local Republicans choose to replace him. So that seat will probably stay R, unless the outrage over his naughty emails and IMs spills over more than I would expect.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471139 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:21:24 -0800 Comment by annie for the prurient and or news-minded, the actual emails are downloadable here. with the poor kid's reactions.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471146 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:42:46 -0800 Comment by seattl98104 fuck all of this.

bush is trying to pardon himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoRjbIQMXGQ

]]> seattl98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471148 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:53:23 -0800 Comment by david *barf*

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471149 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:03:10 -0800 Comment by GDC Did anyone catch this story yesterday? No facts have changed but I remember reading it yesterday and thinking it sounded a little like an overeating teenager and a kind, friendly politician. Barely a story at all, especially with his re-election well in hand. I didn't expect to read anything more about it.

Today he resigns. Having read the story yesterday, it makes no sense. The point being- I don't think a few e-mails would kill his re-election, not in Florida. So...I guess next week we will hear about how many children he molested or statutorily raped.

Yet, in the dark muck that is politics not far from thoughts is this: "Thank God it wasn't a Democrat this time."

]]> GDC http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471150 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:05:14 -0800 Comment by seattl98104 um, GDC obviously you're not following the news:

From ABC News:

Congressman Mark Foley, Republican from Florida, resigned today just hours after ABC news questioned him about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving current and former underage male Congressional pages. Foley used the login name Maf54.

Maf54: Do I make you a little horny ?
Teen: A little.
Maf54: Cool.

Foley was the chairman of the house caucus on missing and exploited children and has long crusaded for tough laws against those who use the Internet for sexual exploitation of children.

]]> seattl98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471152 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:09:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle One down, more to go.

Soon this country will return from the dark side and step away from Satan.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471164 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:55:57 -0800 Comment by kevin The republican house leadership were alerted that there "might be a potental problem" 10-11 months ago. And did nothing.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/29/national/w123452D40.DTL

]]> kevin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471207 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:05:55 -0800 Comment by Gomez The company I'm temping at just donated a few hundred bucks to Charlie Crist's FL governor's campaign. Good to know I'm putting time in at a right wing business.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471232 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:38:40 -0800 Comment by eric blair Wait....

Where did this go?

The page worked for Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., who said Friday that when he learned of the e-mail exchanges 10 to 11 months ago, he called the teen's parents. Alexander told the Ruston Daily Leader, "We also notified the House leadership that there might be a potential problem," a reference to the House's Republican leaders.

Talk about new news. Sheesh!

]]> eric blair http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471257 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:52:49 -0800 Comment by eric Sorry to flog the pony but I had to repeat this one. and what happened to fnarf?
"My concern then was the young man's interests and the parents' interests," Alexander said Friday. "We weren't trying to protect anybody except the parents. ... They told me they were comfortable with it and didn't want to pursue anything, didn't want to talk about it anymore."

Well, you know, you might think about protecting the VICTIM here.

]]> eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471259 Politics Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:03:44 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Shades of Jim West. Fucking hypocrite.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471289 Politics Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:15:48 -0800 Comment by Lolita Here's an irony that trumps the other irony: Foley was also the sponsor of HR 5749, designed to protect youth from adults on the Internet.

]]> Lolita http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471306 Politics Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:39:32 -0800 Comment by Aexia The real scandal isn't the Pedo for Pages stuff, it's "What did the House leadership know and when did they know it?"

And what else have they been covering up?

Also, while his name stays on the ballot and votes will go to his republican replacement... how many people are going to vote for a pedo?

"If you want to vote Republican, vote for the Kiddie Fucker" isn't much of a campaign slogan.

]]> Aexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471309 Politics Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:48:21 -0800 Comment by robotslave Irony, shmirony.


Pedophiles quite frequently do have a genuine non-sexual love of children in addition to or as a component of their sexual interest, and are often involved in various efforts to programs designed to assist or protect kids.


It's not irony, it's a predictable aspect of the pathology.

]]> robotslave http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471348 Politics Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:36:19 -0800 Comment by Gomez "If you want to vote Republican, vote for the Kiddie Fucker" isn't much of a campaign slogan.

It's nothing half of Florida doesn't already do themselves.

You have no idea how much corruption lies in that state's leadership. It's way beyond this guy, Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris. It's universal.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/make_that_12#c471468 Politics Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:35:22 -0800 Comment by pagerank Nice!

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