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The bestest part of the Foley scandal
Republicans. Gotta love those sanctimonious, hypocritical, self-defeating bastards. With the Republicans working overtime to sabotage their chances in November, the Democrats will have to really sweat to, as Markos said recently, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The good part: Hypocrite Rep. Mark Foley (R) left an e-paper trail a mile long as he sent naughtygrams to a 16-year-old page.
The better part: “Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail traffic between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret and allowed Mr. Foley to remain head of a Congressional caucus on children’s issues, Republican lawmakers said Saturday.”
The bestest part: the 16-year-old was a guy. Election year dynamite! Here’s a snip from the messages — see for yourself. Would a man write these things to a 16-year-old girl?
Nastiness and schadenfreude below the cut.
Maf54 (7:46:33 PM): did any girl give you a haand job this weekend
Xxxxxxxxx (7:46:38 PM): lol no
Xxxxxxxxx (7:46:40 PM): im single right now
Xxxxxxxxx (7:46:57 PM): my last gf and i broke up a few weeks agi
Maf54 (7:47:11 PM): are you
Maf54 (7:47:11 PM): good so your getting horny
Xxxxxxxxx (7:47:29 PM): lol…a bit
Maf54 (7:48:00 PM): did you spank it this weekend yourself
Xxxxxxxxx (7:48:04 PM): no
Xxxxxxxxx (7:48:16 PM): been too tired and too busy
Maf54 (7:48:33 PM): wow…
Maf54 (7:48:34 PM): i am never to busy haha
Nice to know our elected representatives, our public servants, are never too busy to get themselves off.
It gets better (or worse, depending upon your point of view). Much. Like, Foley questioning the boy on his masturbation techniques, and commenting on his “cute butt bouncing in the air.”
Back to the NY Times article:
The exchanges began with what Republicans now describe as an “overfriendly†e-mail message from Mr. Foley to the unidentified teenager.
But news reports about the exchanges led to the disclosure of e-mail correspondence with other former pages in which the discussions became more and more sexually explicit. Shortly after he was confronted by ABC News on Friday about the subject, Mr. Foley, who represented a south Florida district, resigned from the House.
Overfriendly. Is that what they’re calling it these days.
May I be the first to give this scandal a name?
MasturGate.
D.
Cross-posted at Daily Kos — gimme some love.
hahahahaha
At least Clinton’s indiscretions were het. 🙂
Okay. COMPLETELY creeped out by the whole thing (yes, I had to click on that link!) and overfriendly?!?!? wow. real talent for understatement there. Dogs are overfriendly, middle age men? not so much. It would be interesting to view his political position on gay rights in light of this, though.
But I do love the name “MasturGate”.
Bwahahahahaha.
MasturGate
How brilliant are *you*?? 😀
MasturGate – great!
Unfortunately, however, the democrats will just NOT play dirty enough or harp enough on this sort of issue to make the gains we need in the capital this year. They will let the republicanazis scare the voters into keeping them in office. Mark my words, Doug. There will be a “major event” of some sort in late October to scare people into keeping them in office. Am I cynical? You better believe it.
Lordy, how I do love me this scandal! But actually, I have to say that one of the best parts is that, so far, I have not seen it depicted in the media as OH MY GOD HE’S AN EVIL PREDATORY FAGGOT, as it usually is. Whereas that might alienate the rethug voter base more, I’m mildly impressed that his inappropriate advances towards young subordinates aren’t being portrayed as part and parcel of homosexuality, in general. It’s small step forward.