Yesterday, Mark Foley resigned from his position in the house. The 11 year member of the house's resignation was sudden, but it had to be. So, why did he resign?
On September 29, 2006, ABC became informed that Mark Foley was exchanging instant messages with young pages that were sexually explicit. He had been exchanging these messages over the last three years with pages from around Washington. Many of his instant messages were acquired by ABC, and had this story been aired while Foley was still a representative, chances are he would lose his job and be subjected to more than just criminal charges.
There are a few messages that aren't...appropriate for a forum of this nature, but I will post one of them, where Foley (Maf54) tries to convince a page to meet him.
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Teen: Like I said not til feb…then we will go to dinner
Maf54: and then what happens
Teen: we eat…we drink…who knows…hang out…late into the night
Maf54: and
Teen: I dunno
Maf54: dunno what
Teen: hmmm I have the feeling that you are fishing here…
im not sure what I would be comfortable with…well see
This story is pretty sick and I wanted to see what you guys think of it. Foley is obviously out of a job, but there may be prison in his future. To think that this kind of stuff is happening inside the government is somewhat disconcerting. But enough of me, what do you think?