Disgraced Former Rep. Mark Foley Returns For Appearance With…Young Republicans

by Mark Joyella | 9:04 pm, February 4th, 2011

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Oh, irony. Mark Foley, the Florida congressman who left his job in 2006 after reports he’d sent a series of sexually-charged emails to young men who were former Congressional pages, is back on the political scene. The Palm Beach Post reports Foley headlined a weekend meeting of Palm Beach County’s Young Republicans. The choice of Foley as a speaker for an audience of young people resulted in criticism when the announcement was made in Florida, with one critic turning to Twitter with the message “have you people lost your minds?”

But Young Republicans president Jackie Fay defended the choice, telling CNN the “speech was wonderful” and talked about the current crop of Republican freshmen in Washington. As for the criticism, she dismissed it as uncalled for:

“I thought it was incredibly close minded and petty,” Fay said of the negative response. “The man resigned from office, served his time away from the public eye and wasn’t demanding to be let back into everyone’s good graces, he seems to be accepting opportunities that are extended to him.

CNN reports Foley, who underwent treatment for alcoholism after his 2006 resignation from Congress, has recently begun hosting a radio show in Palm Beach. Is the Young Republicans’ speech a sign he’s ready to get back into public life? Foley told the Palm Beach Post, “It obviously feels good to have people care enough to ask me to do it.”

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CosmosDan

unconfirmed sources report that Foley was accompanied by his two aides, Ben Dover and Phil McCrevice
Grammie

And I just heard a report that it was Gary Studs and Mel Reynolds.
Nacho

unconfirmed further reports said they went to an Asian restaurant and had cream of sum yun gai on browned starfish.
CosmosDan

Nacho said:
unconfirmed further reports said they went to an Asian restaurant and had cream of sum yun gai on browned starfish.

OMG! You just had to go there didn’t ya
The Real Royal King

Well, I simply don’t know what to say, except I feel as if I must be somewhat amused of for no other reason than it makes some people who ought to feel uncomfortable feel uncomfortable.
Calvin

Foley Statutory Rape-O-Meter Ironic PSA from Mark Foley We’ve never even met Mark Foley
lazzzlo

In life…you recognize barriers.

This might be one.
http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

Disgraced?

Did you see who’s hosting CNN’s 8pm slot?
ProgLib

The Republican party is a big tent, look kids there’s an empty cot next to Mark’s.
ProgLib

NORBIT Jr. said:
Disgraced?

Did you see who’s hosting CNN’s 8pm slot?

Did you see who is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana?
ImNotBlue

@ Prog

That reminds me… what is Bill Clinton doing these days?

(The point is, there are scummy guys on both sides, and playing “your side is worse” game is useless.)
ModerateMan

The guy sends some naughty emails and it’s considered crazy for him to speak in public. Then we have a governer who @#$%s a prostitute while married and he gets his own primetime show on CNN.
Leftist Asshat

If only Mark Foley was a leftist asshat like me. Then he’d be a media sensation and all his critics would be shouted down as homophobes. He’d probably portray a teacher on “Glee”, being the cool teacher who mentors all the gay high school boys.
LarryB

Maybe the Young Republicans are hoping they can be on the receiving end…of Foley’s next batch of e-mails.
ProgLib

ImNotBlue said:
@ Prog

That reminds me… what is Bill Clinton doing these days?

(The point is, there are scummy guys on both sides, and playing “your side is worse” game is useless.)

while cheating on your wife is immoral, sexual misconduct involving underage subordinates has to be worse
disgusted

to each his(?) own!