October
20
Spotted: Mark Foley
Updated
There have been so many scandals since October, 2006, the month that I launched this blog, that I just about forgot who Mark Foley was.
I got an excited phone call yesterday from two friends, TV producer Richard Ayoub and talent manager Dolores Cantu, who were having lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Sitting the next table over was Foley, who resigned just before the midterms after the revelation that he sent inappropriate e-mail messages to a congressional page.
Ayoub and Cantu didn't know immediately recognize him until he told them he had once been in Congress. The jist of the conversation then went like this, according to both:
Cantu: "You didn't have an affair, did you?"
Foley: "Well, I was..."
Realizing who was in their midst, Ayoub, who has a penchant for devilish humor, offered a deadpanned admonishment, "You should not flirt with congressional pages." Foley went on to say that nothing happened, he didn't realize that the page was only 18, and that he perhaps was a bit tipsy when he sent the e-mails.
What they both said was how great Foley looked, and he was particularly excited about Colin Powell's endorsement that morning of Obama. Foley said he also favors Obama.
And Foley also expressed some pleasure in watching the latest developments from his old Florida district: His successor, Democrat Tim Mahoney, is now in trouble for a series of extramarital affairs.
Foley was never charged with any crime, and Florida law enforcement officials said last month there was "insufficient evidence" to charge him.
Update: Foley denies that he has voted for Obama. According to Drudge Report, he sent this note: "An online article posted today on Variety's website innaccurately reported that I was supporting Barack Obama. The story on Variety's website, based on a second or third-hand account of my private conversation, is incorrect. I have already voted by absentee ballot in Florida. Although I didn't vote for Senator Obama, I intend to keep my choice private."
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Not only did this troglodyte cost the Republicans the House and the Senate in 2006, now he wants the country to take the biggest turn toward Socialism in American history? Wow.
Posted by: dkin | October 21, 2008 at 06:29 AM
that mo cost us the house in 06.what's he doing out there??transvestite on Hollywood blvd LOSER
Posted by: mattNfl | October 21, 2008 at 06:36 AM
Mark Foley was no conservative, but a wolf in sheep's clothing--no doubt a liberal plant.
Posted by: Disgusted | October 21, 2008 at 06:43 AM
Do we really need yet another reason to vote for McCain?
Posted by: BlueMax372 | October 21, 2008 at 06:45 AM
It doesn't matter who makes what endorsement. Foley, a disgraced congressman; Powell, a flip-flopping former Cabinet member whose support is chiefly race-based - all that matters is when people are alone in the booth and deciding who they are going to trust with the reins. I do not believe the majority of Americans, regardless of what they say in polls (remember the poll numbers in '04), will vote for the least experienced candidate in American history.
Posted by: Dave C | October 21, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Of course Mark Foley favors Obama........he's "odd"
Posted by: kitty hogan | October 21, 2008 at 06:48 AM
Hey wait a minute,isn't Fantasy Fest going on in Key West.I thought that was the hot spot for the GAY crowd.I was waiting to see him collered and on Bubba's chain crawling down main street on the 5:00 news.darn it
Posted by: mattNfl | October 21, 2008 at 06:52 AM
This piece of scum is the main reason the Republicans got clobbered in '06!
Posted by: Dennis | October 21, 2008 at 06:54 AM
Ever notice how many of the disgraced Republicans go over to the Dark Side? The sick part is they're welcomed with great fanfare. I sure don't understand how 50% of Americans can be so ignorant as to vote for someone so vapid and sliding toward socialism as Obama. Anyone who picks a moron and plagerist as his VP candidate, shouldn't be trusted with the "football".
Laurie
San Diego
Posted by: Laurie | October 21, 2008 at 06:54 AM
Thank god for Mark Foley. Between his endorsement, plus the French public and Libiyan gadfly, Moamar Khadafi(sp)and of course Biden's belief that BO will be the benefactor of an international crisis because of being a nubile......the M/P ticket is feelin' mucho mejor thank you very much.
Posted by: Every Real American | October 21, 2008 at 07:07 AM
I have a different take on this. As it turns out, Foley was exhonerated. Meaning he may have used poor judgement, but there was no crime. The democrats used this as an opportunity to paint the entire republican congress and senate as "culture of corruption". Rather than use backbone, the repubs dumped )and dumped on) Foley...who as I said was not guilty. The Dems are silent on Mahoney...which may very well be a crime...and the repubs are also silent. I'm not sure why Foley thinks he has any friends on the democrat side who used him...nor why e thinks he has any friends on the repub side because they wouldn't stand by him. But maybe he recognizes that if he cozies up with the dems and uses poor judgement, they'll stand by him.
Posted by: Azul Del Fuego | October 21, 2008 at 07:10 AM
So he was a liberal all along.
Posted by: Mike | October 21, 2008 at 07:15 AM
Ah yes...Deviants For Obama. "But, it's not about sex!"...right.
Posted by: Phocus | October 21, 2008 at 07:17 AM
Yes, it seems plausible that Foley is merely endorsing Obama because it takes one of the biggest turds in the Republican Party and sticks it to Obama.
Posted by: Brioche Lamonovar | October 21, 2008 at 07:19 AM
Do we need another reason to vote for John McCain?
America First.
John McCain For President!
Posted by: Tim | October 21, 2008 at 07:20 AM
It's interesting that so many so-called "conservative" bigots hate fellow Republicans for being homosexual but are pretty much silent when it comes to the hundreds of Republicans in government who have expanded the scope of the federal government and repeatedly violated the Constitution and actual conservative values ( as they apply to that whole government thing, rather than people's personal lives).
It's a sad day when for so many the concept of being a Republican consists entirely of " hate gays and hate intellectual discourse." I seem to recall a time when conservatives were much better than that.
Posted by: Greg C | October 21, 2008 at 07:20 AM
I don't think Obama really needs this endorsement. Colin Powell, yes, thank you. Mark Foley? Not so much.
RE: The "socialist" tag some of you are using. Will you guys just regurgitate anything the McCain campaign spits out? I mean seriously "socialist" ??? Because of why? Tax rates back to where they were in the 1990s? Were we socialist then? If so then socialism must work pretty good.
Posted by: Obama 08 | October 21, 2008 at 07:21 AM
It's interesting that so many so-called "conservative" bigots hate fellow Republicans for being homosexual but are pretty much silent when it comes to the hundreds of Republicans in government who have expanded the scope of the federal government and repeatedly violated the Constitution and actual conservative values ( as they apply to that whole government thing, rather than people's personal lives).
It's a sad day when for so many the concept of being a Republican consists entirely of " hate gays and hate intellectual discourse." I seem to recall a time when conservatives were much better than that.
Posted by: Greg C | October 21, 2008 at 07:21 AM
Anyone who picks a moron and plagerist as his VP candidate, shouldn't be trusted with the "football".
I agree. So don't vote for McShame / Falin!
Posted by: YoYoMa | October 21, 2008 at 07:27 AM
Looks like Foley's girlfriend Palin put him up to smearing Obama with his name.
Posted by: Timmy | October 21, 2008 at 07:30 AM
I won't speak for everyone else but not all of us are regurgitating McCain when we label BHO a "Socialist". Many of us began using that terms months ago. He confirmed many of our beliefs when he started talking about "spreading the wealth". How does he plan to give 95% of Americans a tax cut when less than 95% of Americans pay income taxes (not to be confused with payroll taxes which are different)? That's like getting a rebate for a purchase you don't make!!! BHO's plan is a classic redistribution of wealth (ie socialist) plain and simple.
Posted by: Greg G | October 21, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Why are conservatives so angry at the gays? What did the gay dudes do to you guys? I hope you all have a gay child and come to the realization that you are bigots. I used to like McCain, supported him in '00, then he started pandering to the hateful side of the Republican party. It's a shame as he is a good person and a good leader that got lost in the Republican hate machine. Also, who gives an F what Foley thinks? Is this all we have left to talk about now?
Posted by: James | October 21, 2008 at 07:39 AM
This guy is scum! Tell him to go back int whatever hole he crawled out of.
Posted by: mike | October 21, 2008 at 07:40 AM
Has anyone noticed how these two sound/look eerily similar:OBAMA-BIDEN & OSAMA BIN LADEN???
Posted by: NJA | October 21, 2008 at 07:57 AM
McCain REALLY Doesn't jive with the Conservative base and they really don't like him. McCain deserves credit for not being in bed with the party of closet bathroom-stall-boy-lovers. Once they are outted they have no where else to go but to the truth. Progressives accept truth w/out hyperbole. McCain is old, Barack is smart, Palin needs to b spanked and sent back to her ice cave.
Obama '08 through 2016 Hillary for 8 more, you haters are done
Posted by: JD | October 21, 2008 at 07:58 AM