Foley's Folly

Well, I've been quite busy and neglected to blog after the recess. I will atone for that partially now with an Awfulaw exclusive. Nothing here is new or unpublished. I have simply researched and put in context, two pieces of content that illustrate nicely the hypocrisy of Mark Foley, the house representative who is at the center of a scandal that might have far-reaching implications for the 2006 mid-term elections. I only searched the 109th Congress.

7/10/2006 -- Mark Foley introduces H.R. 5749 To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes.

3/8/2006 -- Mark Foley introduces H.R. 4905 To provide for the registration of sex offenders and for appropriate notification of their whereabouts, and for other purposes.

6/30/2005 -- Mark Foley introduces H.R. 3133 To provide for the registration of sex offenders and for appropriate notification of their whereabouts, and for other purposes.

5/18/2005 -- Mark Foley introduces H.R. 2423 To improve the national program to register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children or sex offenses.

3/8/2005 -- Mark Foley introduces H.R. 1142 To protect children from exploitive child modeling, and for other purposes.

2003 -- Mark Foley, using screen name Maf54 types the following messages to a teenage Congressional Page: (typos left as-is; excerpts only)

did any girl give you a haand job this weekend
good so your getting horny
did you spank it this weekend yourself
cute butt bouncing in the air [after asking about details of how the teen masturbates]
i always use lotion and the hand
well I have aa totally stiff wood now
is your little guy limp...or growing
so you got a stiff one now
um so a big bulge
love to slip them off of you
and gram the one eyed snake
get a ruler and measure it for me

sources:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery
http://abcnews.go.com/images/WNT/02-02-03b.pdf