# Another seat for the Democrats... (Rep. Mark Foley) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656 "2006-09-29T20:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/21 "2006-09-30T01:05:22Z")
Thanks, **SkipMagic**. My bad, to have OP’d an identical thread. This guy, I actually pity him. It’s so transparent, and he’s in a position of such obvious power. These guys, they never learn do they? -sigh- I’m glad I don’t wear boxers. I’d feel all… oooogey right now. 😃 Cartooniverse, fresh from the ThreadMerger. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/22 "2006-09-30T02:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=silver1] The article I read on this was on Yahoo: [Foley Resigns](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060929/ap_on_go_co/congressman_e_mails) This article also discusses info from ABC News regarding Foley apparently getting into sexually-oriented instant message conversations with current and former teenage male pages. Sez ABC News: "In one message, ABC said, Foley wrote to one page: **‘Do I make you a little horny?’**" [/QUOTE] Maybe using the bolded quote was in poor taste, but couldn’t a case be made that Foley was trying to use a catchphrase made famous by the Austin Powers movies starring Mike Myers? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/23 "2006-09-30T03:01:49Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Well, at least he had the decency to immediately resign, [unlike others.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/15/jefferson.bribery/) [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Ohio Representative Robert Ney is under pressure to resign after pleading guilty to accepting illegal gifts from disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. [Oops, wrong story.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=afqYCk6NSqKc&refer=us) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/24 "2006-09-30T03:52:42Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] He said he’d turn over a new leaf, just as soon as he’d gotten to the bottom of that Page… [/QUOTE] ::checks my Uncle Lucy’s list of the damned, which updates every hour:: Yep. It’s official. You’re going to hell. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/25 "2006-09-30T06:46:45Z")
What do congressmen use for bookmarks? Bent over pages! Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress. Out of curiosity, anybody know what Foley’s stand on things like gay marriage was before this? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/26 "2006-09-30T08:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] Here you go: NY Times story Reg. required. Apparently Foley asked the page for a picture, which skeeved the kid out. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I wonder about that. One article said that the kid was very emphatic about calling the request “sick”, which makes me wonder what **kind** of photo Foley wanted him to send. Not his yearbook photo, I would imagine, so I wonder what were the specifics of the request. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/27 "2006-09-30T16:39:23Z")
Sometimes, when people have a problem, they have to hit rock bottom before finally getting help. In this case, it would presumably be a rock-hard, sixteen-year-old bottom, but hey. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/28 "2006-09-30T18:42:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] Followed by [/QUOTE] You ever…seen a…grown man naked? Timmy, do you like gladiator movies? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/29 "2006-10-01T00:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=medstar] Maybe using the bolded quote was in poor taste, but couldn’t a case be made that Foley was trying to use a catchphrase made famous by the Austin Powers movies starring Mike Myers? [/QUOTE] There are several pages involved in this, apparently. In a link to IM transcripts in another thread, he was asking a kid about how he masturbated and how often, and said something about wanting to see his “cute butt” going up and down. I’m fairly sure that wasn’t in any of the Austin Powers movies. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656/30 "2006-10-01T13:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Out of curiosity, anybody know what Foley’s stand on things like gay marriage was before this? [/QUOTE] Not that it’s at all relevant, but he voted against the SSM constitutional amendment in 2004 (didn’t see a cite on this year’s vote) and against bannign gay people from adopting in DC. [cite](http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Mark_Foley.htm) Whether that reflected any sincere belief on Foley’s part or a desire to avoid being outed (there was a whispering campaign not too long ago) I don’t know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-seat-for-the-democrats-rep-mark-foley/374656.md?page=1)