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Ex Lion Tamer Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:06 PM
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"Foley Bombshell Coming"
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:07 PM
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1. I thought it already came
I mean geez ABC, get on board...

Oh wait, more news!!! I can't imagine...
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Ex Lion Tamer Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:15 PM
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17. No, that was Foley who came.
Before the vote.
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PerceptionManagement Donating Member (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:17 PM
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21. Something with Scott McClellan, Jeff Gannon/Guckert or Karl Rove?
Edited on Tue Oct-03-06 04:18 PM by PerceptionManagement
Please let it be Rove.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:07 PM
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2. Apparently JC Watts just let slip that there are photos.
Any connection?
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Ex Lion Tamer Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:12 PM
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12. I haven't heard anything like that.
What kind of pictures?
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:15 PM
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18. On CNN: JC Watts in defending Hastert -
"He didn't know about the GRAPHIC PICTURES....."

Your guess is as good as mine.
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Blaq Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:49 PM
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43. Another naked pyramid?
But this time with young male pages?
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:08 PM
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3. Do They Have Art? nt
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:08 PM
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4. It's the Pictures JC Watts talked about I bet
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:10 PM
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5. Nice sig pic
wow.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:12 PM
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11. Another DUer did it
:)
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:22 PM
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24. Why would Foley's attorney bring up photos?
Unless it's George or Karl with a kiddy cutie?
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:10 PM
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6. Does anyone know when the lawyer's press conference is supposed
to happen? This is growing exponentially!
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:11 PM
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7. Dear lord...
I don't want to see friggin' pictures. I just don't. And you know someone will run with them. You just know it.

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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:11 PM
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8. npr reporting that NOT playing well in Hasturd district-someone is getting
signitures for his support
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:11 PM
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9. Wayne Madsen says there are MORE Congresspeople involved
and that their actions make Foley's PALE in comparison ... ????
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:14 PM
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15. Hmmm...
Are the chickens of the Franklin Loan(sic. Nebraska) scandal coming home to roost, after all these many years?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:37 PM
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:46 PM
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42. WOW! Where Was I When All This Came Down?
Reagan years ---gave me hysterical blindness and temporal Alzheimers (okay, so I was in a marriage from hell with a baby in diapers and an autistic child)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:14 PM
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16. If that's true, every last one of them needs to be prosecuted
along with those who knew and said nothing.

I don't care what party they're affiliated with.
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:28 PM
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33. I agree, but I hope every last one is caught and prosecuted,
in equal measure.. Being a pessimist I expect that 0% of the Republican culprits will be accused and 500% of the Democratic culprits will be convicted in the media.

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:34 PM
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36. It's interesting to note that a president's encounters with a legal adult
brought screams of "Impeach!" while no one bats an eyelash at those who were passive about a known pedophile's actions.
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Mr. Mojo Risin Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:12 PM
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10. Say Cheese
This bastard is sick. Poor children.

Republicans sat by and let it happen.
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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:12 PM
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13. Foley Is Going To Expose Other Congressman Who....



Are currently doing the same thing with PAGES/childern....he is going flush his life down the toilet...
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:28 PM
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32. he is under legal jeopardy. No WAY would he waste time fingering
others for doing the same thing.

POSSIBLE he might indicate who knew he had a problem.
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xyboymil Donating Member (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:12 PM
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14. Hassert. Foley and a page did a 3-way cyber call???
Nothing would shock me anymore...


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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:17 PM
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20. yick
:puke:

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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:17 PM
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19. the RePERVlicans are quaking in their boots!
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arewenotdemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:38 PM
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39. Congressional Repukes quivering in their jackboots
need a :puke: smiley for that image
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:17 PM
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22. well i doubt he became a predator when he got into congress, my guess
is he has quite a past and maybe someone is coming forward.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:19 PM
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23. AGAIN?? I'm already so full on popcorn
:popcorn: :popcorn:
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:25 PM
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27. Here, have some of my trail mix....
(holding it up to the computer screen)...peanuts/M&M's/raisins/peanut butter drops
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:28 PM
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31. Thanks!
Rampant, torrid, illegal sex always makes me hungry!
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redacted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:22 PM
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25. BREAKING NEWS banner now up on ABC News site reads:
FOLEY BOMBSHELL COMING ... FORMER CONGRESSMAN'S ATTORNEY TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.
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anotherdrew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:30 PM
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35. let's hope he hasn't killed himself. n/t
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:35 PM
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37. that's been my fear as well....
this guy has got to be on suicide watch. I mean, his political life is over, and he'll forever be thought of as a child predator. It's all too sad. Especially the kids involved.
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anotherdrew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:54 PM
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50. well, he may well be in a scientology 'treatment' center...
Edited on Tue Oct-03-06 04:55 PM by anotherdrew
"An attorney for Foley, a Florida Republican, confirmed Monday that the former congressman is in an alcoholism treatment center. The fax was apparently sent from Clearwater, Florida, but Roth would not say if that's where Foley is being treated." <-- CNN

So possibly Foley is in detox in Clearwater, Fl. What's in Clearwater? Scientologists! So, I followed my intuition and did a little Googling, thinking perhaps Foley is drying out with the Sea Org there. This is what I uncovered:

"FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN ACCEPTS SCIENTOLOGY AWARD
On May 24, 2003, the "Clearwater Business Association" hosted a brunch in the Fort Harrison’s Ballroom, for Florida Congressman Mark Foley (R).
Also present at this event was "Republican State committee woman" Nancy Riley. Foley is featured on a Scientology web page promoting their anti-psychiatry front group C.C.H.R. ("Citizen's Comission on Human Rights"). The "Clearwater Business Association" (C.B.A.) appears to be primarily a way to bring politicians into the Scientology fold, by way of Scientologist Brett Miller (second from left in photo below). The primary affiliations of the C.BA.appear to be Scientology, W.I.S.E., and C.C.H.R., and not local businesses."
www.fso.org/en_US/news-events/pg005.html
web.tampabay.rr.com/sp/FLA.html


Clearwater, FL major scientology nexus, here's a recruiting add:
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:22 PM
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26. Right on the heels of chimp calling him disgusting
Hmmmm..this may be Foley's revenge on all the GOPers who have been making comments this week.
Hey, Hastert, you can take your finger out of the hole in the dam wall now, the whole fucking things is about to collapse...


Cans someone make up a nice, general resignation letter.."I, (insert repuke name/title), hereby resign from Congress, effective immediately".

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Onlooker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:25 PM
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28. Hope it doesn't involve another gay member of Congress
Edited on Tue Oct-03-06 04:25 PM by Onlooker
Although the Foley scandal is exposing the corruption in the Republican Party, it's also being used to associate pedophilia with homosexuality. I hope whatever the bombshell is, it doesn't concern gays in Congress, Republican or Democratic.
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:29 PM
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34. ditto n/t
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:26 PM
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29.  CNN Report: Foley had cybersex before vote
Would this be it?

<http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/03/foley.scandal/index.html>

STOCKTON, California (CNN) -- Former Rep. Mark Foley allegedly had Internet sex with a former page before going to a vote on the House floor in 2003, ABC News reported Tuesday.

The network published a partial transcript on its Web site but did not quote the exchanges in which it said the congressman and the high school student apparently had orgasms.

Former pages gave ABC News the transcripts, which were dated 2003, the network reported.

...more...
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:26 PM
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30. Did you see the polls there??

How should House Speaker Dennis Hastert respond to the Foley scandal?

He should step down because the facts seem to indicate he may have overlooked information.
1,369
The investigation should be taken outside Congress so the truth is not tainted.
423
He should pursue the investigation of his colleagues until the public learns the truth.
135

Total Vote: 1,927
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:38 PM
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40. Foley stole Jeff Gannon away from George AWOL Bush?
That could be -- after it got too hot for Gannon, the male prostitute, to hang around the Bush White House any more after the Secret Service documented that he had visited the Bush White House over 100 times.

Maybe Gannon sought a new boyfriend outside the Bush-republicon White House?
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:57 PM
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52. Maybe that's why Bush leaked this story...
Retribution for stealing his man...

I swear that's how BushCo keeps everyone in DC in line... all that spying gave him the goods!
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:02 PM
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55. Why no media follow-up on Gannon?
A 23 yr.old intern gives the Pres. a blowjob and our country shuts down for over a year.
But a male prostitute with numerous websites gets primo press credentials based on a fake name and fake bio, is greeted by the Bushies as an old friend, and visits the White House day -- and night, and...silence.
Just how meek is our press corps these days?
Are they all that whipped?
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:41 PM
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41. Press conference at 5:45 ET n/t
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:50 PM
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45. HAVE MERCY ON US CUBE RATS!!!!! SOMEBODY WATCH
TV AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!

please?
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lavenderdiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:51 PM
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46. nothing on yet.... n/t
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:52 PM
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47. Nothing at this point.
Hopefully it will start soon, though.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:55 PM
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51. Met, too!
Stuck at my desk. Help me!
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Hoping4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:04 PM
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57. Mercy for a cube rat? Ha. Go back to work and suffer.
:nopity:
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:57 PM
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53. Gannon's tooooo old for Foley.
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CRK7376 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:50 PM
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44. Bring 'em on!
Ooooppppps Wrong message I guess. But it fits here too....
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:52 PM
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48. DU is slowing down for me!!
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 04:52 PM
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49. My thoughts when I heard that Foley
had voluntarily entered "rehab" were that he feared for his life.

Wonder if that might be it?
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:02 PM
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54. It's on now
He offers no excuse for his conduct.

He was molested by a clergyman between the ages of 13 and 15.
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annarbor Donating Member (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:03 PM
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56. Damnit!
"Foley was molested by a clergyman when he was a boy, and Foley wants everyone to know that he's a gay man".

What a bastard!
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ariesgem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:05 PM
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58. Foley says he was abused by a Priest when he was a kid
snip....

By: John Amato on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 at 2:54 PM - PDT Submit or Digg this Post

Sources tell me that his lawyer is going to make an announcement any minute…

snip....

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/03/foley-says-he-was-abused-by-a-priest-when-he-was-a-kid/
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xyboymil Donating Member (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:06 PM
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59. actual word was "clergyman"...That could mean anything.
Sounds like a cop out.

Sorry, sad excuse.
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60. Locking
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