Dumbstruck.
Best word to describe me (and most likely the Republican Party) after reading the transcript of Mark Foley's interview.
I'm not certain what game Mr. Foley is playing--if his "confession" to the press is part of some 12-step amends apology--but I can tell you this.
This man broke the laws he helped to create. He walks about as a free man. And he has the nerve to say the following, as reported by the Washington Blade:
"There was never anywhere in those conversations where someone said, 'Stop,' or 'I'm not enjoying this,' or 'This is inappropriate,'” Foley said. Foley tries to minimize the significance of what he did, asserting that these were 17-year-olds, just months from being men. That, of course, ignores the fact that at least one object of his affection was 16."
Classy, Mark. Blaming the victims.
Mr. Foley, lives have been ruined on much less than what you admit to. And funny, what you fail to recall in your Land of Denial....
Federal law deems the age of majority as age 18.
But one good thing has come out of this interview slash confession.
The Adam Walsh Act begs repeal for countless reasons. Mark Foley now serves as the official poster boy for Reason Number One.
Some Americans have more constitutional rights than others in this country.
Repeal the Adam Walsh Act.
