Page's family didn't think emails were all that bad. What kind of parents

[Proud2BAmurkin]

are told of a pervert preying on their teenager and decide that all they should do is tell the pervert to "stop writing him" instead of GOING TO THE AUTHORTIES?

Crappy selfish rePUKE parents.

On edit: They said something at the end of their statement about fearing for their safety if they came forward into the spotlight. So the choices are that they're crappy rePUKE parents who put politics first, or not crappy parents who knew rePUKES would harm them if they went public.

[Dora]

1. Perhaps they were persuaded.

:shrug:

[katinmn]

4. maybe you're right

[katinmn]

2. they put the party before safety and well-being of the pages

sound familiar? That's the ReTHUGlican way!

[Red Right and BLUE]

3. doesn't smell right, does it? nt

[Kagemusha]

5. And be known for taking down a Congressman?

Somehow that's not gonna get them invited to too many parties in the future. Or lead to the son being hired by Republicans.

[verse18]

6. You answered your own question.

Parents who put politics before the safety of their child. Here in TN they could be charged with facilitating child abuse or being passive perpetrators.

[SayitAintSo]

7. I remember " they got what they needed/wanted....'

being offered on some of the talk shows by the wing-nuts when discussing the parents not wanting to press things.... I found the wording curious.

[ComerPerro]

8. remember: No Republican can be an evil man, or a pervert

[kenny blankenship]

16. And even if he is, it's MORE evil to notice that fact and call attn to it

[zbdent]

21. "Corps is Mother, Corps is Father"

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. You got it.

"Well, we were a bit creeped out by the emails but Boopsie simply must get his foot in the door of the political network."

[LiberalArkie]

10. The e-mails we not that bad.. Foley knew there were copies kept on servers

But the IM's he probably had no idea that his bud's captured everything and saved it to a file. Pretty common really..

[ShortnFiery]

11. Bullshit! Why did they contact Congress and request Foley NOT

contact their son again. They we're definitely looking out for their son but didn't give a damn because they didn't want to make waves.

If it was important enough for the kid to call "Sick" thirteen times (13) in a phone call to a staffer, it was bad enough, i.e., predatory.

The parents asked that they TELL Foley NOT to mess with their son again. That's significant.

[GreenTea]

12. REPUBLICAN parents!

[KurtNYC]

13. According to who?

That is hearsay and would not be allowed in a court of law. Foley is under wraps, the parents aren't exactly doing the talk show circuit. Without them talking for themselves, I don't think we know their reasoning or their reaction.

[uppityperson]

14. Do you feel you really know enough about them to judge?

Bullshit. Scared parents who did what they could and were scared to do more.

[kenny blankenship]

15. Republican parents. If Foley had been a Democrat, you can believe

they would have reacted very differently.

[Hubert Flottz]

17. The Judas Parents!

Sell out the kids for the Fuhrer!

[me b zola]

18. The kind that I wouldn't allow to be around my children

[Catherine Vincent]

19. But they did say when they read the other ims they would have

taken a different action.

[slaveplanet]

20. Here's an important clue

``I could give you a massage here . . . just a block and a half,'' he wrote. Later in the online conversation, Foley asked, ``so you do see us palyin around''?

``Sure,'' the page responded. ``weve gone over this before . . . havent we''? ``I excuse your memory when you are drinking . . . cause i dont remember much when i drink,'' the page continues.

``We will make you successful,'' Foley promised, ``as long as you don't mind me grabbing your <deleted> once in a while.''

``Sorry my mom walked in,'' a page wrote after an interruption.

``What did she want''? Foley asked.

``To spend time with me . . . she just came in and sat down . . . apparently she doesnt see enough of me or something,'' he replied.

``Thats a good mom,'' Foley said.


And it's being largely overlooked.


"We will make you successful,"


The pubs hand pick the pages, they are groomed, Then it's reduced to a business proposition for further advancement.

I'm not so sure 100% of the parents dissaprove, and may even encourage this, knowing it's a fastrack advancement opportunity to the inside.