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09-30-2006, 01:27 PM
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It just never ceases to amaze me how men that work their entire life at achieving a position...make dumb moves like this...and actually think it won't leak to the public.
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09-30-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ReachTheLimit
It just never ceases to amaze me how men that work their entire life at achieving a position...make dumb moves like this...and actually think it won't leak to the public.
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Just a very minor corection to your posting: Men and Women.
Think of how many female teachers have been caught....and a few other professions as well........
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10-01-2006, 10:41 AM
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A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers:Foleygate
http://www.slate.com/id/2150780/fr/nl/
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10-01-2006, 01:47 PM
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As far as I know there have never been any politicians in Australia that have done that, though I know of plenty Teachers and Lecturers that have gotten into a lot of legal trouble because of similar incidents. One guy my mum taught with about 20 years ago got caught doing stuff with kids that he shouldn't of and he ended up having something done to him in prison.
Still... doing that stuff to kids is just plain unforgiveable....
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10-01-2006, 02:38 PM
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Isn't it remarkable how selective the memories of politicians can be when it comes to when they allegedly learned of a situation like this one? Specifically Dennis Hastert in this case, but certainly not limited to him or his party.
Washington has some pretty big rugs to sweep things under.
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10-01-2006, 03:46 PM
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This is not the first time that a Congressman has made inappropriate advances to a Page. About 20-25 years ago, Rep Crane (IN-R) was caught having a relationship with a female Page. He apologized and cried, but was not re-elected. The same year, Rep Studds (MA-D) was caught with a male Page. He asserted his right to do this with the boy (in my eyes, 16-17 year olds are still kids, never mind the position of authority issue regarding a Congressman and Page) and refused to apologize. He was actually re-elected by his constituency for the next 10 years. As I said before, it's disgraceful!
I never worried about my D on the Hill in regards to predatory adults as opposed to any other event/function/opportunity of which she was a participant. I would never forbid my S from applying to the program if that's what he wants to do when he is eligible. Luckily Foley is an aberration.
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10-01-2006, 08:15 PM
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10-02-2006, 10:18 AM
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I thought all the pages were at least 18 - college age. Guess not.
I give this 3 months max before it ends up on Law & Order.
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10-02-2006, 10:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 33girl
I thought all the pages were at least 18 - college age. Guess not.
I give this 3 months max before it ends up on Law & Order.
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I'm betting on SVU getting first pitch at this storyline, though something keeps on telling me that they made a story similar to this a few seasons ago.......
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10-02-2006, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
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I thought all the pages were at least 18 - college age. Guess not.
I give this 3 months max before it ends up on Law & Order.
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Pages are hs juniors. Interns are (usually) college students.
Pages work for the Minority or Majority Page Supervisor. This is dependent on the party affiliation of their sponsoring Congressman/Senator.
Interns tend to work directly for their Senator or Congressman.
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10-03-2006, 12:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 33girl
I thought all the pages were at least 18 - college age. Guess not.
I give this 3 months max before it ends up on Law & Order.
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16-17 years of age:
High School students-several Newpapers also report that today as well.
Live in dorms with nighly check -ins.
http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/pages.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_pages
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