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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (428466)10/20/2008 11:59:24 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1580645
 
Are you going to take Foley back? He was a Democrat who became a Republican, just as Mahoney was a Republican who became a Democrat.

Nope. Foley is washed up just as Mahoney is.

But when exactly was Foley a Dem:

"Early House career

Foley was elected to the U.S. House in 1994 with 58 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat John Comerford. He was re-elected in 1996 with 64 percent of the vote against Democrat Jim Stuber, and again in 1998 (this time without opposition). He was re-elected in 2000 with 60 percent of the vote against Democrat Jean Elliott and Reform Party candidate John McGuire. Constitution Party candidate Jack McLain was his only opponent in 2002. He was re-elected in 2002 with 79 percent of the vote and in 2004 with 68 percent of the vote.

Foley was a moderate Republican. He spent most of his tenure in Congress as a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. He was also the first public figure to falsely imply that Vice President Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet. On March 12, 1999, Reuters reported Foley as saying, "The Vice President is mistaken. The only thing he has ever invented is another tax. He did not invent the Internet but he sure did tax it."[6]

In late 2000, Foley played a large role in aiding George W. Bush during the Presidential election recount controversy in Florida.[7]

In 2006, Foley was a member of the Republican House leadership, serving as deputy whip.[8]"

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