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To: Joe NYC who wrote (305372)	10/4/2006 10:20:33 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1575775

"I went through the chronology and concluded that Speaker Dennis Hastert acted as soon as he saw the graphic instant messages and that the E-mails he had been apprised of earlier" Fordham claims different. And also claims to have documentation that he informed Hastert about it almost 3 years ago. If he has said documentation, then...

To: Joe NYC who wrote (305372)	10/4/2006 10:22:45 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575775

Hmm... Yet 23 years ago, in 1983, the House administered a lesser punishment–censure–when Republican Dan Crane and Democrat Gerry Studds admitted to having had sex with two pages, Crane with a 17-year-old girl and Studds with a 17-year-old boy. So the standard seems to be that having sex with a serving page, for whom Congress has custodial responsibility, merits censure. But sending dirty IMs to a former page, for whom Congress no longer has custodial responsibility, merits the much harsher penalty of expulsion. It is getting curiouser and curiouser. So no sex, and only a former page. Has anything been going on between Foley and current page? Joe

To: Joe NYC who wrote (305372)	10/4/2006 10:29:08 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575775

"when Republican Dan Crane and Democrat Gerry Studds admitted to having had sex with two pages," A somewhat different situation - the Page was gay, and liked it! You know, honesty? dkosopedia.com "On July 20, 1983, Gerry was censured for having an affair 10 years earlier with a male page. He turned his back as the charges against him were read. The anti-gay crew had worked hard to demonize him (as they would Barney Frank several years later over allegations of a male prostitute having clients in Frank's apartment). *Gerry held a press conference with the page* and admitted to a relationship. They each firmly stated that what had gone on in their bedroom was their business, and absolutely no one else's.** Gerry was easily reelected in 1984, making him the first openly gay member of Congress and the first gay member of Congress to be reelected. He won 5 more terms after that, and retired in 1996. The district is now represented by William Delahunt."