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To: tejek who wrote (428470)	10/20/2008 12:13:07 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580615

"In an interesting irony, Mark Foley, the man Mahoney replaced had been a Democrat who turned Republican shortly before his own initial election to congress." en.wikipedia.org "In 1984, when Foley ran for county commission, despite proclaiming he was a committed Democrat and outspending his primary opponent, the party slapped him down and told him, "It's not your time," according to Rand Hoch, a Democratic Party activist. Months later, Foley switched opportunistically to the Republican Party" vanityfair.com