Stuck in traffic, I was. And what did I miss? Another example of a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do Republican getting busted playing at pederasty. It’s really quite remarkable how often this happens in and around GOP circles and the evangelical community.

Florida Rep. Mark Foley’s resignation came just hours after ABC News questioned the congressman about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving congressional pages, high school students who are under 18 years of age.

In Congress, Rep. Foley (R-FL) was part of the Republican leadership and the chairman of the House caucus on missing and exploited children.

He crusaded for tough laws against those who used the Internet for sexual exploitation of children.

Here’s an interesting bit of history from Foley’s wiki.

In 2003, Foley was widely considered the Republican frontrunner for Bob Graham’s Senate seat, especially after Graham had announced his retirement. However, longstanding rumors surfaced that Foley was either gay or bisexual and was in a longterm relationship with another man. The story was initially published only in the gay press;[2] [3] then the New Times broke the story in the mainstream press. Other papers, including the New York Press,[4] then addressed the topic. Foley held a press conference to denounce the “revolting” rumors and stated that his sexual orientation was unimportant. A few weeks later, he withdrew his candidacy, saying his father’s battle with cancer had caused him to reassess his perspective on life (the seat was later won by Republican Mel Martinez). Foley had raised $3 million in campaign contributions before withdrawing.[5]

I first became aware of this puke during the 2000 recount when he was especially dishonest and annoying. I’m glad he will no longer be in the House of Representatives.