Thank you for breaking this story. This cretin should be under FBI investigation; I hope that comes next. Thank you thank you thank you - for not marching lockstep with most media like CNN who won't touch this stuff....

"...the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children..."

"...sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18."

Why is it I'm no longer suprised by these people?

Republicans in congress look for sex with minors and Democrats hide money in their freezers. Vote the bums out, let's get some decent people to represent us.

Ah yes, The Hypocritical Republicans, again! Truth Out!

Um, looks like "liberal" ABC wasn't jumping the gun. And they did have more than idol chatter. Looks to me like they probably kept the "sexually explicit" language out of the first report in deference to his family. Either way, he's quit congress the day this broke.How can you nut jobs out there spin it now? Maybe Foley was so revolete by the Lewinski scandal that it turned him gay. And into as pedophile. Damn that Bill Clinton!

Where is all the people calling this a left-wing smear campaign?Hope none of them are parents.

This is just a left wing smear... HAHAHAHA

and just the tip of the iceberg. These people are sick, sick sick.

Let me be among the first conservatives to condemn this alleged behavior. WTH is wrong with him, McGreevy, etc. I am sickened and so very angry with the selfishness of politicians.

Is there no end to this sickness. This man gave no thought to the harm he was doing to these young people and to his family.

Innocent Foley email everyone said yesterday. Where are you today?

strange, so many righty's on the last Foley post did'nt think this news worthy.

What an idiot--of course all Congressmen are.

If the allegations about Mark Foley are indeed true, he should not be allowed to resign. This creep should be tarred, feathered, and run out of Washington on a rail. Not only was he the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, but he clearly does not understand the absolute lack of privacy and enduring record that is inherent in an email. Besides the fact that he is a sanctimonious pedophile of the worst kind, he is stupid enough to commit his illicit desires to a media that is easily exposed and, theoretically, survives forever. How do these people get elected to Congress in the first place? Oh, wait, he is from Florida. Enough said.

Degobah from So Cal

Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children??

Why aren't they vetting people placed in positions that deal with children more carefully? Has his chairmanship placed him in a position to exploit the very children he was assigned to protect?

Typical of the Family Values Party. Just add Foley to list of Tom DeLay, Duke Cunningham,Bob Ney, Abramoff,and the rest of Team Bush who have lied, cheated, spy on Americans, and torture prisoners, (Who Happen to be human beings, not deserving of such treatment).

Idiot...

He is also Co-Chairman of the Missing and Exploited Childrens Caucus LOL

Mark Foley is proof that many Congressional members from both sides of the aisle have lost touch with reality and exhibit different standards that the rest of us have to follow. Congress's attitude is, there are laws for themselves and laws for the rest of us.

This is totally unexpected. I live south of the area that Mark Foley represents. This could end up being an unexpected seat pick-up for the Democrats. Wild, wild story. At first, I was not seeing what the fuss was about...the e-mails just seemed friendly. With this new facet of the story...that they were sexually explicit...I've obviously changed my tune. So bizarre...just totally unexpected.

And, I am sure he was an ardent "family values" man to boot. Another watch what they do, not what they say.

This was indeed a fox in the hen house. Hopefully, criminal charges will follow.