Well, hell, where was "To Catch a Predator?"
Because Mark Foley's little email consititutes a third degree felony in the State of Florida.
Just "talk", right? Mere words on a page.
Read these words.
Solicitation of a minor to commit Lewd and Lascivious.
Let this Floridian tell you what kind of man Mark Foley is.
Mark Foley was one of 12 Republican Congressmen who stood up under suspension of the rules and voted in the Adam Walsh Act, which "W" signed into law on the anniversary of the boy's death.
The AWA carries the harshest federal sentencing guidelines for persons convicted of sex related crimes, including Foley's little email, which can certainly be interpreted any way law enforcement chooses.
With the signing into law of the AWA, Prom Night now carries a 10 year mandatory minimum should an 18 year old high school senior cross a state line with his 17 year old girlfriend. Or vice versa, ladies.
That's how extreme (or anal) this country has become.
Whoops! I'm not certain I can type "anal" online anymore.
Our elected officials have every American parent bamboozled into thinking a sexual predator lurks on every neighborhood corner.
Many registered sex offenders have never had physical contact with anyone, much less a minor....period.
Many high-end professionals have crashed and burned careers because of mere words on a page.
Thanks to legislators like Foley.
Many, many people are now registered as sex offenders due to such "friendly" online chat or emails just like Foley wrote. No travel, just talk.
And speaking of anal....
Foley represents St. Lucie County, Florida, that sports a Sheriff department that earns a handsome trade through the old undercover Internet sting operation, chatting up and locking up those who thought "talk" was a protected constitutional right.
The 16 year old page might have called MSNBC'S Chris Hansen for tips on how to lure Foley into a meeting. Imagine that explanation?
Imagine how ironic.
Such a freakin' hypocrite. I just want to gag when a post like this slips by the media when if the same happened to John or Jane Doe, we would be stripping away their constitutional rights faster than you can say, "Pee Wee Herman."
What's that saying? Something about "those with most to hide shout the loudest?"
That's why we love to see guys like Foley fall from their self-inflated lofty heights.
Foley is up for reelection and my hopes are, this helps sink his battleship.
Parting words?
Vote Foley's ass out of his Congressional seat.
And follow the federal money trail associated with the establishment of the nation's offender registries.
It's the biggest witchhunt since McCarthy trashed those with "Communist sympathies."
Even more sick....Foley's congressional home page is all about child sex offenders.congressional home page
Read more here:http://thinkprogress.org/...
And here.....
http://www.rawstory.com/...