He’ll be going to prison for breaking the laws he wrote. A hero of the Christian Right, Foley was a sexual predator and used the internet to further his schemes, a violation of his own anti-predator laws. And when he was first confronted with it just yesterday, his fellow Republicans called the story a “smear” and issued blanket denials, saying that his Congressional race opponent was responsible:
Jason Kello, a spokesman for Foley’s campaign, portrayed the controversy as a political attack.
“There have not been any allegations made by ANYONE except by Tim Mahoney and the Democrats who are attempting to misrepresent a series of innocent communications to prop up a failing political campaign,” Kello said in a statement. “This is nothing more than a political attack and an attempt at the worst kind of character assassination.”
If you’ve got the stomach for it, check out this pdf of his innocent communications. ABC has a second one too. Warning, Christian Right Republican at work, this stuff is utterly disgusting. I suggest e-mailing it to every GOP supporter you know.
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