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<div>I posted some of this content earlier... Here is a shorter version:</div>
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<div>The evidence is rather convincing the Foley cover up of his sexual advances to pages goes back to at least 2003, and this evidence comes from within the Republican party.</div>
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<div>Consider that these events might have been a bombshell for the Democrats to lob at Republicans during the 2004 Bush v. Kerry election. And many are claiming Democrats knew about this and kept silent? Democrats may be fools, but really...
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<div>Kirk Fordham, Foley's former Chief of Staff, tried to moderate Foley's behavior regarding sexual approaches to minor pages as early as 2003, according to his public statements, and when this failed, he approached Scott Palmer, Hasterts Chief of Staff, to intervene. Fordham has already been interviewed by the FBI, and is going to testify.
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<div>Though Fordham is under attack, with some questioning the authenticity of his story, or trying to blame him for blocking the release of the information about Foley's misconduct, others are coming forward to verify his claims. Fordham would have to be some sort of "double agent" working for the Democratic party, to explain his conduct as connected to Democratic propaganda to damage the Republicans before the 2006 mid-terms, as some claim.
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<div>Quote below from this news story:</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601888.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601888.html
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<div>The staff member's account buttresses the position of Foley's onetime chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, who said earlier this week that he had appealed to Palmer in 2003 or earlier to intervene, after Fordham's own efforts to stop Foley's behavior had failed. Fordham said Foley and Palmer, one of the most powerful figures in the House of Representatives, met within days to discuss the allegations.
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<div>And consider this report further bolstering Fordham's claims, and actions by high ranking Republicans to investigate claims of Foley being drunk, intercepted by capitol police trying to enter the page dorm:</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15131243/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15131243/</a></div>
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<div>WASHINGTON - A senior congressional aide resigned Wednesday and said he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office about former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually charged correspondence with teenage pages more than three years ago, long before officials have acknowledged becoming aware of the issue.
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<div>Late Wednesday, the No. 2 House Republican, Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, asked the House clerk to investigate allegations that Foley, R-Fla., who resigned last week, was intercepted by Capitol Police trying to enter the House pages' dormitory while drunk late one night.
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