Yep, that vaunted Christian moral superiority
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/gop-rep-john-shimkus-r-il-let-foley.html
GOP Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) let Foley spend "a lot of time" with
pages, including private dinner with one, after GOP knew Foley was a
problem
by John in DC - 10/01/2006 08:41:00 PM
Shimkus is toast. There's even video of Shimkus letting Foley talk to
the pages AFTER the GOP knew Foley had page-issues.
You'll recall that he is the Republican member of Congress who runs
the Page Board, the group in charge of the pages. You'll also recall
that tonight we learned on ABC News that GOP House staff warned the
page class of 2001-2002 to stay away from ex-Rep. Mark Foley.
Then why is it that on June 6, 2002, well after the kids were warned
to stay away from Foley, Shimkus notes approvingly that Foley has
spent a lot of time with the Page Class of 2001-2002? This is Shimkus
speaking at the page's goodbye ceremony,
MR. SHIMKUS: I thank my colleague. Now someone who spends a lot of
time with you also, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley), would like
to say a thank you.
(Note: We've confirmed in the Congressional Record that this is the
exact transcript of the proceedings that day.)
The GOP staff knew Foley was a problem the year before, they warned
the pages in 2001. Yet Shimkus, the next year is acknowledging that
Foley was still permitted to spend "a lot of time" with the pages. In
the name of God, why?
Oh, but it gets worse.
Foley then gets up in front of Shimkus and tells a special little
story of how he took one male page to a private dinner in downtown
Washington, DC. Put the page in his BMW and "cruised" - Foley's word -
to dinner.
And now for the kicker.
Foley told the kid he had to get permission from his mom and he had to
notify the Clerk of the House, Jeff Trandahl, the Republican staffer
who works for Republican Speaker of the House Denny Hastert (R-IL).
You'll also recall that Trandahl is the Clerk who joined Shimkus in
2005 to talk to Foley about the creepy email exchange with the first
child who got this scandal started.
Why did Shimkus let Foley spend so much time with the pages after GOP
staff already knew Foley had a "page problem"? Did the Clerk of the
House approve of this dinner? Did Shimkus? Clearly Foley had no fear
in the kid going to Clerk and asking for permission - so Foley seemed
to think the Clerk wouldn't mind. And clearly Foley had no fear in
telling the story in front of Shimkus, so he obviously didn't think
Shimkus would mind either.
Shimkus then introduces Foley. Read what Foley has to say to the pages
of the 2001-2002 class in his speech wishing them goodbye.
FOLEY: John [one of the pages] was the highest bidder on lunch
with Mark Foley. Maybe you all do not know this story, but John had
paid considerable sums to dine with me. I had offered to take the
winning bidder to lunch in the Members' dining room. Then I heard how
much John Eunice paid. And I said, ``John, there is no way in the
world after you committed so much money to have lunch with me that I
would dare take you downstairs to eat in the Members' dining room.'' I
said, ``Where do you want to go?'' He says, without reservation,
``Morton's.'' I said, ``Morton's? Like in Morton's Steakhouse?'' He
said, ``Oh, would that be too much?'' I said, ``Oh, no, we'll go.'' I
said, ``Call your mother, get permission, make sure she notifies the
Clerk and we will go to Morton's.'' And so we proceeded to cruise down
in my BMW to Morton's.
Putting aside the creepy notion of children bidding on dinner with an
already-suspected child sex predator, what in God's name were Shimkus
and the Clerk doing approving of Foley taking a kid in his BMW to a
private dinner in downtown Washington? The GOP staff already knew that
Foley was trouble. They had already warned the kids. Yet Shimkus let
Foley spend lots of time with the kids, by Shimkus' own admission. And
then they let Foley cruise the kid to dinner in his beamer.
Shimkus is toast.
Oh, and if anyone would like to see video of Shimkus praising a
suspected child predator for spending lots of time with underage 16
year old pages, you can order the video from this specific date from
C-Span for $270. As C-Span notes, the video includes appearances by
Mr. Foley and Mr. Shimkus.
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