Mark Foley

The psychology of Weinergate and what it says about us

2011-06-09 16:36:26

<![CDATA[The psychology of Weinergate and what it says about us]]>

Former Rep. Mark Foley to debut as talk radio host tonight

2009-09-22 16:34:21

<![CDATA[Former Rep. Mark Foley to debut as talk radio host tonight]]>

Should David Letterman be fired for having affairs with members of his staff?

2009-10-03 04:32:32

<![CDATA[Should David Letterman be fired for having affairs with members of his staff?]]>

Drawn to Obama

2006-12-17 00:00:00

The Baker-Hamilton report on Iraq, Holocaust deniers and the House Ethics Committee report on why former Rep. Mark Foley's escaped discipline were mere sideshows on the main political stage last week compared with Barack Obama. And while the junior...

Hastert Must Go

2006-10-06 00:00:00

DENNIS HASTERT SHOULD RESIGN as speaker of the House of Representatives. Not necessarily because he failed to act quickly when shown evidence suggesting that Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) was abusing his power with teenagers — not all the details are...

Foley's Red Lights

2006-10-03 00:00:00

THE SCANDAL SURROUNDING disgraced Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is following the familiar Washington pattern, with one side (Democrats, in this case) alleging a coverup and the other (Republicans) railing about a setup. Even the affair itself has a familiar...

Media Should Have 'Outed' Foley

2006-10-13 00:00:00

THE FINGER-POINTING in the Mark Foley scandal has curiously not focused on one particularly powerful player complicit in allowing the Florida Republican to continue his detrimental behavior for years: the American media. By not reporting on Foley's...

Patt Morrison: The Funniest Movie You Can't See

2006-10-05 00:00:00

SO WHICH will be harder to spot this season — Mark Foley campaign signs or movie ads for "Idiocracy"? If Foley had been as stealthy about messaging teenage pages as 20th Century Fox has been in releasing this dystopian social satire, Foley might...

Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq

2006-10-29 00:00:00

AN EMBATTLED president, a Congress distracted by a sex scandal, looming midterm elections — and yet overwhelming agreement, with scant debate or publicity, on fateful legislation that set the nation on a path to war. It happened eight autumns ago,...

Sex, lies and editorials

2008-03-12 00:00:00

Everybody loves a good political sex scandal � the ritual apologies, the jokes, the schadenfreude, the self-righteousness (from everyone else, of course). But The Times editorial boards of old tended to stay out of the graphic, cheeky media hype, refusing...

The cult of 'for the children'

2007-10-04 00:00:00

In their dispute over an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, President Bush and Congress agree with Whitney Houston. They believe, that is, that children are our future. The quibbling isn't over the notion that kids...

Get government out of the bathroom

2007-08-29 00:00:00

As we all look forward to more sputtering news conference antics from Sen. Larry Craig, here's hoping that the Idaho politician will eventually draw on traditional Republican principles and stand up for his right to engage in consensual sex in toilet...

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement opened a criminal investigation into sexually explicit computer messages that former Rep. Mark Foley sent to male Congressional pages. The Republican congressman, from Palm Beach, would later resign from Congress.

2013-04-09 19:46:00

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned in 2006 after sending lewd messages to several congressional pages. Maddow's ranking: "Quite creepy given they are underage."

2011-06-07 17:47:00

Former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) resigned in 2010 after groping and tickling a staffer "until he couldn't breath." Maddow's verdict: "Slightly less creepy than Mark Foley."

2011-06-07 17:47:44