Is former Rep. Mark Foley out of the closet yet? No? And he wants to be mayor of West Palm Beach? Well, it’s no Ft. Lauderdale, but it’s still pretty gay.
Obviously over that mid-aughts scandal where he was text messaging naughty things to male pages, Foley says he isn’t ruling out a March run for the city’s mayoral post; he owns a condo there. And thanks to his former federal post, he’s got more than a million bucks in the bank to fund a campaign.
Of course, not everyone’s thrilled:
“He could be a formidable candidate, especially if he has access to that money,” Mayor Lois Frankel said. “However, I don’t think West Palm Beach would want to go in that direction. I think we’re on a roll right now, we have this incredible buzz, and with all due respect to Mark, I think it invites some publicity to the city that maybe people don’t want.”
But ya know who must be thrilled? The local papers. Nothing is going to sell copies of the Palm Beach Post — and nothing will move local condo association newsletters — than this micro-celebrity trying to take over.
How about we take this to the next level?
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terrwill
I don’t think he yet gets it that the term “turn the page” is not supposed to be taken literaly…………… : p
Erasmus van Rotterdam
He´s hot..
Kieran
A red-blooded male politician sending suggestive emails to a young female page is one thing. But sending suggestive emails to a young male page is utterly disgusting and unforgiveable. There is absolutely no place for Mark Foley in American politics—he’s a homo and everybody knows it. He’s toast.
ossurworld
Foley for Mayor! If it upsets straights, great!
Mark
Foley DID come out, via a spokesman, right after the scandal. Of course, the spokesman tied teh gay directly to Foley being molested by a priest between ages 13-15.
D.R.A.
I misread “Mark Foley” as “MIKE Foley,” and, for a moment, got very excited. I would vote for him in a heartbeat!
schlukitz
No. 3 · Kieran
Your bigoted, hateful, anti-gay comment will, no doubt, be allowed to remain on this blog so that everyone’s right to freedom of speech will have been observed and protected…
while my objection to your uncalled for homophobic remark will also, no doubt, be moderated for…oh, I don’t know..just for being a jerk?
Mike in Asheville, nee "in Brooklyn"
@No. 3 Kieran
Go fuck yourself homophobe bigot and troll on your favorite “its okay to be a pedo so long as you keep it straight” site. You are one sick fuck that you think its okay, at any level, for an adult to make sexually suggestive conversations with children. Foley is unacceptable because he seduces children! You are unacceptable because you think there is a difference between making sexual advances with girls and boys.
@No. 2 Erasmus
Pedos ARE NEVER HOT; they are sick twisted fucks.
Kieran
@Mike, Nee “in Brooklyn”: You’re as Dumb as a Stump.