An article in the coming issue of Vanity Fair discusses rumors that the White House was aware of former Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley's e-mails to underaged boys.
The article, by Gail Sheehy and Judy Bachrach, looks back to 2003 when Mr. Foley was running to unseat Democrat Senator Bob Graham and was facing constant threats of being outed as a gay man. Sheehy and Bachrach ask why, just as Graham's plans to retire became clear and the seat became open, Foley's campaign suddenly withdrew from the race and gave way to Mel Martinez. Martinez was eventually elected as a Republican senator and is now the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
One Florida Republican speculates that Karl Rove didn't believe a gay man could be elected to the Senate from Florida. Another source, Eric Johnson, who is Democratic Rep. Robert Wexler's openly gay chief of staff, suggests that the White House knew something about the e-mails Foley had written to the former congressional pages and a cut a deal to keep Foley in the House if he avoided the Senate run.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/VF_Did_White_House_know_about_1205.html
My nickel is riding that White House knew about Foley...
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