The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

Alex · 10-03-2006, 08:42 AM

According to this timeline, from a right-leaning source, the story was first given to the press in November 2005 but the St. Petersburg Times did nothing with it (presumably because they felt those early emails weren't sufficient or perhaps they were protecting a local politician). It also has the emails being provided to the FBI (though it isn't clear on which ones) in June of this year.

So it sounds like there were attempts and opportunities for this to hit the press much earlier than now.

Alex · 10-03-2006, 08:46 AM

The source on the pages having been warned about Foley is Matthew Loraditch, current president of the page alumni association. He says he was warned that Foley was gay and not to get too involved with him.

Loraditch has also, on some blog of his said that the Associated Press overstated his quote into a bigger warning than it was.

I wonder what we would think if presented with a warning from a Republican staffer to avoid someone because they were gay.

10-03-2006, 08:42 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	According to this timeline, from a right-leaning source, the story was first given to the press in November 2005 but the St. Petersburg Times did nothing with it (presumably because they felt those early emails weren't sufficient or perhaps they were protecting a local politician). It also has the emails being provided to the FBI (though it isn't clear on which ones) in June of this year. So it sounds like there were attempts and opportunities for this to hit the press much earlier than now.
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10-03-2006, 08:46 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The source on the pages having been warned about Foley is Matthew Loraditch, current president of the page alumni association. He says he was warned that Foley was gay and not to get too involved with him. Loraditch has also, on some blog of his said that the Associated Press overstated his quote into a bigger warning than it was. I wonder what we would think if presented with a warning from a Republican staffer to avoid someone because they were gay.
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