Tony Snow Labels Foley's Sex Messages to Teens 'Simply Naughty E-mails'

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003189765

Appearing on CNN this morning, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow referred to the sexual and graphic emails sent by former Rep. Mark Foley to several teenage pages as "simply naughty e-mails."

Snow stated, "Look, I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill and there have been other scandals as you know that have been more than simply naughty e-mails." He added that a full probe was needed to be "fair to all parties" who are being accused of not taking earlier action against Foley. Snow said to O'Brien, "What you are trying to do is pick fights here."

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O'BRIEN: Does the president and does the administration standby Representative Hastert as far as he has led so far on this issue?

SNOW: Again, we have to find out what's going on. You're trying to create problems. What you are trying to do is pick fights here. We need to figure out what's going on. Find the facts, figure out what the situation is, everybody's rushing for resignations and this and that. Let's just figure out what the deal is and then we can proceed from there.

O'BRIEN: Well just a final point and I'm not -- certainly not rushing for anybody's resignation.

SNOW: Sure you are.

[MadMaddie]

1. If Snow doesn't get it then he needs to resign.....

[whistle]

2. What does Tony Snow have to hide I wonder

[central scrutinizer]

3. just like Abu Ghraib was fraternity pranks

get a sense of humor you fucking liberal weenies

[tanyev]

11. Those Republicans are such fun-loving, mischievous scamps.

Even though they are the "grown-ups".

[Name removed]

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[0007]

35. Tony Snow and his naughty one eyed snake

[leQ]

4. watch the next sex offender in court say it was only naughty emails

i wonder how far a judge would allow that one to pass.

on edit: typo

[judaspriestess]

5. I'm sure Jeff Gannon will launch a full probe into these

"naughty" emails.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

10. Wonder what Tony Snowjob's future career plans are?

He tossed any credibility he had remaining (Fox sucked most up)... Will anyone ever take him seriously as a journalist???


I guess if pond scums like Ollie North can find work ... so will he.

[elehhhhna]

38. Weird. He's sooo bitter and he hasn't even been fired yet!

[Barrett808]

6. And if it were a Democrat who was sending "naughty emails"...

...it would be time to hire a special prosecutor.

[last1standing]

7. The leadership needs to call for his resignation.

Naughty emails are fine....until you send them to a child. snowjob's comments are hurtful to the victims and a sign from this administration that child abuse is not a concern for them.

[truthisfreedom]

8. tony's cocking this situation up even worse for the 'thugs.

"naughty" is not the operative word when dealing with a sexual predator.

[JoFerret]

30. Indeed

He has just given this centipede stronger legs

[daleo]

9. He will eventually have to eat those words

They are only digging their hole even deeper.

[Gregorian]

12. So what changed between the blue dress and now?

Actually, the blue dress was legal.

But this isn't!

edit- Sorry. I should leave Clinton out of this. This situation stands on it's own legs. They're screwed!

[truthisfreedom]

13. tony, you're screwed for playing it down... once the mainstream media gets

ahold of this:

"I would drive a few miles for a hot stud like you," Foley said in one message obtained by ABC News.

The FBI says it has opened a "preliminary investigation" of Foley's e-mails. Federal law enforcement officials say attempts by Foley to meet in person could constitute the necessary evidence for a federal charge of "soliciting for sex" with a minor on the Internet.
...

Maf54: I miss you lots since san diego.
Teen: ya I cant wait til dc
Maf54:
Teen: did you pick a night for dinner
Maf54: not yet…but likely Friday
Teen: ok…ill plan for Friday then
Maf54: that will be fun

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/emails_show_fol.html

[0rganism]

14. see if the GOP spin machine can reduce them to mere spam by Friday

GOP apologist whores: "Heck, who hasn't solicited a little underage gay sex online in this day and age? Everyone knows how to filter their email and messaging by now. The only reason the page received those messages was that he wanted to get them. We're being unfairly attacked by vicious, hateful, Luddite Demoncrats on the eve of an election for nothing more than some playful spamming."

[mcscajun]

15. Interesting choice of a word: "naughty"

It's a word mostly used about children these days...and doesn't carry as much moral weight as its actual definition; once again, perception is everything. This administration loves kiddie language...so much for the adults being in charge.
They're just naughty children. :sarcasm:

I'd like to think Snow's using 1a or 2 here, but I'm pretty sure he's falling back on 1b.

It's just misbehavior, which isn't so bad, really. :sarcasm:

1 a archaic : vicious in moral character : WICKED b : guilty of disobedience or misbehavior
2 : lacking in taste or propriety

[LiberalFighter]

16. Then why did Foley need to resign?

[NOLADEM]

17. Asshole has 3 children...wonder if he would let Foley chat with them?

This is such a loser for the Repubes.

The longer they equivocate, the more damage they are doing.

I love it. Their hubris is their undoing. They have a genetic inability to honestly admit when they are wrong.

[Miss Chybil]

23. I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

If he did, people would think he was just picking a fight.

[calimary]

18. That hot seat doesn't feel so great when you're forced to sit down in it,

does it, tony? Maybe that's why his last name is "Snow." It helps him cool things down when hot seat time comes around.

He's just another "Foley Artist." Here's my take on it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2859867

[Megahurtz]

19. Snow must have some Skeletons in his closet too.

RePervlicans.

[HuffleClaw]

20. geeze, he's not playing the usual, 'we can't comment on a matter...

...under investigation'? idiot.

[rocktivity]

21. Simply naughty e-mails to minors are ILLEGAL thanks to

uh...acutally, never mind...

:crazy:
rocknation

[LynnTheDem]

22. And torture is just "frat party games"

Dontcha just looove that conservative "compassion" and "family values"!

[MGKrebs]

24. It's even worse if Hastert DIDN'T know about the other msgs.

The leadership SHOULD HAVE known about that stuff. The reason they didn't was because apparently they did no investigation whatsoever beyond ASKING THE ALLEGED PERP what he did.

They did not take it seriously, they did not fulfill their responsibility, and it turned into a very unsafe situation for some kids.

[lapfog_1]

25. Does anyone know if foley used government provided

equipment to send those "naughty" emails?

[Eurobabe]

27. Like Chimpy McCokespoon's simply naughty cocaine habit

eom

[gully]

28. "naughty?" Sorry Tony, they're simply CRIMINAL emails.

nt

[JoFerret]

29. It's not pretty

...it sure isn't with the GOP running the hypocrisy crime show.
That's a large nail straight through his coffin and into the ground.

[Hepburn]

31. Dear Tony Snow Job:

Hi, I am a parent, are you? Frankly because you are from Faux Snooze and because you are the mouthpiece for that bastard that wrongfully lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave where the persons truly elected to the Presidency should be, I have not cared enough to check any personal info about you...so, I have no clue if you have children...or not. But even if you don't, you might want to consider the pedophile-supporting trash that is currently coming out of your mouth as you try to give that creep Foley a pass on the sexual exploitation of a minor.

So, sexually explicit emails sent to a minor, in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction where they originated, are just simply something that is a bit "naughty" to you, right? Care to tell all of us, as the rep of Chimpy, where you and the WH think sexual conduct between an adult and a minor crosses the line? What does there have to be to get your attention? Stat rape? Actual rape? What?

You are, in my opinion, one sorry piece of work. But then, that is my general opinion of anyone who would support that lying piece of garbage who lives in the WH. To turn your head and try to beg off about SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EMAILS from a US Congressman to a minor ~~ is just plain disgusting. But...not unexpected from someone of your ilk.

Your position on this truly makes the phrase "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" take on a whole new meaning. I am very aware the Repuke Party has NO morals about screwing the US...but I thought you and those assholes might drew the line at pedophilia. Guess I had a higher opinion of you and the GOP (i.e., Grand Old Perverts) than you truly deserved.

Sincerely,

Someone Thinks You are a Total Ass
for Making Those Comments

[tinfoilinfor2005]

32. Glad to hear it's not just me. When I heard his description

this morning, it was like having a cup of ice water thrown in my face. And even though I am one of those dirty dog liberal democrats, I have a suspicion that many other folks had the same reaction.

Tony, Tony, Tony...that was just plain stupid. heh, heh, heh...

[noamnety]

33. Didn't they have a year (5 years?) to "figure out what's going on"?

What the hell. What did they find out in all that time?

[barb162]

34. typical pug tactics minimizing what that jerk did

[zonkers]

36. Does fucking Tony have kids? Lets Foley send a few naughty emails to them

and see how he likes it. I think Tony should resign just for that fucking remark.

[ThsMchneKilsFascists]

40. according to wikipedia

Snow was married in 1987 and has 3 kids, 2 girls and 1 boy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Snow#Early_life_and_family

According to me, Tony Snow's a smarmy ass-wipe carrying water for neo-fascist sickos.

[kestrel91316]

42. Do the math. All his kids are probably still minors........

Wonder how he'd like all of US sending THEM just some "naughty" e-mails?

[davidinalameda]

37. amazing

simply and utterly amazing

:wtf:

[katamaran]

39. Somehow I see Ari Fleisher and Scott McClellan sitting in a bar right now

Somehow I see Ari Fleisher and Scott McClellan sitting in a bar together right now, raising their beer's and saying "Thank God we don't have to spin THIS shit!"

[Booster]

41. No grown up damn man would say "naughty emails".

[patrick t. cakes]

43. jesus!

Listening to mike reagan. there talking about clinton, and jesse jackson. i was under the impression their 'affairs' were concentual. to reagans credit he calling for foley to be a registered sex offender, prision, bla bla... wheres the comparison? it was illegal, and sick.

[patrick t. cakes]

44. between consenting adults

i should say. and legal.

[samsingh]

45. this comment will finish snowjob's career on the podium

it's truly disgusting and unforgetable.

[AnneD]

46. As we say around here...

that dog won't hunt.

[skooooo]

47. boys will be boys you know...