I tried to avoid making fun of Mark Foley too much on here, since I figured TV personalities like Jon Stewart, David Letterman and Jay Leno would beat it into the ground and make it unfunny. That’s not to mention the millions of other bloggers out there who I’m sure have written all kinds of funny entries about it.
I dedicated a paragraph or two on here last week to it, but it seems like this story just will not die. Every time I try to ignore it, the thing comes back with a vengeance, putting some new sordid detail out there for the world to see. It’s almost like God is sitting somewhere up on high, saying “Let’s see how wild I can make this story before Leon gives in and writes an entry on it.”
Hopefully, God has better things to do than to worry about my blog entry choices. Then again, if that is what he’s focusing his attention on, it would explain why so much chaos is going on in the world today. Lord and Savior, if you’re reading this, can you focus some attention on North Korea and their nuclear tests, instead of Leon in Silver Spring and his smart-alec blog? Thank you sir. Hallelujah. Amen.
Back to the topic…Just in case some of you have been trapped under a rock, locked up in omes crazy person’s basement, or just flat out determined to ignore all things news-related, I’m going to give you a quick timeline of the Mark Foley saga. Well, a timeline without dates, because I am too lazy to look them up. Start paying me for blogging = you get dates. Free blogging = shut the Hell up and read what I give you.
The Mark Foley Story
- Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican from Florida and head of a task force on internet predators, resigns from office after sexually explicit instant messages with congressional pages surfaced.
- A few days later, published transcripts of the IMs Foley had with the teenager who reported him went to press. This fool was callin this kid a “young stud” and talking about all kinds of nasty, man on man skeet-related things. Nowhere near appropriate or justtifiable.
- Foley enters rehab, blaming his problems on alcohol abuse. Apparently, extreme cases of alcoholism make otherwise normal people get gay with kids, according to Foley’s excuse.
- Foley next admits that he’s gay. No suprise here, considering he was talking dirty to someone with a penis.
- A now-adult former congressional page comes forward and says that once he was of age, Mark Foley gave him some House of Representatives ding a ling in an adult, totally consensual fashion. Then again, he too was initially approached while in the page program. Thus making it appear as if Foley was treating the page program as a farmer, cultivating his personal field of butt crops. Making sure the plants grow ripe, then picking the good ones…and humping them.
- Foley then goes for the trifecta and says that he was abused as a youth by a priest. It was almost too predictable.
- People call for the Speaker of the House’s head for ignoring the warnings about Foley.
- This brings us to today. Foley actually named the name of the priest that molested him. In a turn of events that is almost too funny to be the truth, the priest, Father Anthony Mercieca admitted to fondling Foley when he was about 12 years old or so, but said it was not abuse because, as he says, “He seemed to like it, you know? So it was sort of more like a spontaneous thing,”
Never mind the fact that he’s a priest. Never mind the fact that priests aren’t supposed to be juggling balls. Nevermind that Foley was only 12 years old. This guy really came out his mouth and said there was nothing wrong with what he did. Seriously, I’m just going to go to CNN.com and sample some choice parts from the article, because this guy is unbelievable.
“Let’s say it was 40 years ago, almost 40 years ago, so why bring this up at this late stage?” Mercieca asked. “Anyway, he will overcome it, with a psychiatrist you know. Mark is a very intelligent man.”
IT’S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT SH*T! THE MAN IS RUINED! HE LOST HIS JOB, HIS REPUTATION IS SCREWED UP…DR. PHIL CAN’T DO A DAMNED THING FOR HIM NOW!
Mercieca recalled for the newspaper massaging Foley while the teen was naked, skinny-dipping with Foley at a secluded lake in Lake Worth and being naked in the same room with him on overnight trips, according to the Herald-Tribune.
This is getting more and more Neverland Ranch-like by the minute.
“I would say that if I offended him, I am sorry, but to remember the good time we had together, you know?” he said. “And how really we enjoyed each other’s company. And to let bygones be bygones. Don’t keep dwelling on this thing, you know?”
He may as well have said “I took your innocence.Well WHOOP-DEE-DAMNED-DOO! Get over it! Don’t act like you didn’t like it, cause I know you did!”
There. I got my Mark Foley entry out of the way. Only problem is, I feel dirty now. Good thing I’m about to go see “The Nightmare Before Christmas” in 3-D thanks to some free tickets a friend of mine won. Hopefully, I can clear my mind of this ridiculous mess of a news story, if only for a couple of hours before I hear about it again on the 11 o’clock news with my boy Leon Harris. What up Leon!
The original Foley article where the quotes came from
the whole thing is a damn shame.
DAMN SHAME!!!! i say.
i read the article this morning and was the whole time i had the “O” face.
not the orgasm face( cause i’m in a drought)
but the “oh my damn, no this nigga didn’t” face.
the priest should be ashamed of himself. that’s it.
Is it just me or does it seem that all preists are gay. You never here about little girls JUST BOYS. Yuck my kid is going to be attatched at my hip when i go to church. That is just WRONG. I personally think catholoics are crazy. These people are so damn plolitical and powerful, look who they chose to be preists…freakin crazies. I mean, I’m sure some catholics are sane, i’m just sayin. And foley, you’re retarded ass deserve to get caught,like no one with your perticular power is being watched you big dummy!!!
Holy Shit. No pun intended. This whole thing is insane. I used to live in Florida, and damn near everyday, you hear stories about sexual predators preying on or kidnapping kids. And the priest has a helluva nerve to say some shit like he did. I’m in disbelief.
That priest needs to go to jail. I wonder how many hundreds of children he has abused over the past 50 years. Did you catch how he tried to say Foley was freaky and he asked for it?
Some in FL are gleeful to see Foley take such an embarassing fall from grace. Too bad it had to be at the expense of a few kids. His behavior is inexcusable. Next we’re going to hear he is bi-polar, his mother never loved him, he was abducted by aliens, and that RJ Reynolds second-hand smoke and McDonald’s trans fat made him do it. He needs to take responsibility.
Oh my damn! I’d actually not heard the priests statements yet because I’ve been hiding from my TV, it’s too rainy to get a newspaper, and until now a migraine kept me from staring at my computer. I’m all “let me check my email and then see what Leon is talking about” and HOTDAMN…freaky priests enter my day. I can’t believe he came out his face with the whole “the 12 year old boy wanted me to touch him” comment. INCREDIBLE! I mean, what else can you say after a statement like that. I just know he had a George W. smile on his face while he was recanting his tales with Foley. It’ll take some serious trickery for the Republicans to take these midterms.
I cant believe that the Priest was so nonchalant. Sadly, thats not what bothers me. What bothers me is that our brother in robes acts like he and Foley were boyfriends whose relationship went wrong, not a priest molesting a boy. He’s all lets focus on the good times we had bro’, its not me its you. Thats foul. As soon as he finished this interview there should have been four big Debo lookin mufuckas there to ass rape him over and over and over again. Dont get me wrong though, Foley is a dirty, boy raping bastard and he thereby deserves everything he has coming to him. The priest is just a dirtier, older boy raping bastard. He just started it.
That priest is going to hell with gasoline draws on with a scholarship and a stipend. He was the adult in the situation, and whether or not Foley “liked it”, the priest was supposed to be the adult in the situation,and should have had a clear head instead of worrying about getting some head.
Why isn’t anyone talking about prosecuting Foley for endangering the welfare of a minor?
i dig how people actually give comments that address your topics directly, but you good sir are entirely too funny for me to concentrate! that prayer…genius, (“thank you sir…amen”) love it.
Wesley Snipes is the breed of black man that is so white (despite his tar like features)that he doesn’t even date white women. According to Wesley, his preference is Asian women, preferably Japanese. With his putrid breath, he would need a woman with bound feet who would be unable to run from the toxic fumes emanating from his oral cavity. Interesting note, years ago, in an issue of essence, he vehemently asserted that he would not be comfortable doing love scenes with women who were not of color. However, this was pre-Blade etc. Women of color are more popular when brothers are broke and struggling. My advice to my sistahs, broaden your horizons beyond the negro crayola box. Men are men and it’s time black women explore all that life has to offer. I still love black men but, another million man march ain’t gonna change the fact we keep getting dissed. Important disclosure: I do happen to be a lesbian so, you can take my advice any way you want. Even though I may not enjoy penis that does not mean I can’t comment on penis-related issues.
I know my comment does not relate to the Foley drama but, I could not resist commenting on Wesley. Is it true he is doing a remake of The Fugitive.
Brother Leon….. I am dying laffin at your post. Keep up the komedy!
@ Dee-lish, I agree
@ Peach, I think they mave to re-think that celibacy thing.
@ Leon, you’re right…For some reason, I do hear about crazy stuff like that a lot in Florida.
@ Hypmommy, I’m laughing at him blaming McDonalds trans fat. hilarious!
@ B’write, I want to agree with you, but I didn’t think Bush was getting re-elected, and you see what happened in 2004. I’ll believe this stuff about the demise of the Republicans once it actually happens
@ Tiara, you’re right. He is acting like it was some kind of boyfriend-girlfriend relationship
Once again @ Leon, I agree
@ Honest, the laws are sketchy on that kind of thing. Unless he actually made plans to meet up with underage boys for sex or actually engaged in sexual acts with minors, he technically didn’t break the law. Since all he did was talk about sex and other weird shit, they can’t really arrest him. Just fire and embarass him…lol
Thank you @ T.R.B.
@ Anonymous, as far as your advice to black women, I guess that’s up to the individual woman. I do appreciate you leaving your opinion on the Wesley Snipes letter.
@ Enigma, Thanks. I stopped by your blog, man. Welcome back to the area.
Oh yeah, Time Magazine’s website linked to this blog entry after their Mark Foley article. Suprised the hell out of me! lol
Both Foley and the priest need to go jail. The priest is a vile human being and disgrace to the clergy. He acting as if touching isn’t a violation! Foley no better, I was abused and is now a abuser. Bad people think that being catholic=crazed sexual repressed deviant freak. Damn. I guess I should be lucky that I was born a girl and the priest in our parish couldnt’ stand kids. Not to mention the parents didn’t play that shit.
Oh and one more thing:
Is this priest real or a figment of republican trickery?
Where’s his picture?
There’s only a soundbite of some old man and they shown a map of some island in Italy?
So now instead forcuing on Foley’s and House’s wrong doing it’s gonna be a media hunt for the pervy priest who touched Foley. SMH.
I was thinking the same thing about the old priest. Dude is just out of hand. BTW, I just “discovered” (like Christopher Columbus) your blog. Very witty and funny. I will definitely be back.
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Time For The Obligatory Mark Foley Jokes, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.