“Overly friendly chit-chat” is how Congressman Tom Reynolds (R-NY) referred to a 52 year old man emailing a 16 year old boy about how his 16 year old friend has a really hot body. This is how Cong. Reynolds described those horrendous emails JUST LAST NIGHT.
Reynolds, R-Clarence, held a news conference Monday evening, saying that there are two sets of e-mail and instant message correspondence, and he was aware of “overly friendly chit-chat” between former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., and a 16-year-old former page but didn’t know about the more explicit conversations.Only the second set was disgusting? Perhaps Mr. Reynolds should read those emails to any of the 30 or so children he used as props at yesterday's press conference, and then see if their parents find the content simply "overly friendly." Reynolds apparently didn't get the memo that the GOP talking points that treat the emails as "simply naughty," in wide use 24 hours ago, are no longer being spun by the GOP. Trying to downplay the suffering of a young child at the hands of a sex predator apparently isn't a very effective political strategy.
Reynolds called the second set “despicable” and “disgusting,” and said he called for Foley’s immediate resignation once he read them on Friday.
