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From: bobandcarole
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:41

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bobandcarole wrote:
> I think "giving" the shaft is more appropriate..............
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> Thursday, October 12, 2006; 4:52 PM
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> MIAMI (Reuters) - Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley complained to
> Florida Gov. Jeb Bush two years ago that the White House snubbed him
> during presidential visits to the state, according to e-mails obtained
> by the Palm Beach Post.
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> "Have I done something to offend the White House? ... I am always
> getting the shaft," Foley wrote to Gov. Bush on September 29, 2004.
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> The Republican former congressman said in that message he had not been
> allowed to accompany the president on post-hurricane visits to Foley's
> district in Florida, although other local lawmakers had been invited.
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> "I can't quite figure what I have done, but this is a continuing
> pattern of slights. ... I have constantly put the president in the best
> possible light," Foley wrote to the governor.
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> The governor responded, "I will try to help. I know it is nothing you
> have done."
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> Foley, who is gay, resigned from Congress on September 29 amid
> revelations that he sent sexually explicit messages to young male
> congressional aides, a scandal that threatens Republicans' control of
> Congress.
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> The newspaper said Gov. Bush and Foley exchanged about 100 electronic
> messages since 1999, and that it obtained copies from the governor's
> office in a public records request.
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> It said the messages showed a friendly relationship with the governor
> and mostly concerned hurricanes, legislation and appointments.
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> After Foley's resignation, Gov. Bush described Foley's messages to the
> congressional aides as "disgusting" and said he was angered by Foley's
> breach of public trust.

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Subject: Re: "Have I done something to offend the White House? ... I am always getting the shaft," Foley wrote to Gov. Bush on September 29, 2004.
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