Ex-Congressman Foley Gets Radio Show

By: Stephanie Condon
Topics: Republicans

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Do you want to know what's inside the mind of former Republican Rep. Mark Foley? That is the premise of a new radio show that will be hosted by the former Florida congressman, who resigned in 2006 after it was revealed he was sending sexually suggestive Internet messages to male, teenage congressional pages.

Foley recently taped his first episode of his new show, "Inside the Mind of Mark Foley," which will air on Sept. 22 on the North Palm Beach, Fla. radio station WSVU, the Associated Press reports. In the first episode, Foley is interviewed by the WSVU station manager and discusses topics like the Securities and Exchange Commission and its role in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Eventually, the show will reportedly go live, take calls from listeners and feature guests.

The former congressman approached the station with the idea for the show, the AP reports, and will work for free and bring advertisers on board. Up until now, Foley has been working in real estate investment.

Though Foley resigned without facing any criminal charges for his lewd messages, WSVU producers still had to consider whether listeners would want to hear from him. WSVU describes itself as "an Adult Standards music station catering to an older audience that is concerned with the current healthcare issue."

"We weighed the informative aspect of it against everything else and determined that what he has to say is much more important," Joe Raineri, the show's producer, told the AP.

Stephanie Condon
Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews.com.
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by Jerry_Flo May 8, 2010 8:24 PM EDT: everybody want make a show..)
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by mefodei April 21, 2010 8:49 AM EDT: Do not judge so soon! "... There is always something hidden from us

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by BigNonna2 September 9, 2009 7:23 PM EDT: The Republicans should call themselves the "Hypocrites" party. Glad I moved out of Florida!; Reply to this comment


by gcstone September 9, 2009 7:12 PM EDT: Here we go again. Talk radio seems centered on the ugly side of American life. The most disappointing feature of talk radio is centered in the kinds of people who are "hosts." So many of them are the Rush Limbaugh's and now the Mark Foley's who appeal to the lowest intellectual level in American life. Think about it. Limbaugh is a recovering alcoholic and a recovering drug addict whose three wives left him. He flunked out of Southeast Missouri State University where he couldn't even pass dance class, according to his mother. (Call his name up on Wikipedia. By the way, call up Glenn Beck's name too. Beck is another recovering alcoholic and recovering drug addict who dropped out of Yale University. It's all there.) And, now we hear that Foley, a man who has had problems with young boys, will join talk radio. These people are giving Americans advice on family values and on the people we should elect to office.

These con artists are making millions of dollars selling their books and making speeches to an audience that isn't too bright. While it?s so disappointing to know what they are and what they?re doing, they still have a right to free speech and they still have a right to legally make millions and millions off an uneducated audience.

Equally important, though, we have to ask why sponsors would support such degenerates for any other reason than to have their products reach a wide audience. Sponsors? actions speak volumes about the lack of business ethics among those businesses that support Limbaugh, Beck, Foley, etc.; Reply to this comment


by didserve September 9, 2009 5:48 PM EDT: This pedophile should be in jail!; Reply to this comment


by bantamei September 9, 2009 5:35 PM EDT: Just another right wing liar.; Reply to this comment


by thebob-bob September 9, 2009 5:29 PM EDT: Let me get this straight (no pun intended). A closeted homosexual from the anti-homosexual political party, who resigned because he was caught having phone sex with and preying on underage employees at his work place, is now being given a great recruiting tool so that he can contact and influence thousands of young men in Florida!

I hope he finds true love. Then he and his boyfriend can embrace family values, move to Massachusetts and get married.; Reply to this comment


by cs4466 September 9, 2009 4:38 PM EDT: Foley, Limbaugh, Coulter, they're all exactly the same. Let them talk. It can only do the Democrats good.; Reply to this comment


by nirak2-2009 September 9, 2009 4:17 PM EDT: This article is about Foley jackp32.
Why smear others?
The list is long if you want to pick on Republicans.; Reply to this comment


by jackp32 September 9, 2009 3:58 PM EDT: Foley likes young boys and had to resign from Congress. Barney Frank and his roommate ran a male prostitution service from his apartment and he got promoted to Queen of the House Banking Committee. Aren't our politicians wonderful?; Reply to this comment