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Friday, September 11, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Stupid Thing of the Week
Posted By John Grooms on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM
God knows enough stupid things have happened lately (Joe Wilson, Judge Belk or Sarah Palin anyone?) to warrant a Stupid Thing of the Day feature, but for sheer cluelessness, it would be hard to top the decision to give former Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley his own radio show. It gets better. WSVU in Palm Beach not only gave him a show, they’re calling it — are you ready? — “Inside the Mind of Mark Foley.”
Um, excuse me, oh wise directors of WSVU, but what happened inside your mind to make you think this was a good idea? Foley, readers may remember, resigned from Congress in 2006 after he was caught sending lewd instant messages and e-mails to underage male Congressional pages. So, in a way, we’ve already seen what’s “inside the mind of Mark Foley,” namely things like asking a 16-year-old boy if he’s horny and if he “spank[ed] it this weekend.” Or sharing details of his own masturbation techniques, and then telling the page that because of their conversation, “I have a totally stiff wood now.”
WSVU operations manager Joe Raineri isn't worried about Foley's scandals, though, telling the press, “. . .the past is the past, and we’re certainly looking to the future.”
Who knows? The future for Foley’s show may be sunny. There’s no doubt he could break new ground in political radio. Imagine the possibilities for listener call-ins:
“Mark, what do you think will happen with health care reform?”
“Hi, listener, thanks for the question . . . um, are you wearing underwear?”
And so on and so forth.
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