Congressman Foley - And Then The GOP Took a Direct Hit from the Portable Schaudenfreudenator

Rep. Mark Foley (R), is a dirty, dirty old man: the Republican congressman was forced to resign over emails to a trove of underage male pages.

ABC News reported Friday that Foley also engaged in a series of sexually explicit instant messages with current and former teenage male pages. In one message, ABC said, Foley wrote to one page: "Do I make you a little horny?"

Foley, as chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, had introduced legislation in July to protect children from exploitation by adults over the Internet.

"he's such a nice guy," Foley wrote about the other boy. "acts much older than his age...and hes in really great shape...i am just finished riding my bike on a 25 mile journey now heading to the gym...whats school like for you this year?"

And here, Isengard.Gov is proud to present the inaugural three Mark Foley scandal jokes.

1. Congressman Mark Foley had to resign from the House today for sending inappropriate emails to his underage male interns. Suspicions were aroused when the emails listed the website for the Florida Republican Party as www.shaved-senator.com.

2. What do you call a Republican Congressman with underage male interns?

"Troop Leader."

3. Mark Foley had actually sponsored a bill to stop adults stalking teenagers over the internet. Interesting side-note: it was titled "The Keep Mark Foley off the Internet Act."