Congressman Jim Kolbe

It's no surprise that retired Representative Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) was not asked to address the Republican convention . But, if John McCain is successful in reforming the Republican Party , he might very well get his chance in 2012. You see, McCain likes Jim Kolbe —the only openly gay Republican congressman in the history of the Republic , and McCain was the first public official he came out to, when he learned he was about to be outed by the media. Kolbe recently spoke about the incident : "'Jim, it doesn't make any difference' -- " McCain said , 'You're a great legislator today ... Read Full Story

Jim Kolbe's office received a formal complaint about Mark Foley's IM messages with congressional pages back in 2000. 6 years ago. Foley got a slap on the wrist and some sort of corrective action was taken. It sounds like Jim Kolbe didn't follow up much over the last 6 years. An obviously the corrective action back then wasn't enough to stop Mark Foley from sexually harassing young pages this year. If formal complaints were made in 2000, leaders in Congress and especially in the Republican Party should have been on the lookout for any possible sign of Foley lapsing back to his naughty nature. Read Full Story

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