Blogger pledges to 'out' boy in Foley scandal

[Poiuyt]

A blogger is vowing to reveal the identity of one of the boys Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) communicated with, RAW STORY has learned.

William Kerr of Passionate America has pledged to divulge the information at 4 pm Central Time today, October 4. He also plans on discussing the boy's identity on his radio show.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Blogger_pledges_to_out_boy_in_1004.html

This is just wrong

[central scrutinizer]

1. OK asshole - that makes you responsible

if anything happens

[Swede]

2. The Lousiana congressman that sponsored the boy said death threats

have already been made against him and his family.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. wrong, sick and it will come to bite that sob in the ass.

Passionate America? Passion, as in passion for little boys?

[karlrschneider]

4. It's all over the internets...

:eyes:

[Nickster]

5. What in the name of Jesus can be accomplished by dragging this kid's

name through the mud?? Just another Fatwa being issued by the pundit class.

[helderheid]

6. Out the VICTIM? Niiiiice....

[bryant69]

7. I wonder why they are doing this?

I mean ok, this guy is pretty far down the food chain, so presumably the plan is for him to release it, and other assmunches to comment on it while pretending that they think it's just awful.

But I don't know if the American people are going to make that distinction. "Well yeah a Conservatoid outed that poor kid, but he was an aberration. Most conservatives would never do anything that crass."

On the other hand I have conservatoid friends who have gotten pretty damn good at pretending Ann Coulter doesn't reflect on them. so maybe they could get away with it.

Bryant
Check it out -> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Taxloss]

8. Spite. Pure spite.

What an ugly thing to do. :evil:

[CoffeeCat]

16. The person doing this, out of spite....

...is so sorely misguided. He's a fool.

He may temporarily make the page feel uncomfortable and upset.

However--in the long run--this page will look like a tortured hero. This page will
undoubtedly be young and probably very articulate.

His visibility will put a finer point on the more damning elements of this scandal. His youth
will remind people that Foley's actions were perverse and disgusting. All pages are bright and intelligent--and if he's outed and talks--his testimony could truly be like an atom bomb on
the Republican party. It's one thing to see IMs. It's another to hear a young man describe
how a Congressman stalked him, forced him into graphic sex talk and described vivid sex acts.

This outer must not be very intelligent.

He's taking a scandal and turning into a radioactive scandal--and giving it an extended half life.

I ultimately hope that the page(s) come forward and tell the truth, but not this way. No victim of sex abuse should be forced in the open, until they are ready. Haven't they lost enough all ready?

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. OTOH it also makes the kid a target.

Limbaugh was suggesting just today that the victim was Foley, being played by the pages.

What would it take for some wingnut to decide to punish the kid for his crime?

[CoffeeCat]

31. Limbaugh: A willing toilet for the Republican crap.

Unfortunately, Mr. Limbaugh is too stupid and gullible to realize that the Republican party uses him as their verbal toilet. All of the crap that they can't go out and say--they ask Limbaugh to
say for them.

Being the tragic tool that he is--Rush opens wide and obliges every time--oblivious. The Republican leaders get to maintain some sense of decorum, while Limbaugh spews out mouthfuls of their most vile debris.

Being such a weak wannabe--Rush joyfully obliges. What a total sucker.

You would think that a grown man would grow up and realize when the Republicans use him as a political port-a-potty.

[Raster]

37. Limpballs is NOT stupid nor gullible. He is very well compensated.

Flush Limpballs is paid a fortune to whore and schill for the dark side. Who knows, blackmail may even enter into the equation. Hmmm, let's see... high-profile, closet case drug addict. Certainly fits, now doesn't it?

[me b zola]

34. Only an abuser could even begin to think like that

:grr:

[CoffeeCat]

9. This person is a fool...

If this person is a Republican, his moves will serve to further damage the Republican party and help the Democrats in the 06 elections.

In effect, this nimrod:

---keeps the story alive and in the headlines
--creates further empathy for the victim, as he is victimized again by this outter.
--cultivates deeper hatred toward Foley and the Republicans--a live person makes the story less abstract and more "real".
--increases the likelihood that the scandal will become more widespread--involving more graphic details or other Congress members.

I'm all for outing Republicans for their hypocrisy and corruption. However, not this way.

This victim needs to come out, in his own time, not at the behest of someone with political
motives and ulterior motives.

Who is this person who feels he has the right to out the page???

[DireStrike]

10. Perhaps somebody should post William Kerr's personal information online?

Just a thought.

[LTR]

13. Here's a start

His profile:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/3483698

email:

[e-mail]

[madmusic]

35. More?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePassionateAmericaShow

[madmusic]

40. "john podhoretz"?

Could Passionate America's Wild Bill be John Podhoretz?

Freeper post indicate a maybe:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709052/posts

Then a Google of John Podhoretz finds 100% neocon:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22john+podhoretz%22&btnG=Google+Search

[ProgressiveEconomist]

54. Google "authorship attribution" to find out how linguists solve problems

like this one. The kinds of tools you'll find from such a search were used to help find the Unabomber and to try to guess who "Shakespeare" really was.

[madmusic]

55. Thanks, stylometry doesn't seem certain enough.

This is new to me, but found this first:

http://www.cs.queensu.ca/achallc97/papers/s004.html

It questions the reliability of the method. What's more, tracking web presence seems simpler and more reliable.

There is also the problem of imitation.

[madmusic]

50. Is William Kerr "Wild Bill"? n/t

[LoZoccolo]

51. fundrace.org shows several Repub. donors named William Kerr.

Any idea where this guy operates from?

[never cry wolf]

52. Zabasearch on William Kerr in Oklahoma

http://www.zabasearch.com/query1_zaba.php?sname=william%20kerr&state=OK&ref=%24ref&se=%24se&doby=&city=&name_style=1

there are quite a few listings, I have no way of knowing which one he may be.

[LTR]

11. He's already starting to name names

I visited this scumbag's blog (and no, I won't post the address, the blog's pretty lame and I assure you there is nothing worth going over there for). He's already got a ton of personal information about two possible pages that are involved.

Personally, I think this is disgusting. Disgusting in that he cares more about the welfare of a middle-aged Republican sex predator than an abused child. I guess the crybaby conservatives have been exposed for who they really are.

[flyarm]

17. conservatives have been exposed for who they really are.

was there ever any doubt that they are pond scum..and the shit of the earth??

fly

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Why not tell us who the preacher was who did all that shit to Foley

If anything happens to that kid over this guy's bullshit, I'd sure hate to be in his shoes.

[flyarm]

14. well then he should be charged with the continued abuse of a

victim..or of perpetrating retribution on a victim...or something!!

any lawyers here??

we need to have these children protected! from the mother fucking sick son of a bitches in the republican party..

this isn't about politics./.it was made politics by republicans who gave a shit more about politics than protecting children and covered up a crime against children in their care for their own sick pathetic agenda!

those mother fuckers!

fly

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. The hate behind that is sickening

This is nothing more than an attempt to punish the victim. Sick, sick, sick!!!

[Downtown Hound]

18. Keep digging that grave for yourself Repukes

Everyday more and more people see you for the sick fucks that you are.

[Ashamed_American]

19. Gotta tell ya,

I'm not surprised. I'm sickened, but not surprised.


www.BlackEyedSundays.com

[uppityperson]

20. may be passionate, but missing compassion

[ronnykmarshall]

21. The parents need hire a good lawyer.

and sue the FUCK out of this piece of shit.

[valerief]

27. I wonder how much the parents regret giving sizable

donations to the Repugnant Party. Their abuse just keeps on giving and giving and giving.

[Warren DeMontague]

22. Yeah. "Wild Bill" was the sleuth who uncovered the shocking information

regarding how some of the emails (precisely, the punctuation) may have been Altered!

Holy Dan Rather, Batman!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2286422

"Wild Bill", pictured here, looks like he's been up all week on the cheap crank & Jagermeister diet.

[Jo March]

38. And the $64 million dollar question: Why isn't he in Iraq?

Looks healthy and young enough to me? :shrug:

[americanstranger]

47. That's a 'punch me' face if ever I saw one.

I'd be happy to lay that sick piece of shit out on the sidewalk. It's the least that he deserves.

What a punk.

But all posts about any page's personal info is gone from the site. My blog, however, has a screen cap.

Wild Bill's life is about to get very uncomfortable.

- as

[malaise]

23. That kid is going to be so

suicided, it won't be funny.

[gatorboy]

25. Pffft! This is the moron that was trying to say that the emails were fake.

How Passionate can he be?

The guy is trying to become a Little Green Footbal/Limbaugh up and comer. Don't give him the time.

[Catherine Vincent]

26. I don't think this blogger has any information except for pics he

probably search for and found on the internets that Foley has taken with pages. He's just trying to get hits on his blog.

[ck4829]

28. Translation: RW Blogger plans to OBSTRUCT a coming investigation

[ronnykmarshall]

30. Bingo!

[enigmacat]

29. So, if something happens to the kid, idiot boy Kerr would be liable.

At least there would be a bright side.

[uppityperson]

32. I wonder if the FBI knows this yet?

[ck4829]

33. I am charging you all with the task of finding his personal info

And posting it on his site. Let's see how he likes it.

[davidinalameda]

36. someone's asking for a law suit

out the boy and see how fast his parents slap a suit on your ass

[robinlynne]

39. The police should be there to stop him. Isn't he a minor?

oh yeah, I forgot. We're in Amerika.

[SoCalDem]

41. Wouldn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure it out

I'm sure it was no secret .. Becoming a page in Dc would be something that would be in the papers and would be a bragging point...and I'm sure the names would be easy to find.

[johnfunk]

42. URGENT -- someone SAVE the cached passionateamerica page!

He's pulled it, along with the comments.

URGENT: If you cached the page, please SAVE it and ALERT me by DU mail. This is for a Web publication's exposé' of Wild Bill.

[Catherine Vincent]

44. Really?

Chickenshit.

[johnfunk]

45. If you have the cached page, send it my way...

Thanks...

[mom cat]

43. Hope that sicko gets his radio show jerked.

[RobertSeattle]

46. Nice Priorities

GOP Uber All

[Kali]

48. Conservatives are always about attacking the victim.

Victims simply don't have the personal responsibility to protect themselves from abusive individuals and systems. Scummy, useless victims. They deserve everything they get. And to be punished for it afterwards.

[LoZoccolo]

49. Has he forgotten what we did to Michelle Malkin? n/t

[johnfunk]

53. I bet PassionateAmerica's "Wild Bill" now needs a criminal defense lawyer

Methinks he might have tried to intimidate a witness in a Federal investigation.

Maybe "Wild Bill" should prepare to change his name to "Ben Dover."

[Catherine Vincent]

56. Well, it looks like I was wrong. He did post the info.

Scum.