Remember the name Mark Foley? It can be difficult to keep all the GOP sex scandals from blending together, especially when trying to remember one so far back as 2006, but Foley’s the ex-congressman from Florida who wound up in big trouble for sending raunchy messages to an underage page. Now, Foley is looking to reinvent himself on AM radio. –KA

The Los Angeles Times:

Reporting from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. – “Inside the Mind of Mark Foley,” hosted by Florida’s disgraced ex-congressman, is set to begin airing on AM radio in north Palm Beach County next week.

[…] His show will focus on current politics, WSVU-AM (960) station operations director Joe Raineri said.

“We just thought, a former U.S. congressman who knows those guys who are there right now, understands the game of politics — who better to shed some light on it than Mark Foley?” Raineri said. “There’s so much confusion and so many questions surrounding the issues today.”

Foley could not be reached for comment.

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