Ryun a neigh­bor to Flori­da rep 10/13/06:

U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun said he did­n’t know until recent­ly he lives across the street from dis­graced Flori­da Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned after he was found to have sent inap­pro­pri­ate e‑mails to con­gres­sion­al pages. …

When asked whether he knew Foley well, Ryun said: “Not real­ly. You’ve got 232 Repub­li­cans, and he’s one of those mem­bers. I’ve met him, but I don’t spend any time with him.”

Except for fundrais­ing par­ties, appar­ent­ly. From the Wash­ing­ton Post in May:

Amidst the mal­odor­ous mists rolling off the Hill these days, some might think a nod to sobri­ety and deco­rum might be in order.

But noooo. Not when there’s cam­paign mon­ey to be raised and good booze to be drunk. So it’s time for the sec­ond annu­al “D Street Block Par­ty” on the 100 block of D Street SE on Capi­tol Hill. Five Repub­li­cans have band­ed togeth­er to charge $1,000 per per­son to attend the May 18 gathering.

Drop your first grand — “these are indi­vid­ual events and require sep­a­rate con­tri­bu­tions,” our invite says — at Con­necti­cut Rep. Nan­cy L. John­son ‘s house… slip a check to Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (Fla.), … put up anoth­er grand to go to Indi­ana Rep. Chris Choco­la ‘s house, … 

Then it’s next door to Flori­da Rep. Mark Foley ‘s, where for anoth­er $1,000 you can have some high-qual­i­ty wine.

Now, how­ev­er, ele­men­tary cour­tesy will oblige you to cross the street for cof­fee and dessert at Kansas Rep. Jim Ryun ‘s, which is where you’ll put down your last grand for the evening.

Ccon­trary to Ryun’s claim that “the five con­gres­sion­al events weren’t joint­ly planned,” there was a sin­gle invi­ta­tion to the event. It’s also been point­ed out that, con­trary to Foley’s claim that he kept his drink­ing secret, he was out invit­ing peo­ple to share his wine two years in a row. 

I’ve got a call in to Ryun’s office hop­ing for clarification.