--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2006, at 10:49 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > The Republicans' behavior has been utterly > > reprehensible, not only in covering up the Foley > > problem to begin with, but in trying to cover up > > the coverup after the story broke by trying to > > blame the Democrats. > > You know, it seems that, at least since the story broke, > about the only Republican acting with even a shred of > decency has been Foley. As for the rest of them--have > they no shame? I guess not.
Nope, no shame, only fear that they're going to lose power. It's hard to know where Foley's at. One hopes he's had a genuine Moment of Truth, but considering the depths he'd been happily plumbing for many years, that kind of instant turnaround seems unlikely on its face. The whole rehab bit has become such a cliche for scandal-plagued public figures that it doesn't have a lot of credibility. It may be nothing more than getting himself out of the public eye until at least after the elections, as well as a way to scrape up whatever potential sympathy may be out there. And it would have been Really, Really Stupid for him to have tried to hang onto his job in the face of all the revelations (and more he must have known would be coming out). He didn't have a whole lot of choice about resigning. Of course, if it weren't for society's--and especially the right's--twisted view of homosexuality, quite possibly he wouldn't have felt the need to sneak around to do his thing, whatever it was. "Whatever it was" = it's not entirely clear to me that he's fixated on much younger men, as opposed to the availability of pages being a relatively safe opportunity to cat around that he couldn't indulge in public (excuse the tortured syntax there!). All very complicated. Apparently he has a life partner back in Florida. They've reportedly been together for nearly 20 years. That guy must be going through a lot as well. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
