On Oct 10, 2006, at 9:28 AM, authfriend wrote: > --- 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.
I agree, I wasn't thinking so much about resigning as about what he hasn't been doing: blaming others, calling the pages ugly names, etc. > > 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. I imagine so. 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/
