It could simply be that Foley became a creep all on his own."

[rodeodance]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html

......LAT columnist Steve Lopez isn't buying Foley's various justifications:

"After getting caught hitting on congressional pages with lurid shorthand e-mails and instant messages, the Florida congressman first blamed his keyboard adventures on alcohol, insulting alcoholics everywhere...

"There must be a PR manual out there for public figures who find themselves in a jam, and maybe Foley borrowed a copy from actor Mel Gibson. 'Take full responsibility, then immediately enter rehab.' "

As for the abused-as-a-kid defense, Lopez says: "We're all keenly aware that molestation by a priest is not beyond the realm. As far as I know, however, being molested by a priest doesn't mean you have to become a molester yourself. It could simply be that Foley became a creep all on his own."...........more

[ShortnFiery]

1. Yes, he used everything as an EXCUSE save for this ...

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Has Foley Said Why He Became A Republican?

Drinking and being molested caused him to become a pedophile - but what horrible thing could have caused him to become a Rethug?

[Warpy]

3. Right, and we know rehab is bogus because his colleagues

have come forward and said they've never seen him with a drink in his hand, a pretty outstanding statement for Washington, DC.

False patriotism may be the last refuge of scoundrels, but rehab is where they hide out when they've been caught.

And yes, most people who were molested as kids go on to be depressed adults who would never think of doing to a child what a predator did to them. It's no excuse for the ones who go on to act it out.

[MADem]

4. La Cage Aux Foley !!!!!!

What a scream! A good summary of what people are saying....

AND ON EDIT--this is HYSTERICAL!!!!!

The kids are egging the Congressman on!

The reason it is hysterical is because MATT DRUDGE said it....if you've read David Brock's Blinded by the Right, you know about Drudge and EGGS.....!!!!