[Vision2020] Excuses, Excuses

[Tom Hansen]

>From Bob Schieffer's commentary on today's (October 22, 2006) "Face the
Nation" -

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Excuses, Excuses
By Bob Schieffer

How you doing on excuses in the Mark Foley Congressional Page scandal? 

Remember when the story first broke? Congressional excusers who apparently
knew of this, first described the e-mails that Foley sent to a 16-year old
page as "overly friendly," not explicitly obscene. 

My first thought was that great line from Robin Williams' new movie when a
presidential character denied wrongdoing: "I did not have sex with that
woman...I wanted to." 

Then we heard that whatever he had done, Foley had checked into alcohol
rehab - the obligatory stop for national celebrities caught in scandal 

Question: does getting drunk make it OK for a grown man to prey on
16-year-olds or for congressional leaders to cover it up? 

>From Chapter Two of the excuse manual came word that as a child Foley was
abused by a priest, but was now cooperating with authorities - naming names.


Which brought a 69-year-old man from under a rock somewhere with an excuse
to gag a buzzard. 

Its always dangerous to say we know enough, but haven't most of us with an
IQ higher than our age figured out two things here: that Foley is a creep
who should be kept away from kids and that Congressional leaders knew that -
how could they not have known - yet chose to ignore it? 

I have a request. My barf bag is at the ready, but spare me any more detail.


I know all I need to know on this one.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Vandalville, Idaho


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