Dirty Old Men

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley said through his lawyer Tuesday that he was sexually abused by a clergyman as a teenager …

Attorney David Roth said Foley was molested between ages 13 and 15 by a clergyman.

He (Roth) also acknowledged for the first time that the former congressman is gay, saying the disclosure was part of his client's "recovery … He also said Foley was under the influence of alcohol when he sent the e-mails and instant messages.

Asked why Foley did not disclose the abuse sooner, Roth said, "Shame, shame."

"As is so often the case with victims of abuse, Mark advises that he kept his shame to himself for almost 40 years," Roth said.

The lurid communications were first reported last week by ABC News, which released more instant messages Tuesday that suggest Foley interrupted a vote on the House floor to chat online with a teen.

"I miss you," Foley said in one message, according to ABC.
"ya me too," the teen replied.
"we are still voting," Foley responded.

Roth said Foley was never under the influence of alcohol while conducting business on Capitol Hill, but he could not explain his previous statement that Foley was intoxicated when he sent the messages.

=== Is Foley seeking sympathy and excuses by evoking the "a victim himself" defense, burdened with "shame", under the influence, etc.? Never fails, Republicons who sneer at "liberals" coddling, are the first to grab at the same psychobabble excuses.

As distasteful as some may find Foley's yen for young pages, the bloviating talking heads are more disgusting. Pretending shock at the whole matter. As if everyone within miles of the D.C. "cocktail" circuit (pun intended) doesn't know which pervert is doing what to whom. Why do ya think so many pols look like bloated decadent degenerates? Because they ARE.

Releasing the real hardcore information might be more interesting.

A "pedophile ring" can't be exposed – too many powerful people involved in that one - but tell us which pols are engaged in CBT, TT, spanking, shaving, fisting, flogging, J/O, toilet training, brown showers, golden showers, drawing blood, enemas, etc. Tell us which pols in congressional session are wearing nipple clamps, butt plugs, rubber underwear, ball weights and crushers, and which ones keep leather whips, chains, and a paddle close at hand.

Maybe not illegal, but are ya gonna support Senator Jab Bondage who was briefly hospitalized after his 18 y/o "companion" couldn't remove the lightbulb shoved up the good senator's rectum?

If "creepy" and lascivious messages to pages, even if explicit, are all they have on Foley – he's a D.C. lightweight.