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Republicans are to blame for Foley’s folly

Haus Arrest
Published Thursday, October 5, 2006

Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley last week moonwalked away from his special Neverland of alleged man-boy seduction, leaving us to ponder a thorny question: Precisely how busy must an elected representative be before masturbation takes a back seat to politics?

Thanks to transcripts and ABC News’ intrepid reporting, we need no longer puzzle over this. Quoth Foley to the school-age congressional page boy: I am “never too busy” to “spank it.” Ah, your tax dollars at work.

What a mess. The so-called “family values” party caught with its pants down — in the office, no...

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