Fugliness, Fox and Foley

As I sift through the many videos surrounding the Republican Congressman Mark Foley Pedophile Scandal, I am finding a need in me to be a man of integrity. I want to claim responsibility. But before I do, let's let Fox Report, and You Decide. Maybe it was a simple mistake, or maybe Fox tried to label the alleged pedophile, online, sex predator, Mark Foley-Florida Republican, as a Democrat, because it was a tiny attempt at disinformation. You decide:



"We Report [non-fact-checked, accusatory lies to pander to our conservative-based audience, then retract only after the false word is out]. You decide."

I like the new Fox News motto.

The second slippery reaction to Rep. Foley's scandal is from many Republicans:



Then there's blaming the Democrats for even having the Congressional Page program to begin with, because if it weren't for the pages, then Congressmen wouldn't be tempted to solicit online sex.

That's like blaming parents for having children, because how could they have children when they know sexual predators are out there.

Someone needs to take responsibility, and since know one is doing it, including Foley, blaming his alcoholism and victimized molestation by a clergy member in his childhood, I will.

I am responsible for Foley. He is my bequeathed and I taught him wrong. It's not his fault that he is gay. It's not his fault he asks young boys if he "makes [them] a little horny?" It's my fault for not speaking up earlier when I knew my child was going down the wrong path of God's fallen. I'd like to blame God for making him like this, and I'd like to blame God for making the rules so hard that Foley could never live up to them, but I must blame myself.

For your entertainment, the Daily Show's coverage:



Ah, there's all the angles. Normally I would just chalk this whole scandal up to a man with a problem, but because it's Congress, I can't help but enjoy watching the hypocrites flounder.