Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Friday, September 29, 2006
Classic
This is getting to be so routine it's not even all that interesting anymore ......
From ABC News:

Congressman Mark Foley, Republican from Florida, resigned today just hours after ABC news questioned him about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving current and former underage male Congressional pages. Foley used the login name Maf54.

Maf54: Do I make you a little horny ?
Teen: A little.
Maf54: Cool.

Foley was the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children and has long crusaded for tough laws against those who use the Internet for sexual exploitation of children.
You just can't make this crap up.

Reaction Formation:
Reaction Formation occurs when a person feels an urge to do or say something and then actually does or says something that is effectively the opposite of what they really want.
But why do Republicans and evangelicals seem to be inordinately afflicted? Could it be a certain tendency toward being anal retentiveness?
2 Comments:
Blogger Lynne said...
He is just the latest entry on a very, very long list

Anonymous Anonymous said...
That's a handsome list!