NationStates Jolt Archive

I mentioned on a thread about Mr. Foley yesterday that it seemed odd his lawyer made a point of stating that he always drank in private at home. That's weird for an alcoholic. Most folks who drink, well, everybody knows they drink. They'll drink at parties, family events, et cetera. Now some folks who know him are questioning his use of alcohol as an excuse for his behavior.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_on_go_co/foley_alcoholism_5

On the spectrum of right and wrong, being a drunk paedophile is maybe marginally worse than being a sober one.

Good choice, Foley.

Apparently he's also gay. Because you know the evil gays are child molesters.

Well, it's a great defence you have to give that to his lawyer.
"I'm an alcoholic!"
"I've never seen you drunk"
"um...uh...um...I hide it. Yes, that's it! Hidden from everyone! No-one knew!"



Of course, a decent media org could always go round Foley's local off-licences and check to see how often he would buy booze from them...

Digging out the excuses now? Keep away from this man, kiddies.

On the spectrum of right and wrong, being a drunk paedophile is maybe marginally worse than being a sober one.

Good choice, Foley.
Do you think his next line of defence will be, "I was so smashed I thought he was a 16 yr-old school girl!"

Cause being a drunk straight paedo is slightly better than a drunk gay* paedo.




*and yes, I know fancing underage teenage boys is not necessarily a sign of being gay, but I'm running what would play out in the media.

Also the church molested him! :rolleyes:

Of course he's not a drunk. I think even most of the right-wingers out there were rolling their eyes at that one. It was never more than a way to get away from reporters for the next 30 days, which would practically mean he's out of touch until the election. Very convenient.

Cause being a drunk straight paedo is slightly better than a drunk gay* paedo.



Whoa. Adding more lines to the morality pitch.

Is a drunk straight paedo better than a teetotal gay paedo?

Lol. "Better".

So he was drunk when sent the messages eh? Yeah right.

I see Foley's lawyer is now saying Foley was molested as a teenager.

How exactly that's an excuse I have no idea. If it is true, then he knows first-hand how traumatic it is, which makes what he did even worse. So why that somehow 'explains' his behaviour now is beyond me.
They're really going all out on the 'making shit up' front, iyam.
Probably just playing on redneck America's thunkin' that you can only be gay if you were molested as a child, and that only gays would fantasise about teenage boys. :rolleyes:


Let's see:
Drunk, underage boys, previously molested, having those in power ignore the warning signs....

Wait! I see what Foley's trying to do! He's hoping to have the charges reduced to impersonating a Catholic Priest.

Of course he's not a drunk. I think even most of the right-wingers out there were rolling their eyes at that one. It was never more than a way to get away from reporters for the next 30 days, which would practically mean he's out of touch until the election. Very convenient.

I guess he and his lawyer figured if it works fro the Kennedys, it can work for him.

Next he'll say he also took sleeping pills- That Ambien/Alcohol/Priest Molested Me defense.

He's a scumbag. Take responsibilty for what you do and dont try to blame it on every one and everything else. Its like they float an excuse and see how people react, then add some more.
Fuck you-if a priest molested you as a teenager, then you, better than most, know the difference between right and wrong.

There are no excuses other than you are a scum bag, that tried desperately to meet in person and in private with this minor, even though the kid resisted and reminded him he was a minor several times. If the kid gave in, he would have been a physical victim.

I mentioned on a thread about Mr. Foley yesterday that it seemed odd his lawyer made a point of stating that he always drank in private at home. That's weird for an alcoholic. Most folks who drink, well, everybody knows they drink. They'll drink at parties, family events, et cetera. Now some folks who know him are questioning his use of alcohol as an excuse for his behavior.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_on_go_co/foley_alcoholism_5

Not that it matters. Alcohol would have nothing to do with it one way or another. How many guys get drunk and suddenly get a hard-on for teenage boys?

As bad as the alcoholism and abuse excuses are, it's still way better than the Republican leadership's excuse "we didn't want to oppose child molestation because we'd have been accused of being homophobes." :headbang:

As bad as the alcoholism and abuse excuses are, it's still way better than the Republican leadership's excuse "we didn't want to oppose child molestation because we'd have been accused of being homophobes." :headbang:Stewart did a good job on that one Monday night on the Daily Show--especially when he noted that Republicans might be continually accused of gay bashing because they keep connecting pedophilia to homosexuality.

Apparently he's also gay. Because you know the evil gays are child molesters.

Well, given that he's going after boys seems to make the case that he's gay somewhat stronger...

I see Foley's lawyer is now saying Foley was molested as a teenager.

How exactly that's an excuse I have no idea. If it is true, then he knows first-hand how traumatic it is, which makes what he did even worse. So why that somehow 'explains' his behaviour now is beyond me.
They're really going all out on the 'making shit up' front, iyam.
Probably just playing on redneck America's thunkin' that you can only be gay if you were molested as a child, and that only gays would fantasise about teenage boys. :rolleyes:


Let's see:
Drunk, underage boys, previously molested, having those in power ignore the warning signs....

Wait! I see what Foley's trying to do! He's hoping to have the charges reduced to impersonating a Catholic Priest.
I'd LOL if this whole thing wasn't so fucked up.

So he was drunk when sent the messages eh? Yeah right.

Come to think of it if this is his real excuse ... that would mean he was drunk in session cause I believe the IM's were taken during a break in session

In Foleys defense, he was taking speed (that he purchased from his 16 y/o page) so that you couldn't tell that he was drunk. This is when the Page came on to him and offerend offered him some sex chat, which Foley took him up on only because he was drunk and horny. Foley is the victim here and the page is the aggressor! :mad: