--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 10, 2006, at 9:28 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > And it would have been Really, Really Stupid for him to > > > > > have tried to hang onto his job in the face of all the > > > > > revelations (and more he must have known would be coming > > > > > out). He didn't have a whole lot of choice about > > > > > resigning. > > > > > > > > I agree, I wasn't thinking so much about resigning as about > > > > what he hasn't been doing: blaming others, calling the pages > > > > ugly names, etc. > > > > > > True, good point. He (or at least his lawyer) has been > > > not just explicit but insistent that he takes all the > > > responsibility himself. > > > > > I agree that he has stayed out of the spotlight, however regarding > > taking personal responsibility, what I have heard from him was that > > he wrote these IMs because: 1) He is gay, 2)He is an alcoholic 3) He > > was abused by a priest when younger, which all sound like excuses > > to me. In all seriousness, maybe this is what passes for taking > > responsibility among our public officials these days. > > Actually, I think that's what you've read > or heard that he said. In fact, Foley himself > hasn't said anything. His lawyer gave a press > conference and said *explicitly and insistently* > (as I wrote above) that Foley does NOT blame > his behavior on his alcoholism or his earlier > molestation, and certainly not on his > homosexuality. The media has chosen to ignore > this and claim instead that he *did* blame his > alcoholism and abuse. (I don't think anybody > has said he blames it on his homosexuality.) > > You can decide for yourself whether he had his > lawyer mention his alcoholism, abuse, and > homosexuality as excuses or as explanations > (two different things), but the media should have > made it clear what he actually had his lawyer > say, just in simple fairness. > Yep, you are right- I haven't heard Foley say anything...
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