On Mark Foley, ABCNews and Congressional Pages

I'll let others weigh in on the political fallout from the whole "Foley-flirts-with-underage-kids" thing. I only have two points to make:

1. If you think this is just about being an alcoholic, you're nuts.

2. Is this ABC's way of making up for "Path to 9-11?" How did they go from being the brave voices to being mudslingers by the neo-conservatives?

I'd really like some answers to #2, but I won't hold my breath.

I'll close by quoting the hasbeen:

For all its talk of a united base, the Republican Party is an awkward marriage of convenience between two competing camps—economic conservatives and social-issue ones. George Bush promises the moon to both sides, but while business conservatives always get their tax cuts, social conservatives rarely see their wish list (an end to abortion and same-sex marriage) come true.

So, in the battle of conservative degenerates, it's only fair that a social-issue hypocrite like Rep. Mark Foley—rather than a business hypocrite like Jack Abramoff, or a values-for-hire crossbreed like Ralph Reed—would be the one to bring down the Republican House. Voters may have a hard time deciding which is most damning about this scandal—the crime, the cover-up, or the creepiness. But the Foley case proves what social conservatives have been telling economic conservatives all along: There are other sins than greed.

Word.