Sep. 30th, 2006

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"WASHINGTON (Sept. 30) - Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page... As chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, Foley introduced legislation in July to protect children from exploitation by adults over the Internet."

Full article here:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/congressman-resigns-over-e-mails-to/20060929145509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

It is so wrong of me to smile when I read this.

I have to say, one of my favorite things in this world is to find Republicans (in particular) gett caught in the midst of their Reaction Formation*.


*Reaction formation is a psychological defense mechanism in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites -- ie: a secret porn lover is an adamant anti-porn protester)

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