Let’s see, when you’re a Congressman and you’re caught exchanging sexual instant messages with 16-year old boys…
(1) Avoid lengthy denials and resign immediately. Check.
(2) Enter re-hab program. Check.
(3) Explain that you’re a victim too.
From an AP wire story:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former Rep. Mark Foley, under investigation for sending lurid Internet messages to young male Capitol Hill pages, issued a series of revelations from rehab, including a claim that he had been sexually abused as a teen.
Attorney David Roth, speaking on Foley’s behalf at a Florida news conference Tuesday, said Foley was molested between ages 13 and 15 by a clergyman. He declined to identify the clergyman or the church, but Foley is Roman Catholic.
“Mark does not blame the trauma he sustained as a young adolescent for his totally inappropriate” e-mails and instant messages, Roth said. “He continues to offer no excuse whatsoever for his conduct.”
Roth, who spoke for Foley while the congressman is in rehab for alcohol abuse and mental illness, said Foley denied having inappropriate sexual contact with minors and said he was under the influence of alcohol when he wrote the notes.
Asked why he didn’t disclose this information sooner, Roth said, “Shame, shame.”
“As is so often the case with victims of abuse, Mark advises that he kept his shame to himself for almost 40 years,” Roth said.
So…
(3) Explain that you’re a victim too. Check.
Not bad for only five days work.
I believe the remaining steps are
(4) Find God.
(5) Written confession, in the form of a book deal.
(6) Talk shows, talk shows, talk shows.
If he hurries, he can be crying on Oprah by next summer.
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