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Bob /p>

I am surprised and disappointed that anyone would attempt to defend the actions of Rep. Mark Foley. Assuming the accusations are true, no one should make excuses condoning what he did. At a minimum, his withdrawal from the House of Representatives should be the logical consequence of engaging in activity of this type with an underage boy. I must say, however, some responses to Ben Stein's comments seem to be little more than a cover for liberal rants.

p>Hart Crane's observation that "Bill Clinton did it, too" is a poor rationalization for the behavior of Rep. Foley is absolutely correct. Had he stopped there, I would have no quarrel with his remarks. It is the rest of his diatribe that provoked this response to his litany of sweeping generalizations. For a progressive thinking person he seems to have a peculiarly well-defined and absolutist sense of what is right and what is wrong. The entire thrust of the rest of his polemic centers on his obvious disdain for religious conservatives and what he thinks they believe. He attacks what he perceives to be a group of people who intend to impose their narrow brand of fundamentalism upon the unwilling masses. It somehow escaped his notice that he made clear and unambiguous choices as to the rightness and wrongness of all of the issues he cited in his comments. What separates him from those whose ideas he detests?... br> -- Rick Arand br> Lee's Summit, Missouri /p> p> I've always thought he was smart but he's actually quite stupid. Not to mention disingenuous, naive and disgusting. br> -- A Canadian /p> p> KERRY MURTHA br> Re: David Holman's

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