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p> GRAND SLAM br> Re: Ben Stein's Foley in Perspective and Hypocrisy, Democrat Style : /p>

This 74-year-old Jew, a Democrat since birth, rarely agrees with the gist of Stein's articles.

I do today. Not only his take on the Foley business compared to Darfur, et al.; but perhaps even more his Yom Kippur message about our men and women in the military!

p>Thanks, Ben br> -- Mort Weintraub /p> p> ...As a gay man -- no, as a critically thinking citizen -- I am livid that Republicans, Neocons and their many enablers and water-holders in the media are blaming the Foley scandal on his sexual orientation. Livid, yes, but honestly, not a bit surprised, as I see the far right now freefalling into a tail-spinning nose dive over how best to control the damage and maintain a position of power. That's really what it's all about isn't it? It's not about accountability, nor the safety of our nation's youth from sexual predators. And it's certainly not about anything that even approaches the truth, which is that top leaders in a Republican-led Congress tried to cover this scandal to protect its power and hold on to a superlative fund-raiser like Mark Foley.

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