Wow... Republican leaders must think we're some special kind of stupid. It seems like the "Mel Gibson Defense" (as South Park called it last night) of checking yourself into rehab for alcohilism is not doing enough to cover Mark Foley's impropriety.

It now turns out that Foley was allegedly diddled by a now 72 year old Catholic priest (who now conveniently lives in Malta) when he was a 13-15 year old altar boy. The irony of this is that I suspect that a lot of people will buy it, and now see Foley as a victim, not as a gay predator of underage boys. Indeed, the whole thing feels like his way of softening up potential jurors in advance of any court proceedings.

There was a story a few weeks back about how Jon Stewart (of Comedy Central's The Daily Show) and Stephen Colbert (of the Colbert Report) were going to run for President in 2008. Frankly I hope they do, not only because it will actually rally the younger voters, but also because it would to get away from the apparent corrupting influence of 2-party politics.