WP: Foley Acquaintances Question Alcoholism (rarely saw him drink)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301001_pf.html

Foley Acquaintances Question Alcoholism

By BRIAN SKOLOFF
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 3, 2006; 8:39 PM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious.

Some friends and acquaintances said they rarely saw him drink.

A former colleague, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said on Fox News Channel: "I don't buy this at all. I think this is a phony defense. The fact is, I think he's responsible for what he did here and I think it's a gimmick."

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"Mark acknowledges that he is an alcoholic and as many alcoholics does not publicly display his consumption," Foley's attorney and longtime friend David Roth said.

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"I have never seen Mark inebriated in public," said Robin Bernstein, who has known Foley for 25 years. "I mean, he was a social drinker like most of us at cocktail parties with a glass of wine, but Mark was always ... the consummate gentleman."

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link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301001_pf.html

I'm not buying the "alcoholism" schtick, just like I am not buying his story about being molested by a priest in his youth. He's just making up excuses for his behavior.

so you can't make a big show of going into rehab for that.

for sociopaths and call it the gwb clinic for sociopaths and other repuke afflictions.

saying they checked and he is not alcoholic

Patient Confidentiality.

He's hiding from the light of day.

Like the earth worm he is.

charges for this

:kick:

were there be some indication in all those e-mails?

blaming all on alcohol.
And don't tell Senator Rick Santorum
it began with a priestly lack of decorum."

...taking responsibility for his actions!

And what else was he consumating?

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Alcohol makes Mel anti-semitic.
Why wouldnt it make Congressman Foley a sexual predator?

Foley must have hired Mels PR guy.

then we know that they could have been roomies.

I remember the shock of hearing that almost 40 years ago. Alcoholics can hide it. Period. Dick Van Dyke only drank after his kids were in bed. But then it was a whopper. Next day? Job performance? EtOH on breath? Hard to explain. But expert alcoholics manage. Foley was one.

Foley does have an alcohal problem--but a characterist is that even close friends do not know.

Just like with Dick Van Dyke, the signs are there .. but they drink in the closet. I've seen it way too close.

Here is an example. My father-in-law (now 92 and in a nursing home) was a surgeon. He operated drunk, often. But no one ever saw him drink. He had hired hands (one of whom - his office manager - stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his practice over about 40 years) to buy him liquor in volume in a county or so over, and to procure the dangerous prescription drugs (mainly meprobamate) that he took in high doses.

In his 80s, before we had him committed, whores got most of his disposable income. For them, it was E-Z money. Show up. Watch him drink a glass of wine and pass out. Leave. E-Z money.

Mac

It was someone else's fault and the GOP are the eternal victim. So old...so old...

Nixon got "pneumonia" and went into the hospital.

fucking liar, too.

The judge would just say, "tough luck, but you're going to jail". Same thing about the claims of priestly molestation, although I do think the latter have some salience as an explanation, although not a justification.

He needs to be accountable for his actions, as do the GOP (Guarding Old Perverts) enablers that helped hide his behavior.

the alcoholism, his being abused as a child, the whole stinkin' lot.

...I guess you'd say closet drinker.
Surely there'd be indications? I don't mean things like ETOH or fresh Listerine on the breath, choking on pretzels, falling down and running into trees...those are easy.
But mood swings or behavioral (besides the cyber-sex) aberrations?
Forget that he's Rep Mark Foley (R-Slimeball) mask and look at overall job performance...just as you would an ordinary person...
how is that?
Is this the behavior of a functional alcoholic?

And before anybody starts flaming me....

I AM NOT DEFENDING, EXCUSING, OR CONDONING THIS MAN'S ACTIONS OR BEHAVIOR.

I'm only asking for some information about whether he may be a 'functional alcoholic'...which excuses nothing. Zip. Nada. Bupkis.

Pedophiloholics, for example?

although they have been used with success with other programs, eg. Narcotics Anonymous.

I am not aware of any 12 step program for pedophiles.

because he's going to have to face a very unhappy judge, given his position on certain committees and what he's pushed for through the years.

Were I the judge, I'd without question give him the max on any law that's he's been involved with passing.

That would be classic justice.

Is this the same as "former colleague, Rep. Tome Reynolds, R-NY" as well? The same sh*tsack "former colleague" who knowingly withheld information on the abuse from authorities? In most states, it's grounds for felony conviction, Mr. Reynolds...

Jeebus, I cannot wait for Jack Davis to hand you your @ss next month...

:mad:

...the first thought which crossed my mind was: BULL SHIT!

Who the hell does he think he is kidding?

:eyes:

Lame.

damn-that man is ready to hang his fellow Repukes

:rofl:

and this whole alcohol this is an insult to people with a real problem