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Damage Control

Have you read about the G.O.P represntative for Florida? It seems that Sen.. Foley has committed a very big mistake by having his instant messages screened and made public somehow. It reports that he is having an affair with a teeneager, though it says nothing about her actual age. Still, I think it's just funny after reports from his lawyer and his constituants about his excessive depression or his alcohol abuse, the media still goes for the jugular. I wonder if there is going to be anything followed up if he wins the election. Most political stories go on for about a month at absolute most because of the ability for damage control by his peers. The media trying to get at him is kind of similar to the baseball steroids in the fact that they can create any rumors and they'd report on them. It's still necessary to look into this by all means; however, i just think it's weird how being in the public eye makes you so vulnerable to criticism that you must be perfect otherwise they'll exploit Idiosyncrasies, no matter how large or small.

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