Fun With Metaphors


Current mood: jaded

Category: News and Politics



From The New York Times Online:

October 4, 2006


Foley Was Sexually Abused as a Youth, His Lawyer Says

By ABBY GOODNOUGH

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 3 — In another day of revelations about former Representative Mark Foley, his lawyer said Tuesday that as a teenager, Mr. Foley had been molested by a clergyman and had "kept the shame to himself" until now (my italics). The lawyer also issued the congressman's first public acknowledgment that he is gay.

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Looks like Foley played his hole card.*





*Synonyms of hole card: assets. usage: any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously.

(infoplease.com)