PREDATORGATE COVER-UP UPDATE: THE LATEST SPIN FROM THE CHILD MOLESTER PROTECTION PARTY

When Republican politicians are caught with their hands in the cookie jar-- or in this case, with their hands down a child's underwear-- the first thing they scream is that the Democrats are smearing them. Congressman Mark Foley, like Ney and Taft and Noe and DeLay and Abramoff and Cunningham, then went into deny-deny-deny mode. Then, confronted with incontrovertable evidence, Republicans always check into an alcohol rehabilitation center-- in the sincere hope of getting a lighter prison sentence.

Trying to minimize the political fallout from this, White House press shill Tony Snow was on TV this morning downplaying, downplaying, downplaying. Even some Fox viewers aren't going to buy this spin. Yep, the Bush Regime is now defending sexual predators. "It's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill. And there have been other scandals, as you know, that have been more than simply naughty e-mails," Snow feebly explained on CNN. And the groping? What was that Mr. Bush and Mr. Snow and Mr. Hastert?