From the "couldn't script it better myself" file

CNN is putting a whole new spin on "community journalism" by providing a handy online form into which congressional pages can cut and paste their illicit Internet encounters with Congressman Foley:

If you are a current or former congressional page, did you interact online with former Rep. Mark Foley? Forward e-mail and instant messages that Rep. Foley may have sent you. CNN will only use material that it can verify as authentic and can not guarantee that all submissions will be used.

Ouch – how would you like to get that rejection letter?

"Dear current or former congressional page alleging textual molestation by ex-Rep. Mark Foley:

We thank you for your submission, however we regret to inform you that, upon careful review, we have determined your lecherous legislative communique does not meet our exacting standards for salaciousness at this time. We are keeping your contact information on file should the issue environment shift. We thank you for thinking of CNN, and we hope you return the next time you suspect an elected official of soliciting your unwilling participation in unnatural acts.

Regards,
CNN."

And please join me in welcoming the latest acquisition to the Gallery of Regrettable AP Headlines: "Ethics Committee Ready to Probe Foley Case."

Oh, if only solutions on Iraq or any number of "real issues" flowed as freely as the filthy Foley jokes, we would all be better off.

Still, this is undeniably more entertaining:

Jay Leno: "The good news? Florida Congressman Mark Foley has entered rehab. The bad news? Rehab is a 14-year-old boy from Pakistan."

Conan O'Brien: "CNN is reporting that former Congressman Mark Foley's instant messages were not only sexually inappropriate, but were also full of typos. In his own defense, Foley said, 'It's hard to type with one hand.'"