Is there a pattern here?

I'm listening and reading about all of the people who are at the head of some form of conservative movement, ranging from President Bush to Tom DeLay to a woman named Jan LaRue who heads a conservative Right to Life group, and they all seem to have one thing in common: addictions.

President Bush: alcohol and drugs
Tom DeLay: Alcohol
Jim Ramstad: Alcohol
Jan LaRue: Alcohol, drugs and sex

I'm glad they appear to be over their problems. But what's interesting is how people who have addictive personalities find themselves connected to a movement with many others, also in recover, also with addictive personalities, who are trying to change society to oppress those things with which they once (and maybe still) do find compelled to partake: evangelical Christianity.

I'm not the first one to wonder this, but doesn't it seem odd that the compulsions and obsessions continue only with a new focus? What concerns me is they blame everyone else for their problems. There is no accountability. There is no facing up to the truth. There is only denial.

Maybe someone needs to develop a new 8-step program for politicians.