Funny nothing published from the kid and we have 3 emails out of at least 5 being read out of context.
It's a shame that our world has gotten to a point where a man can't be cordial and show interest in a child's life without being automatically branded a perv. It's possible that the kid had told him that he wanted to get into politics or work for Foley when he graduated from college and Foley might just have been trying to mentor a future Republican politician.
That's the why I see it too. It sounds like he is just trying to show a genuine intrest in the boy to give him encouragement. He did ask for a recommendation so it may be
the child expressed interest in politics.