It is pretty obvious that this was a set up. The radical gay group tried outing Foley ten years ago, then renewed their efforts, each election, with little effect on voters. The Republican voters were just not as homophobic as the left claimed. So, then they got wind of the report of the complaint by the young page and his family and passed that on, still no sign of outrage, not until the info is posted on some obscure web site and miraculously someone else appears with claims of instant messages from the same Congressman, which he for some strange reason saved (either to his hard drive or printed).
Sounds like another example of fake but accurate reporting from the Dan Rather School of journalism. These guys learn well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again, and if that doesn't work make up the evidence, but this time make sure it can't be traced.
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting that, contrary to the IM logs, that he did not explicitly chat with a page about how he maturbates? Are you suggesting that he did not ask that page to go home with him after dinner and drinks?
Sure, the democrats mastered the timing of this to thier advantage, but it still happened, and the GOP has nobody to blame but itself.