The IMs were before and after the person turned 18. But I stand corrected - that was an initial email exchange that was reported (the first report I saw said Instant Messaging, but says Foley used the email he got from the page).
I suspect, however, that there are more IMs to other pages.
Either way - the more we attack someone else the more this hurts and stays in the spotlight. Blame Foley for being a predator. And move on... No one else SHOULD be blamed, although plenty are to blame.
But you are right - there are conflicts as to whether the IMs uncovered in the press were to an underage page or not.
Still, it matters not. I think we should strongly condemn Foley and move on to more important issues than this. If the Democrats planned this as a political ploy, we are playing into their game by keeping it in the news.
"Blame Foley for being a predator. And move on... No one else SHOULD be blamed"
EXACTLY WRONG......
We should RAM this thing back down the Democrats throats.
They have HANDED us a historic opportunity, and a SURE winner campaign issue:
GAYS
We should THANK them for exposing the shenanigans of Foley, and ask why they waited so long to tell us....
We should also THANK THEM for reminding Americans that many gays are PREDATORS, and gays should NEVER be allowed to hold positions of public trust, like teaching children, or sitting in public office....
We should remind EVERYONE that being a child predator while DEMOCRAT is simply not a crime to many people, while being one while REPUBLICAN is....
In short, I believe we have the chance to set the "Cause" of Gay Rights (and Democrats) back 20 years, and WIN AN ELECTION if we play this smartly.....
Yeah...no...the problem is that's what we always do and the Dems and MSM know that. That's why they're able to blurr the difference between emails and IMs. That's why they're able to take statements out of context and mischaracterize them.
No, I think it's about time we turned and fought. I don't subscribe to cut and run whether it's in Iraq or here. I'm tired of it and the best way to beat Democrats is to b!tch-slap Democrats.
This thread was started by someone who did little more than quote talking points and had no facts in which to back them up. He was proven to be a fool and now he doesn't respond. And that's because we didn't just move on.