[Howlin]

"That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote, said the source, who showed The Hill public records supporting his claim."

My, my, the "source" thought of everything, didn't they?

"Good morning, Brian. I'm a Republican but..."

[Williams]

Right, this article is BS. The emails were obtained from a republican. But they were brought to the media by a "source" whose position and party are not being identified. And the blogger who broke this story is anonymous.

Plus the emails were suspicious but had little substance for anyone to go after Foley on. The media wouldn't even run them as a story. There is a constant blur between the emails and IM's.

This article in particular really made me suspicious. And even if the "victim" was 17 part of the time, is that under any applicable age of consent?

[WL-law]

You wrote:

"That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote, said the source, who showed The Hill public records supporting his claim."

My, my, the "source" thought of everything, didn't they?

"Good morning, Brian. I'm a Republican but..."


Clarification:

The "source" came prepared with information not about himself, but about the republican staffer who has been providing information under threat of blackmail from/by the source.

The "source" is the Blackmailer, and is a Dem operative.

As part of the blackmail, the source has extracted all the information he can from the staffer, including this nice little 'verifier' about his voting history bona fides.

The source has thought through all the steps needed to get the ball rolling. Now the task is for us to figure out the game he's played, and expose it.