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CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
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Posted on 10/05/2006 11:50:13 AM PDT by kcvl
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>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU OCT 5 2006 2:53:48 ET XXXXX
CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
**World Exclusive**
**Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT**
According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.
According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, a conservative Republican, goaded an unwitting Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos. The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of political operatives favorable to Democrats.
The primary source, an ally of Edmund, adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund. Both are fearful that their political careers will be affected if they are publicly brought into the matter.
The prank scenario only applies to the Edmund IM sessions and does not necessarily apply to any other exchanges between the former congressman and others.
The news come on the heels that Edmund has hired former Timothy McVeigh attorney, Stephen Jones.
Developing...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brianrossmustresign; cornholegate; demoratstrashamerica; dirtydemorats; divideandconquer; foley; foleygate; hgtvchat; jordanedmund; jumpedthesnark; magnificentbastard; omg; pagingdanrather; pelosi; pelosiugly; rove; rovestrikesagain; ruhrohraggy; rymb; stephenjones; uhoh
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To: SE Mom
Soros up NOW! (on Cavuto!)
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:03:47 PM PDT
by
FOXFANVOX
(God Bless the Military!)
To: savedbygrace
No problem. Heat of battle and all that!
Cheers - Dinah
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:03:47 PM PDT
by
Dinah Lord
(fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
To: processing please hold
Elvis didn't marry his cousin. I think Jerry Lee Lewis did though. I also think she was 13.
Jerry Lee Lewis, who did marry his 13 y.o. cousin, was on David Letterman last night with Neil Young. Which means that CBS, Letterman, and Young embrace incest and pedophelia.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:03:49 PM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: CougarGA7
How bad was it before?And chicks dug me too.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:03:51 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: MindBender26
Here in FL we have known he was gay for years.
Is that against the law in Florida? Why did he keep getting elected?
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:03:55 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
To: reagandemocrat
He got Tim McVeigh's lawyer. (No joke)
To: kesg
I guess we may soon find out. Either way, how did those Democratic operatives get hold of the IM messages? And when?Especially when Jason sits on his Stool and starts to sing like a bird with the FBI hovering near.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:01 PM PDT
by
thingumbob
(Dead terrorists don't make more terrorists!)
To: hardworking
Bob Woodward must be wetting his pants in anticipation of the book he's going to produce from this! LOL...for sure.
To: trumandogz
Well then it appears Foley did nothing wrong.Where did you get that? He responded to what he thought was an underage kid. I would say he did wrong.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:01 PM PDT
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: madison10
Checks it sources??? They called for Haesert to resign 3 hours ago due to a private poll showing a GOP loss of 50 seats!!!!!!
Does FOX think Karl Rove would allow Haesert to stay on if that poll was credible???????
To: FOXFANVOX
Soros on Cavuto show NOW.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:09 PM PDT
by
Carolinamom
("I don't have time to be fingerpointing." ---President George W. Bush)
To: Welike ike
My only question is, why did Foley resign if none of this was true? The "outing" in and of itself wasn't enough to destroy him.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:11 PM PDT
by
LS
To: Howlin; Mo1; Bahbah
Soros on Cavuto....says he doesn't have anything to do with the Foley thing...LOL
AND, he says that Hastert has come after him before..and then just laughed
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:18 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(FREEPATHON TIME----You need FR, you know you do, so how about donating??)
To: FOXFANVOX
He sounds like Dracula.....wow
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:21 PM PDT
by
Jrabbit
(Scuse me??)
To: MaineVoter2002
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:24 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
To: Samwise
Anyone with any sense of decency has already left the Democrat party.You don't know just how correct you are on that statement.
To: eeevil conservative
awshucks...(blush)...MUAH!
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:35 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: kesg
Either way, how did those Democratic operatives get hold of the IM messages? And when?Knowing kids...the messages were probably e-mailed from person to person, page to page, until finally one from the "wrong" side got one and decided to use them for political purposes. That's IF the whole prank thing plays out.
As to when...months ago.
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:39 PM PDT
by
madison10
(Live your life in such a way that the preacher won't have to lie at your funeral.)
To: A Citizen Reporter
I did take note that at the end of the Foley segment, all of those dismal panelists agreed that it didn't look like Hastert would have to go All it took was Hastert standing up with the semblance of a spine, and the 'Hastert-is-in-trouble' tsunami became a weak trickle.
Observe and learn, Beltway Republicans.
To: f zero
and most people usually mis-characterize themselves
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posted on
10/05/2006 1:04:48 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(What I do (sin) is proof of what I am (sinful).)
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