Posted on 10/05/2006 11:50:13 AM PDT by kcvl
Edited on 10/05/2006 1:00:50 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
>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...
It doesn't help Foley, at least as a republican. We wouldn't elect someone who would talk like that to a young boy, even an 18-year-old.
BUT, if there are no other IM messages, what it means is that Foley was NOT a predator trying to woo pages to him -- instead, a PAGE was trying to woo HIM. If the page instigated the lurid exchanges, it means that Foley was NOT a predator, and therefore there was nothing to "protect".
Unless the democrats want to argue that a gay man just can't be trusted.
I'll try this on some of my value voters people, and see what they say.
These are people who in 2000 didn't vote for Bush after they found out about the DUI, and who didn't care about WHo set this up or why it came out now.
Make that 1700..........
"Who's yo daddy!"
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I hadn't seen it put so eloquently!
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That might be so, but the point I made stands.
Flash polls?? FOX tried to get us all worked up over flash polls? Those scumbags!!!
Soul I agree. I think the pollster might have been Rasmussen according to Larry Kudlow at the Corner, National Review. Check it out.
All politicians seem gay to me. Its not the most masculine line of work. And you get to wear fancy pants.
For this 21 year old man to come out and say what really happened would mean he would have to also out the "enemy" and explain how this was a prank and not blackmail.
The Dems have pitched this as an assault against prepubescent boys. I'm getting sick of reading the posts of FReepers who have bought into that lie. Thank you. My sentiments exactly. There are unfortunately a lot of people in the Republican/conservative camp who are totally buying into this "pedophilia" / "child molester" Democratic propaganda (like Mona Charen's recent column. She sounds just like Nancy Pelosi - very odd.)
I smell Kool-Aid...
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The Dems are using our personal and collective feelings about gays to divide us. Whether it's disgust, or just the disdain for the "gay agenda," the Left will use those opinions against us.
However, if I were gay, I don't think I'd be voting for a Democrat now. This has turned out to be a middle-aged gay man flirting with a young man. If Drudge is right, they played Foley for a fool.
If they Dems pursue this, it can be nothing more than harassment of a gay man and intrusion into his privacy.
We should start a Freeper Boycott of Fox News. the Quislings at FOX tried to take down Haesert.
I just saw that. Seems neither one of us was willing to let this go. LOL
Flash polls. Unbelieveable. Some Rep trying to stab Denny in the back to create momentum to toss him over, and used damn flash polls to do it? FOX should be feeling might embarrassed right now, but I doubt they are.
Flash polls are just whoever picks up the damn phone and responds. No weight by the demo of the district. No weight given to party registration. Nothing.
I replied to some of them, this week, so I'll look at my pings and give you the thread's title and the post numbers...privately.
Bennett and Crapo aren't either.
Yes, I just sent Gibson an email on this. FNC has decided to go mainstream rather than factstream, as is evidenced by their reporting by Gibson, Major, etc. I'm listening to the radio; I am giving up on fox. Their ratings are falling and they think they will go up if they go left, but instead, they are losing their base audience with this tilt to the left. I'm surprised Gibson is joining in on this, but perhaps he is being directed to do so. I'm sick of them.
Two words: Barney Frank
next time I'll edit. thanks
DUmmies sure are fun to watch when they're mad
He is NOT a pedophile! GOOD GRIEF! How many times does it have to be said.
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