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CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
Drudge Report ^ | 10/5/07 | Drudge

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...


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: spectre
Fawn, Priscilla MET Elvis when she was just 14 years old in Germany. When she was 17, she moved into Graceland and married Elvis at age 22..

You know.....if Priscilla MOVED into graceland at 17...that means she had to be 'with' Elvis before that......so Elvis is a PERV! Not to mention an alcoholic and drugaddict. Yet he is loved by so many.......sick people. :p

1,961 posted on 10/05/2006 3:24:08 PM PDT by Fawn (http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/toilet_obsession.html)
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To: silentknight

What pedophile would that be? Do you have a name and the posts that state that? Thanks.


1,962 posted on 10/05/2006 3:24:14 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Scuse me??)
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To: codercpc

Of course I would. You are making the same point as I. I stated if he was only a crime victim, he would not need a defense attorney. I am making reference with my wording there was more to the fact, like he was involved with the prank. Just like you.


1,963 posted on 10/05/2006 3:24:17 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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To: silentknight

What law was broken???


1,964 posted on 10/05/2006 3:25:04 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: PhiKapMom

Wow, went to get the kids and then had to catch up on 500 more posts! Okay, now I'm iffy on whether it was a prank or not. I can see it being a prank and suddenly realizing it caused a major problem later on when dem operatives used the info. But I can also see it being another closeted gay kid suddenly seeing his secret being outed. Guess I will just have to wait and see....


1,965 posted on 10/05/2006 3:25:36 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: areafiftyone

I have been saying all along that I thought that this page was playing Foley for a fool in those IMs, but don't believe for a minute that the IMs just fell into the wrong hands.

Here's something that was posted last night on the thread about the page hiring a lawyer.
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Just posted on another thread. I was at my Wednesday Night Poker game when one of the guys who plays with us says you won't believe this story.

His son has been getting calls from all the networks and newspapers. Someone got his cellphone number. He happened to be one of the roommates with the page that has caused the whole stir.

First comment from son was that this page flaunted his gayness, everyone knew within 10 minutes of meeting him.

Second, the page was not nieve, he was out enjoying the scene and his preferences.

Third, there was not message to all pages about Foley, that was made up.

I guess all sorts of FUD is being spouted. His son has turned down all interviews and staying out of it. His son is very straight and very strong conservative.



Check out the whole thread.

Istook aide may be victim in page scandal ("Victim" Hires Major Defense Lawyer?) ^


1,966 posted on 10/05/2006 3:25:43 PM PDT by Eva
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To: hstntxs
Sorry to bother you guys but could someone tell me what a "PING" is?


Consider a slower thread, one which answers don't get updated very 90 seconds 8<), ...

A "ping" is a message(from me to somebody) that "I've read this thread and it has something in it you might find interesting." The other reader used the doorbell analogy, and it's pretty good. I'm ringing your doorbell to tell you to check general mailbox.

A "bump" is a message from "me" to "myself" that refreshes the thread and prints it at the op of the list so "somebody" (anybody) will read it and perhaps respond.

Kind of like making a classified add about your own company: You know you've read the message, and want somebody else to get the message, but you don't care who.
1,967 posted on 10/05/2006 3:25:46 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: 3niner

Actually, the kid didn't mention his age. What he said was he wasn't old enough to drink but his ID said otherwise. He could have been talking about a fake ID to get into bars or it could have been his profile ID on the website.


1,968 posted on 10/05/2006 3:26:04 PM PDT by AmeriBrit (By a miracle we lived through 'Eight Clinton Years of Living Hell'....NO MORE CLINTON'S...EVER!)
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To: Yaelle
I think Fox News must have grown tired of beating out CNN/MSNBC by such high numbers, and decided to try and even out the playing field.

Maybe Conservative viewer ship was just not elite enough for them...seems they couldn't get past that, "But why oh, why do the liberals not like us, too?" whine. :^(

1,969 posted on 10/05/2006 3:26:28 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
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To: silentknight

Foley resigned. He's history. If he commited a crime, yes, he should go to jail. Will he get a trial first?


1,970 posted on 10/05/2006 3:26:34 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Scuse me??)
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To: silentknight
Why are so many people in here trying to take up for a pedophile?

Give it a rest. I'm not taking up for anyone. I was only posting what I found.

Foley should have resigned. I still think it's partly a dirty trick by filthy political scoundrels.

I don't need a lecture from you about morals.

1,971 posted on 10/05/2006 3:26:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68; LowOiL

I totally agree.

I still haven't heard the facts from LowOil 'who and how' "Foley duped a few other kids in more ways than one."


1,972 posted on 10/05/2006 3:26:53 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: kcvl

Now why would anyone do this?


1,973 posted on 10/05/2006 3:27:26 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: presently no screen name

It is now! Lol!


1,974 posted on 10/05/2006 3:27:33 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
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To: AmeriBrit

No, you have two different IMs confused. There is the one about the drinking thing. But then there is the one where he tells him he isn't 18 yet.


1,975 posted on 10/05/2006 3:27:51 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: valkyrieanne
Well, now, you put your finger on a problem eh!

Do you understand that all I've done is make a provocative but rhetorical statement.

These people get in high dudgeon about what a gay guy is doing, but they have no solution to that problem ~ I simply propose a logical solution ~ ban gays ~ and we take it from there.

It is absolutely amazing how so few people have any idea what that might entail (besides the legal challenges it would present).

Still, you may have missed my post where I suggested would could also ban heterosexuals if that proved to be a problem, and we could still get all the Congressional candidates we needed if we required them to be spayed or neutered (as appropriate).

Have not yet gotten any takers for that one.

1,976 posted on 10/05/2006 3:27:55 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: true_blue_texican

Well, if he *knew* he was contacting an 18-yo, that's a different matter. (Although are we sure about that? I'm sure it's what Foley will *claim*, of course.) It's still completely disgusting behavior (IM masturbation on the floor of the House? YUCK!!!), but not illegal, if the boy was of age. I'm still glad Foley resigned. It was certainly conduct unbecoming a Congressman.


1,978 posted on 10/05/2006 3:28:46 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (Kelo must GO!! ..... http://sonoma-moderate.blogspot.com/)
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To: tcrlaf

bttt


1,979 posted on 10/05/2006 3:28:47 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: silentknight
What else can be said...Foley needs to go to jail for all of this. Underage is underage. Who cares about this one kid being 18 during PART of all of this. He was under 18 at other parts of it.

Where is under 18 "illegal?" I know of no state that is true. It seems 16 is the LEGAL age of consent in most states were it is as young as 14 years in some.

People do not have to go to jail because they do something offensive to you, it has to actually be against the law.
1,980 posted on 10/05/2006 3:30:16 PM PDT by msnimje (Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
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