Because he is still a creep. Plus this gives Hastert more credibility - he said, "Look, we know about your tendencies. This is bad. The Leadership will not support you. It is best to resign." (100% speculation)
Lando 
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...
put on a hazmat suit and wander over..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2323214
OK - bad choice of words, I know...
Also, who passed the IMs to Soros?
YEP!
What have you done to be beerworthy today, mein freund?
I'm sorry, but so far I'm not buying it. I think Drudge has been taken in.
He was embarrassed by "pranksters" who knew he was gay. He was a closeted homosexual outted by pranksters. Hell, my father and mother didn't know Foley was gay. Some people can hide it so well, but I had a suspicion he was gay. But to pull a prank on anyone, especially of this magnitude by making fun of how they talk or walk is low rent.
I grew up being made fun of how I walked because I have cerebal palsy.
Foley was outted by a bunch of punks and shamed by the gay community and called creep and pervert by total strangers.
How would you react?
Yeah, fact it! ;-)
Agreed. This is making sense now, about the lawyer.
:-)
Well, the one who worked for Istook DID go to Berkley....
No, Mike, that's backwards. First came the emails. They were fairly innocuous. Then came the IMs. These were the lurid ones. They are why he resigned. It seems, if Drudge is correct, that while Foley took the whole thing seriously, the "teen" was leading him on and laughing at him.
Perhaps. But it also could be that the prank involved somebody posing as Foley on his office computer. Now do you want to think again about why Kirk Fordham resigned?
They are also saying then "Why did Foley Resign and Hasert take the blame". They won't believe it till ABC retracts their story.
go look up phikapmom's posts for some excellent local color about this kid. She makes some very interesting observations about his time there on the ground in OK...
excellent reportage, phikapmom.
Foley quit because now everyone knows that he is gay. He probably didn't think he'd get voted back in. I feel so bad for him.
Because he is still a creep. Plus this gives Hastert more credibility - he said, "Look, we know about your tendencies. This is bad. The Leadership will not support you. It is best to resign." (100% speculation)
Lando
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