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.
algor was the choice.
(Tell your 'values voter people' that for me, OK? :)
bttt
I think the big problem is that no one wants to see any lurid chat message sent between people, regardless of age or sexual orientation. It's just gross! Kind of like when you've seen someone naked-- it's hard to get it out of your head!