Posted on 10/05/2006 6:33:36 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
I just saw where ABC is claiming that 3 Pages, who won't give names and are giving "verbal accounts", offering no documentation of physical evidence, were approached by Foley.
After looking at the ABC article, it looks like ABC is in panic mode since the Drudge Report broke the story that friends of one of the Page's who was an IM recipient said it was actually a joke and the IM's fell INTO THE HANDS OF DEMOCRAT OPERATIVES ON THE HILL! It is obvious that Democrats and ABC (as well as Joe Scarborough who is just dying to poke a stick at Republicans because they found him a fraud) are trying one last ditch effort to keep the fire on the GOP. The problem is, their latest revelation comes from a tip that has not and, most likely, can not be confirmed.
ABC has no way to confirm a "verbal account" of IM's or e-mails unless they have documentation of such!
But the biggest indicator that the latest revelation may be a last ditch effort by Democrat operatives and ABC to keep the heat on is in the final 2 paragraphs from Brian Ross' page.
-An online story on the Drudge Report Thursday claimed one set of the sexually explicit instant messages obtained by ABC News was part of a "prank" on the part of the former page, who reportedly says he goaded the congressman into writing the messages.
"This was no prank," said one of the three former pages who talked to ABC News today about his experience with the congressman.-
How good for ABC and the DEMOCRATS, that right after a story is broken that shows that Dems and their liberal media allies were actually the ones who knew about the disgusting acts of Foley and that they sat on them for political gain instead of going to the authorities, that suddenly they find 3 more Page's who do NOT have to reveal their names and have no evidence to back up claims.
I agree. I feel for the guy. The only Hard Proof we have of anything improper are some questionable IMs sent by a "Political Whore."
Unless I have hard substantial proof of Foley sleeping with a minor, I will hold my judgment.
So, they are just flinging sh*t against the wall and hope some of it sticks?
This is all Bush's fault.
Why the fascination with PRIVATE CITIZEN Foley?
Yeah, Liddy's statement was kinda disjointed, but I think he's POed that if conservatives stay home, they'll be staying home because of the Foley thing, rather than because of the exploding budget and other stuff conservatives have been pushing the Republicans on.
From her post:
The timing of the Foley revelations is a bit odd. If the intended beneficiary of the political dirty trick was the Democrats, surely the perpetrators would have sprung it closer to Election Day. A month is an eternity in politics (irrespective of the fact that it is the pundit class' favorite hedge).
TEMPUS ACTUM
If not the Democrats then who? Who benefits from the odd timing? And who has the means, the motive, the opportunity--and the m.o.-- 1, 2 to pull off this dirty trick?
WHO BENEFITS?
The clintons had been hemorrhaging ever since the first week in September when the husband, by attempting to quash the ABC movie, "The Path to 9/11," managed to accomplish in mere days what his opponents failed for years to effectuate, namely, to focus the electorate simultaneously on the clinton jackboot 3, 4 and on the clinton failure to confront terrorism. 5
This is the most convoluted clusterf**k of a scandal there ever was. Was he 16 or 17 or 18? But he was just one of many, anyway. Not many? Then one of three. And there were fifty IM conversations! Where are they? Oh, they're not sordid enough for general consumption. I mean, we hide them for the children. Oh crap we accidentally let this kids name out. That 'accident' sounds suspicious? Whatever do you mean? We weren't trying to milk a story by ruining a 21 year old kid's life. AHAH so he IS 21! Since he's 21 and not 19 that must mean he's a seasoned democrat operative, trained in the jungles of Venezuela under the hardened gaze of Soros!! Or maybe it's an inside job! He is a R-staffer after all, maybe it's a coup d'etat!? Hastert knew the emails but not the IMs? Okay, so WHO KNEW THE IMS AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT OMG OMG OMG OMG **HEAD EXPLOSION**sfsafkdjkl
Where's Mary Mapes working these days?
this is a rather weird case, but it would be pretty sh*tty if he quit just because he was embarrased because of being outed as a gay man... :\
You forgot about www.stopsexpredators.com. LOLOL
how many days before the election is it? :D
Sorry, my hands were getting tired :). I probably could have gone three times as long, based on the many theories spun here and elsewhere.
LMAO! That's one of the funniest lines I've ever read on this site.
I seem to remember that it was Dumbocrap Speaker of the House Tom Foley (D-Wash) who solemnly pronounced that it wasn't the nature of the evidence but the seriousness of the charge that called for investigation (about Iran Contra or Bush I's SR-71 flight to Europe or some such cooked-up scandal).
I presume the same philosophy would still exist, so we can say that it would be Foley on Foleygate.
;^))
what did you think of Hannity not mentioning the Drudge report story? My wife says he did talk about it some on radio this afternoon.
The quickest way to see what crimes the Left has committed of late is to see what they are blaming others of doing.
So long as one controls the Referee's in the sports arena, or the Media in the public arena, the dirtier the play, the better for your side.
The Clintons are masters of this street fighting.
I hate to say almost the unthinkable but I do wonder if the people behind this are not the Dems but perhaps some our own that wanted to take the Speaker out. The fact that this ex page. Republican staffer has hired a high profile defense attorney is troubling
Foley sleeping with a minor.
I to agree with your assessment of the situation, good thinking on your part.
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