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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: CFC__VRWC

Wont matter, his lawyer cannot stop the evil media from finding him. He has nowhere to hide. His life is ruined.


1,021 posted on 10/05/2006 12:52:46 PM PDT by Welike ike
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To: Howlin

oh, I did not know that. Thanks.


1,022 posted on 10/05/2006 12:52:51 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Fresh Wind

I think he has bigger things to worry about right now.


1,023 posted on 10/05/2006 12:52:57 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: NoBullZone
But the question is whether Kirk passed on the password to Edmund to fake the chat with someone else playing Foley or did Kirk use Foley's AOL account himself to chat with Edmund? Did Kirk use Foley's e-mail account to chat up with other pages? Was this a conspiracy among staffers and pages to blackmail their bosses with phony but real embarrassing chat logs?
1,024 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:04 PM PDT by anymouse
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To: txflake

Problem is they're liable to find the RNC or somebody making the payoff payments for him :( There is potentially a LOT to this story.


1,025 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:05 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Yes, Sheppy (who has a computer right on his desk, and you KNOW he knows the score) does seems to be hours behind this story, doesn't he?

Well, a thousand posts in under an hour....who can blame him?

1,026 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:14 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: carola
I don't believe Jordan Edmund from Hawaii and Berkeley is a conservative Republican.

He calls himself a "political whore" at his myspace blog.

1,027 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:23 PM PDT by JCEccles
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To: SE Mom
It broke just as Rush was ending his show today- he was BESIDE himself!

He got a HUGH laugh out of it though, after reading Drudge.

1,028 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:23 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Karl Rove you magnificent bastard!)
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To: chesty_puller

Maybe we should compile a list.


1,029 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:23 PM PDT by Howlin (Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
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To: xtinct

Punk little 21 year old snot!

He needs legal action taken against him. He is the type that hang out at DU and move on. Take his computer NOW


1,030 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:30 PM PDT by JFC (Conservatives, you are either with us or against us)
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To: processing please hold

I'll bet ya a dollar to a donut(chocolate icing please) that the dims are in a huddle as we speak trying to figure

LOL How to operate email and IM's LOL Good day for internet and website consultants in D.C.


1,031 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:36 PM PDT by hardworking
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To: Fresh Wind
If I were that page, I would be upset with having had my personal, supposedly private communications and my name spread by ABC all over TV, radio, the print media, and the Internet.

Upset, embarrassed, maybe a little scared. When he and friends played the prank when they were 18 they probably had no idea that their IMs might show up later in a big dem. scandal. I think a lot of people forget he is only 21 right now. I see a lot of people attributing complex scenarios to his actions rather than seeing that it is most likely the result of a democratic operative latching onto the leftovers of a boyhood prank.

1,032 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:37 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: A Citizen Reporter

Last I heard this morning he was still employed by them. I have a call into someone that is trying to find out if he was fired.


1,033 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:38 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( Go Sooners! George Allen for President in 2008!)
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To: nevergore

Because he felt humiliated? ashamed? Maybe he allowed the little pranksters to blackmail him? Allowing yourself to be blackmailed is serious; more serious than instant messaging.


1,034 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:40 PM PDT by carmody
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To: CFC__VRWC
I wouldn't look for that presser anytime soon. I'm sure Edmund's attorney will do everything he can to make sure his client stays way out of public view. He's done enough damage to himself without shooting himself in the foot on national TV.

Not just any lawyer, a defense attourney.

The little punk knews he is seriously in trouble.

1,035 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:41 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: Truth29
Make that Pelosi.
1,036 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:43 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: kcvl

BullShip.

Foley is a Teenager-abusing faggot who got caught. Here in FL we have known he was gay for years.


1,037 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:44 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
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To: rwfromkansas
Here is the post. It's a leftie news site that we can't post from Exclusive: ABC returns fire as Drudge questions Foley story... Developing...
1,038 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:45 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: SE Mom

"let's see how Brian Ross has been spending his afternoon!"

He's busy instant messaging out his resume to his chat buddies...


1,039 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:46 PM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind --- Support the Cause: Donate Today)
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To: NinoFan

It is time for Rove to focus on discrediting Pelosi and her ability to govern.


1,040 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:47 PM PDT by Welike ike
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