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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: areafiftyone
"RAW STORY has also learned that ABC plans to release additional stories that indicate that Foley's behavior extended to other congressional pages who served on Capitol Hill during different sessions of Congress."

Well, what are they waiting for? Why don't they release this information.

They are sitting on evidence that involves at least a couple of federal investigations now.

1,321 posted on 10/05/2006 1:17:41 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter ("And you got that little smirk on your face, and you think you're so clever!")
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Loyalty to party, refusal to be made into a campaign issue, the fact that there are bona fide instances of him being 'overly friendly' with pages, the fact he'd been 'outed' as a homosexual, and an estimation that that alone had ruined his reelection chances.

Another possiblity is he really is a closet drunk, and wasn't certain it didn't happen, since he didn't log all his IM's back three years plus.


1,322 posted on 10/05/2006 1:17:42 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Beagle8U

Why is that Rogers guy on Tucker's show saying that a GOP operative is the one who released the IMs?

And I see Fordham on CNN; can somebody give me the REAL deal with him?

BTW, Rogers on Tucker's show is saying that this whole thing is being "done" by a bunch of GOP gays who are tired of the other GOP gays being hypocrits.


1,323 posted on 10/05/2006 1:17:45 PM PDT by Howlin (Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
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To: MaineVoter2002

"Foley actually did write the IMs?"

True, but it now appears that the IMs were solicited.


1,324 posted on 10/05/2006 1:17:54 PM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: areafiftyone

Thanks....we'll see:) I'm dizzy!


1,325 posted on 10/05/2006 1:17:57 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: LS
And why would Foley quit without a fight if the ONLY info identifying him as a "pedophile" was actually fabricated?

Maybe he didn't realize he had been set up.

1,326 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:09 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: PhiKapMom
He hired the Timothy McVeigh lawyer.

Who promptly came up with the old and worn "Hey, it was just all a big fat joke! Ha Ha!" defense. And all this time later, his blog full of idiotic and potentially incriminating statements is still up on MySpace. I'd say he's not getting his money's worth from that lawyer. Unless, of course, the laywer has other loyalties.

1,327 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:27 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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To: blogblogginaway
FREE REPUBLIC CALLS FOR BRIAN ROSS TO RESIGN IN DISGRACE...... CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ABC'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE ELECTION.

I'll Second That

1,328 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:54 PM PDT by Stajack
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To: msnimje

Not much they put on is true except from sources directly from the media and stuff that member of congress send to them directly\! But they got this from ABC News who is probably freaking out right about now.


1,329 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:55 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
388 replies in 20 minutes. That's gotta be close to a record.

No kidding...HEY -- SLOW DOWN Y'ALL...some of us have to work for a living and can only keep FR up in the background and check in when there aren't Corporate Nazis in the room. And don't y'all dare make me spit tea all over my screen again!

1,330 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:55 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: areafiftyone

Wonder if Edmond is saying the "prank" was something all the pages were doing?


1,331 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:08 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Soul Seeker
Kudlow's over on NRO desperately trying to overthrow Denny still.

I'm really disappointed with his reaction to all this. I expected more from him. Jumping on the bandwagon before the facts are all out.

1,332 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:11 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: LS

Dems still have scandal of aliens being kept alive out there in Area 51.


1,333 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:13 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: The G Man

ROTLMAO.... great one :)


1,334 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:23 PM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: OESY
I wish I were a fly on the wall. If we are going to have to have "bipartisan" approval on who heads the investigation, we will get someone acceptable to the Dems and it will be like the 9/11 Commission white wash of the Gorelick wall.
1,335 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:25 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: jennyjenny

I posted a few links - see my post #1260.


1,336 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:26 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: LS

At the risk of being uncouth, I wonder how many "clients" of Barney Frank's House of Homosexual Prostitution were themselves or were "entertained" by males under the age of 18? But, since it involved a democrat, we'll never know.

EODGUY


1,337 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:33 PM PDT by EODGUY (I don't believe Ted Kennedy has EVER had a blood alcohol content under the legal limit.)
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To: MaestroLC

Right Maestro and the Disney Bosses are watching this closely. Robert Iger reads Drudge too. They saw CBS become a laughing stock, and will protect Charlie Gibson.


1,338 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:38 PM PDT by Welike ike
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To: sageb1

nver=never
sunned=stunned

wow...2 in one post


1,339 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:41 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Yossarian

Below are links to two of the worse that I confronted this morning.

The first may be a young college kid claiming to be a conservative. He is the first to complain on any of these bs spins by the msm. He was rather harsh on Denny this morning:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714280/posts?page=43#43

One posted this thread re below re the lies about emails and after being confronted by many of us he tried to turn us into homo lovers/supporters. Then he went on other threads demanding that Denny resign and attacked those who supported Denny.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713931/posts

If you find anymore please freepmail me, the http: link data and the name of the brownshirt. I will be compiling a list.


1,340 posted on 10/05/2006 1:19:53 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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