CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY

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>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU OCT 5 2006 2:53:48 ET XXXXX

CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY
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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...

[valkyrieanne]

He resigned because people on both sides threw him to the wolves. The democrats are just as guilty in his resigning. Their fingerprints are all over this mess.

I agree 100%. But that the Democrats would use this (or perhaps even instigated it) is typical and predictable. Republicans in both leadership and on the ground would be expected to demand Foley's resignation - he just beat them to it.

Should the Republicans have stonewalled it? I don't know - it might have hurt the party even more had they done that. Or perhaps it might have shut the Democrats up. I'm really up in the air on that one.

[EBH]

Which isn't that a form of discrimination and harassment? Especially if it holds up that the solitications were between adults.

[MOgirl]

I believe Louis has been turned down for the post, contrary to earlier reports
By Nancy Pelosi.

That ought to tell you something.

Can she do that?!?!?



Hello,

That is a great question, perhaps there needs to be agreement between the parties as to the appointment of an outside investigator. Anybody have details on why Pelosi has the ability to do this???

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[peyton randolph]

Neil Cavuto interned in the Carter White House. It always helps to remember that.

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Always help to also remember that Cavuto (a) is a nice guy and (b) physically goes through hell to host his show due to multiple sclerosis. I'll cut him some slack for that youthful indiscretion of interning for Carter.

[okie01]

I think he resigned because of the e-mails. It was after he resigned that the IMs were revealed.

The e-mails were to nail Foley.

The IMs were held for Hastert.

[JIM O]

If Drudge is right isn't it accurate that the pages were gay bashing

[Miss Marple]

Ain't that the truth?

I wouls also like to point out that as a 58-year old midwestern grandma I am a heck of a lot less hysterical than some of these conservative pundits.

Maybe I should get my own radio show.

[JCEccles]

A frat prank gone bad. A sniggering 18 year old frat boy enticed a booze-soaked middle-aged gay man into sending pathetic and salacious lustful IMs so the whole frat boy crew could laugh themselves sick.

And the MSM and Democrats cynically manipulated and refashioned the prank into the myth of the cherubic prepubescent 12 year old page preyed upon by a cunning and powerful Republican pedophile.

[PghBaldy]

They could have had a party, all of them, and the printouts were discovered by some drunken Dems.

[VRWCtaz]

"...We're all missing something, really big."

I've had that thought since this whole mess began.

[old_sage_says]

"Breaking in with breaking news per Fox......oil possibly found in Israel's Dead Sea. Nothing further as yet.
Oh, wow!

Maybe just a ploy since sanctions are about to be voted on by the UN.

At any rate......please, Lord.....let there be oil, globs of it!"


Funny that you mention this.

Here is a quote from Golda Meir, "Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!"

[sandbar]

>>>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!>>>

I thought it was just me. I can't keep up!

[Txsleuth]

I did not know that Cavuto interned in the Carter White House..

That would explain his squishiness then..

I gotta tell you...that Soros guy made the hair stand up on the back of my neck...he is BAD NEWS in more ways than one.

He really acted like he was going to slap Cavuto..when Neil brought up how he has stashed his fortune in an offshore bank...which has him paying MUCH less taxes...even though, he complains that the RICH in America don't give up enough of their wealth to help the poor...

[longtermmemmory]

you had better recut and past you post with **** at the f word because the Moderators here don't allow it.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Should the Republicans have stonewalled it?

The Democrats hoped they would have. Foley resigned because at least he has the dignity and decency to do such a thing. As you said, Foley beat Hastert to the punch, which suggests he wasn't pressured out.

[NinoFan]

I read about that possibility yesterday on the Internet. No lie.

[goodnesswins]

WHO asked HER? WHEN? And, what was the context of the question?

[Enchante]

"How many millions of dollars does it get a rat punk kid to IM a known gay Congressman"

I'm referring to any groups and individuals like the leftie frauds from "CREW" -- what did they know, when did they know it, what have they done with info behind the scenes, how have they manipulated the DBM, etc. I'm not imagining that any Soros funding is connected to the Edmunds punk, though we still need to know a lot more about that guy's role both in generating and disseminating the IMs, etc. We also need to know a lot more about how 'Rat and 527 Demagogues have worked this issue, especially all the stuff that is still not public..... and that DOES very likely have connections to Soros money, at least as it relates to CREW.

[Raebie]

The little effer is more concerned that everyone thinks he's gay than anything else. He's gonna sing like a canary make that point clear.