The artwork below is for all of the angery so called Repubies who want: GW to resign or be impeached along with Dick Cheney, those who want Rummey, and Denny to resign.
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...
The artwork below is for all of the angery so called Repubies who want: GW to resign or be impeached along with Dick Cheney, those who want Rummey, and Denny to resign.
I would only add that someone doesn't hire Stephen Jones to handle a PRANK!!
The point is, however, no matter how immoral, disgusting or whatever other adjective we want to use here, what Foley did was not illegal under DC law. These kids were not underage. The age of consent in DC is age 16; Foley knew very well he wasn't doing anything illegal.
However, there is the issue of sexual harrasment that remains IMO, not to mention the general feeling tht a 52 yo shouldn't be so interested in 17/18 yo kids.
Take six and call me in the morning.
I agree, I also think rehab or not, Foley owes it too the party to come out with a statement ASAP about what he was doing, and when he was doing it. It doesn't have to go into details, just tell us which media outlet is telling the truth. Is Drudge right? was it a prank he got caught up in, or is ABC right with all these additional stories that are popping up? He could say, "although I can't get into details, I did IM one page 3 years ago, but no more than that,etc." The rumors and innuendo could be stopped tonight, if he did that.
They are too stupid to realize they just energized the conservative base by trying to trash people (as if they didn't have a bunch of skunks in their party, the only difference is they support the skunks!). And believe me the base was not energized before this.
Bump!
The page with the original IM's turns out to have been 18 during the more sexual exchanges and not a page at the time.
Drudge revealed the IM's from this page were a "prank" between a group of guys that wanted to make fun of Foley. Foley thought the exchanges were reveal, but they were by no means "prey" because they were leading him on deliberately. They copied the exchanges and passed them out.
That page has also hired a criminal defense lawyer. So it's up to you whether you want to believe it was merely a prank that the Dems got ahold of and exploited, or if the page was complicit in the setup of the Republicans. Or, possibly is involved in blackmail but all that is speculation at this time. Al I know is that must people don't run out and hire a criminal defense attorney for a "prank". A lawyer, maybe, but not Mcveigh's lawyer.
Now ABC introduces three new claims. They have no proof other then verbal confessions that Foley preyed on them. two were adults at the time. The other claims to have been 17. They are repeating phrases that were in the famous IM's, which could imply they are merely copycats. And only a couple of hours after a story in which Drudge uses the term "prank" and the MSM had no yet reported on, one of them uses the exact same word. Evidencing at very least they were coached. Furthermore ABC did NOT lead off its newscast with this "breaking" news as they most surely would have done if they believed in its accurracy.
Read your own statement. Hindsight is 20/20.
He can't do that while he is in rehab. Once you enter rehab for thirty days you aren't allowed to do anything but what they tell you to do.
Precisely right.
IF ABC had this blockbuster proof why in the hell wasn't it plastered over their nightly newscast earning Ross his Pulitzer?
Have a good day.
My philosophy is to kick our guys or rap them with a 2X4 when they do something wrong. If they don't change, replace them with another republican.
Never sit out an election to teach somebody a lesson. Some did that in 1992 and enabled the Clintoons to rape and pillage this country while setting up 9/11.
How did the IMs' get from Edmund to ABCs' Brian Ross?
He posted part of MY reply to him, to you. The kid ( and besides being a newbie, he IS a kid ) is out of his depth here and hasn't matured enough to even respond to the right person.
BRAVA and thanks; AmeriBrit! :-)
Report him for what ? Asking for a picture ? Asking how the page did during the hurricane ?
You are missing the point - the IMs were the sexually explicit communications and they were only known to Republican leadership this past Friday. The emails to the 16yo, known since 2003, were merely friendly. The parents asked the leadership to stop the communications, and the leadership did that by asking Foley to not socialize with the pages.
What part of the story do you not get ?
bttt
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