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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: madison10
Funny how the "prank admission" came out not minutes after Rush mentioned that the IMs might have been part of a prank ...that was strange.

Drudge gave Rush a heads up in my opinion and nice to see that you have that "prank admission" in quotes because I don't believe it for a second...

2,581 posted on 10/05/2006 8:14:41 PM PDT by Doofer
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To: Victoria Delsoul
My opinion..............this is going to backfire BIG time on the RATS.

You wanna see voter turnout?? This is MOTIVATION for the base, and they will regret playing this little sordid game.

2,582 posted on 10/05/2006 8:16:15 PM PDT by ohioWfan (George W. Bush - "Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.")
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To: ohioWfan
Thanks!

It never hurts to keep repeating the posting rules. :-)

2,583 posted on 10/05/2006 8:16:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I can smell trolls.... As I stand Up Here I Can Still Smell The Sulfur... teee heee... how funny.


2,584 posted on 10/05/2006 8:16:46 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: ohioWfan

As long as the word gets out the Rats are done.


2,585 posted on 10/05/2006 8:17:12 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: madison10

I'm with you. I'm glad the guy is gone, and the world is a better place because of it, but at the same time, its hard to feel sorry for the "victim".

That was a pretty big screwup for ABC to leave that screenname on there...do you think somebody did it on purpose?


2,586 posted on 10/05/2006 8:18:19 PM PDT by letsgonova19087
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To: msnimje

LOLOL


2,587 posted on 10/05/2006 8:18:28 PM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Great post!

Where is there a picture of the nasty Jordan Edmonds?

2,588 posted on 10/05/2006 8:18:28 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: letsgonova19087

Thanks...I'll need it.


2,589 posted on 10/05/2006 8:19:11 PM PDT by processing please hold
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To: AmeriBrit

BRAVA!


2,590 posted on 10/05/2006 8:19:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ohioWfan

Rush said that he was wondering what this Foley thing was doing to the voters, so he called the Republicans in Florida. They said that there polls show that the Republicans in the districts around Foley's are actually up in the polls. The scandal has helped them, not hurt them.


2,591 posted on 10/05/2006 8:19:41 PM PDT by Eva
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To: ohioWfan

This manufactured scandal has the clinton Slime Machine written all over it.

Pray for W and Our Troops


2,592 posted on 10/05/2006 8:20:02 PM PDT by bray (Voting for the Rats is a Deathwish)
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To: nopardons

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713970/posts

Here somewhere--still looking


2,593 posted on 10/05/2006 8:20:39 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Beagle8U

Basically the Dems did this to depress conservative turnout and get everyone off topic of the issues that weren't working for them.

What the dummies obviously did not understand is that while some campaign numbers were climbing, we were still looking at modest losses. But, nope, that wasn't good enough for the dummies. They were promised a takeover of at least one of the houses dammit! ::stomping foot::

So they unleash this circus.

What have they gained? Well they've established the colusion between Dems activists with the DNC and media is still intact. They've dealt ABC a bit of a blow. They still don't have Hastert's head. They don't have any guarentee Foley's replacement will lose. They have an invetsigation into who knew what and when in both parties which is something they should fear. And they upset the fractured, angry, and apathetic conservative base by re-uniting us against Dems and in support of the Reps.

Yeah, dummies, you guys were just brilliant. [s]

Even if the Reps don't follow through and nail them as they should be nailed, it's still a net loss for them as people like myself that were NOT going to vote for some Reps now are.

And as more of their scams come out, this story dies, they've ensured Woodward is old news since they decided to toss him over for Foley, and there beneath the dust is the President still on message about the WOT to fill in the sudden vacuum created by the absence of the Dems planned October Surprise. Checkmate losers.


2,594 posted on 10/05/2006 8:21:02 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: nopardons
Is this the one you are looking for?


2,595 posted on 10/05/2006 8:21:05 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: PhiKapMom
Oh WOW!

This REALLY is getting good. :-)

Remember how we all were speculating about blackmail? I think that we were all dead on.

Jordan can kiss his cherished and yearned for career in politics bye bye...he'll be lucky to get any kind of job now.

2,597 posted on 10/05/2006 8:22:15 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Doofer
Nah.........Rush didn't know about Drudge ahead of time.

Were you listening to him? He was just musing about teenaged boys and how they make fun of gays and wondering, and then found out Drudge had posted this.

He was too surprised and pleased with himself to have been 'in' on it.

2,598 posted on 10/05/2006 8:22:22 PM PDT by ohioWfan (George W. Bush - "Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.")
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To: LowOiL

Ummm - the same people who think the Boy Scouts should allow gay scoutmasters ?


2,599 posted on 10/05/2006 8:22:55 PM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: letsgonova19087
You sound like a perfect example of the kids Foley was friendly with. Tou also have a very short memory.

One minute your a 17 yr old High School Punk [your word] now your passing yourself off as a college basketball player. Is your last name Edmund by any chance? If it is you came to the wrong place.
2,600 posted on 10/05/2006 8:23:50 PM PDT by AmeriBrit (By a miracle we lived through 'Eight Clinton Years of Living Hell'....NO MORE CLINTON'S...EVER!)
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