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...

[TChris]

For what crime?

Attempting to influence a federal election, for starters.

[Dead Corpse]

[Antique Gal]

These were some kid's making fun at the expense of a gay!I hope they are real proud of themselves !!

[Welike ike]

I agree Grampa, let us purge the Doom and gloomers. we know who they are.

[CFC__VRWC]

Odd how this explanation pops up only after a high-priced attorney is hired.

Very interesting point. I wonder just who's paying for this kid's lawyer anyway?

[Grampa Dave]

"Why did he save them for three years, how did they end up in the hands of a Dem operative and why did hire a top defense attorney? All questions inquring minds would like to know."

His lying gay A$$ should be fired immediately from his current job.

Maybe Foley, Hasert and others smeared by this lying gay POS should take him into civil court to sue him and any rat congressit involved and George $oreA$$ if he was involved.

[calex59]

I had always assumed ABC had found the people who WROTE the IMs, and verified their accuracy.

You mean the way CBS verified the Rather memo about Bush?

[falcon1966]

Why would Foley have used such an obvious IM User Name to send lurid messages? That does not make sense.

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[Howlin]

Today is lost to us, kiddo..........fact it. :-)

Gee, wouldn't it be awful if people got investigated on the Hill because they used IMs that were a lie?


NOT!!!

[AliVeritas]

As i'm sure you know... the former page hired Stephen Jones of McVeigh fame and of slam Brownie after Katrina fame. Said to have Pelosi ties... I guess they 'had' to say it was a prank. /s

[katykelly]

A closet homosexual in a Republican district.

[Enchante]

I think you've nailed it..... If the latest on Drudge proves correct (who knows??), Edmund may have been just yanking Foley's chain to get him to type embarrassing stuff..... though that's not exactly a "prank" in my definition if Foley was actually writing the IMs and actually thought he was corresponding with another gay man then the IMs are "real" and not made up by Edmund and pals, though apparently Edmund may not have had any homosexual intent, just a cruel way to toy with Foley.....

[DRUDGE]:"According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, a conservative Republican, goaded 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. This source, an ally of Edmund, also adamantly reports that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund.

[Lurking in Kansas]

THIS WAS KARL ROVE'S OCTOBER SURPRISE!!!!

My thought too. Rove baited the Dims, hooked them, and now yanking the line!!!

[tobyhill]

I peeked. They are questioning it was a prank for "11 years"?

[Mad Dawgg]

"DU hasn't been breathing a word about this, unless they have some secret password protected forum like they did for the last election."

Ongoing thread on DU:

Drudge calls page emails "PRANK"

[florida red]

Don't you get it? he actually did type those messages - but it was a prank by the pages. they lured him into it. so he resigned because he actually did it.

[pgkdan]

Prank my a**. That's how they're going to try to spin it for now. I think it was more insidious than just a prank. I can't wait to hear how those mysterious enemy political operatives managed to get a hold of those IM's.

[art_rocks]

Thats why there are no more hurricanes for the year, Rove was saving the energy for the big one.

[elc]

Do we know they were all Republican pages?

[Fawn]

Foley should of just married his 16 year old cousin like ELVIS....he'd be revered!!!