[CharlesWayneCT]

I'm sorry. Maybe the lurid ones were fake, but there has to be a reason Foley resigned.

Here's a funny thing. What if Foley resigned because the republicans forced him out? What if he knew they were fake but was made to quit?

Will the story next week be "Homophobic republicans force gay man to quit over fake IMs?"

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

[null and void]

Fake butt accurate...

[A Citizen Reporter]

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

Would that be the same way that CBS and Dan Rather verified the accuracy of those TNG memos?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

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

Kind of like how CBS found ^the people who wrote ^those Texas Air National Guard memos, and verified ^their accuracy?

[kempo]

Foley resigned because he pretended to be someone he was not. Remember the Republicans have a higher standard.

[Yaelle]

I think the IMs were not fake. I think the page maybe pretended to be under 18 and titillated Foley along. Foley's still scum.

[Grampa Dave]

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

Come on, you have to be kidding.

[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?

[Hendrix]

"but there has to be a reason Foley resigned."

Because he is gay and will lose his conservative base voters? Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think he was known to be gay by his constituents.

[pgkdan]

I'm sorry. Maybe the lurid ones were fake, but there has to be a reason Foley resigned.

i don't think they were fake. The prank was that they could get him going like they did and engage him in pathetic internet sex.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'm sorry. Maybe the lurid ones were fake, but there has to be a reason Foley resigned.

Who knows, maybe the logs were doctored up to appear lurid. Lots of possibilities.

[ichabod1]

I'm sorry. Maybe the lurid ones were fake, but there has to be a reason Foley resigned.

Did you read the story? It says it was a set up. He really did say the things it says he said. The page only had to be over 16 to be legal. I had this impression reading it that the page didn't sound all that into it.

[My2Cents]

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

CBS got suckered in '04. Now it's ABC's turn.

[jwparkerjr]

I wonder if Foley wasn't about ready to be done with his difficult life of being a Republican AND in the closet for years.

[rwfromkansas]

This is just one of the guys. But, it is intriguing nonetheless.

[Bearshouse]

I don't think the article says Foley didn't write the IM's, just that Edmund was goading it on.

[tcrlaf]

Foley resigned because he was a closeted gay republican, under cloud, who was about to be EXPOSED....

In the end, he did the right thing, and his work with the Child protection programs comprimised ANY cred he might have in denial of the charges...

[rintense]

The reason Foley resigned is he's gay, and was living a lie. He couldn't take the political pressure and did what he thought was right.

[El Gato]

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

Verify?

ROTFLMAO!