Top GOP Staffer Forced Out for Role in Page Scandal
ABC NEWS THE BLOTTER ^ | October 04, 2006 | Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz
Posted on 10/04/2006 1:28:28 PM CDT by navysealdad
various posters are providing more bits of info about this guy that both bolster and contradict the notion that he's one of the sources of the IMs
Kirk Fordham was chief of staff for Foley for about 10 years then apparently resigned that job "rather suddenly." For the last couple of years he's been on the staff of another Republican from New York. Fordham was outed as gay by one of the folks and organizations that definitely is involved in the whole Foley IM mess some time ago. He has been open about his homosexuality since. I don't know if the outing is why he left Foley's staff. Others are saying that he's been involved with the activists that held the IMs and they infer from that that he may be their source.
He's apparently being forced out now, however, because he tried to intervene with ABC to get them to not publish the contents of the IMs, suggesting that Foley would give them an exclusive interview following his resignation in exchange. ABC turned him down. Speculation would be that he either was trying to protect Foley in some way, or trying to cover up the contents. That might be important if he had faked any of the IMs, as releasing the contents would let at least Foley know that someone else wrote the offending IMs (if that is, in fact, what's going on... I think).
Now you know why I'm waiting until we actually have some facts and some ability to examine witnesses and evidence before I'm willing to pass any judgment on just what the hell is going on!!!!!!
As the great Vinni Barbarino (John Travolta) used to say "I'm so confused!"
Things getting curiouser and curiouser....