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...
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I'm calling BS.
This is UNREAL!
dims INVENT the news. once again.
So THAT's why he hired a defense attorney.
HAAAAAAAAAAA!
Could be. Sounds a littel too good to be true to me though.
Drive by media may have to make a pitt stop.
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.
This whole thing is driving me nuts!
I've been telling everyone this hold thing was going to back fire on the Democrats!
However, the alleged prankster obviously has no responsibility for this. After all, he's just a "kid," a "child." No doubt still in diapers.
"So why did he resign, instead of denying it?"
Embarrassed being a closet homosexual.
Its called OPTIMISM, people.
You GOTTA BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fish swim, scorpions sting, Democrats LIE.
That is just the way it is.
"So THAT's why he hired a defense attorney. "
Yep
FYI.
This is turning out to be a big implosion by the rats.
Whoa! The DUmmies will be crying in the beer, er, Perrier.
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