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ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER; FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD
The Drudge Report ^ | 10-04-06 | Drudge

Posted on 10/04/2006 5:12:16 PM PDT by jrooney

A posting of an unredacted instant message sessions between Rep. Mark Foley and a former congressional page has apparently exposed the identity of the now 21 year-old accuser...

ABC RELEASED TRANSCRIPT OF ONE CHAT BETWEEN FOLEY AND A MAN WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME OF THE INSTANT MESSAGE EXCHANGE.... NETWORK STATED THE MESSAGE WAS TO 'UNDER AGE' TEEN... DEVELOPING...

ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER; FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD

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To: Nuc1

"What a contrast between the parties."

The Republicans and Democrats are essentially the same.

The GOP leadership kicked Foley because his action were contrary to the moral values of the party.

The Dems dumped Leiberman because his morality and integrity were at odds with the New Democrats.


421 posted on 10/04/2006 6:23:19 PM PDT by UnChained
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To: carola; PhiKapMom

Freeper PhiKapMom knows him.

She is not impressed.


422 posted on 10/04/2006 6:23:43 PM PDT by JRochelle (You can believe what you want, but you can't have your own facts!)
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To: bnelson44
Still, I don't see the proof.

Let's not start making a list of things you don't see......I don't have all night.

The cure for not seeing is putting a little more effort in to "looking" and "reading".

423 posted on 10/04/2006 6:23:47 PM PDT by capt. norm (Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
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To: elhombrelibre

In the case of Gerry Studds and his page the Democrats were for man-boy consensual sex.


424 posted on 10/04/2006 6:23:48 PM PDT by carola
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To: bandleader
MAJOR MAJOR TACTICAL MISTAKE.

It blew up in their faces!!!! LOL!

425 posted on 10/04/2006 6:24:11 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (..is an American allright, but is not in Japan, folks. Thanks for letting me keep the moniker.)
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To: capt. norm
he was only under 18 for a few weeks...do the math.

Since when do Republican's ignore the law?

The LA Times fails to surprise with this:

The current and former congressional staffers interviewed by The Times, who are from both parties, said it was well known within the Capitol's gay community that Foley was interested in young men.

"Among the gay political community, there was a pretty wide understanding that he had an eye for the interns and the younger staff," said one former congressional staffer.

The staffers said Foley — who was elected to the House in 1994 and is not openly gay — would seek out the young men in bars, restaurants and even around the Capitol.

hat tip

426 posted on 10/04/2006 6:24:16 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: Kleon

I guess the "big deal" is b/c ABC apparently tagged the really graphic IM as occurring before the page was 18, when it occurred after he was 18.

IOW, "all" that this goes to is whether ABC told the truth/got it right about when a particular IM it published occurred.


427 posted on 10/04/2006 6:24:19 PM PDT by wouldntbprudent (If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
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To: Pukin Dog
Hello,

Hey PD, any thoughts on all of this? (And if you have already shared them, sorry, family has had me on and off FR this evening!)

Glad to be here, MOgirl
428 posted on 10/04/2006 6:25:10 PM PDT by MOgirl (Democrats: The Culture of Treason (and you know what I'm talkin about!))
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To: MikeA
Foley has resigned. Bin Laden has not. That needs to be our mantra.

Sounds like something I'd read on DU!

429 posted on 10/04/2006 6:25:15 PM PDT by Paine's Ghost
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To: jrooney
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HA ha...
and the RATS take another one in the...

430 posted on 10/04/2006 6:25:26 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Fishtalk

The Republicans got caught looking in the other direction and are having to play catch up. However, in Washington and the media if you ignore something long enough a new story will take its place.


431 posted on 10/04/2006 6:25:29 PM PDT by misterrob (Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
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To: capt. norm

Cool it, Norm. You and I both know the kid was under 18 duing some of the IMs. You admitted it in another post. Making fun of me is not going to change the facts.


432 posted on 10/04/2006 6:25:48 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: tsmith130

I get so frustrated watching him fire missiles and when someone tries to address them, he changes the subject. UHG! Then again, Sean does that, too, sometimes. This is why I rarely watch H&C any longer. My stress level goes through the roof when everybody starts talking over eachother.


433 posted on 10/04/2006 6:26:18 PM PDT by RedCell ("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
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To: Pukin Dog

How about some replay commentary for those of us not in front of the TV?


434 posted on 10/04/2006 6:26:37 PM PDT by misterrob (Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
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To: TheRobb7
I hope Limbaugh picks this up and runs with it if it's legit.

He sure as Heck will.

435 posted on 10/04/2006 6:26:45 PM PDT by Rocko ("Lamont doesn't know anything. You might as well vote for Michael Bolton." -- O'Reilly)
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To: TXBubba

Actually, there seem to be two transcripts of two IM exchanges.

The lewd comments are in one, the discussion of the ex-page's upcoming 18th birthday and dinner date are in another. The dinner date arrangement
sounds more like the ex-page coming on to Foley than the other way around.

Maf54: I want to see you
Teen: Like I said not til feb…then we will go to dinner
Maf54: and then what happens
Teen: we eat…we drink…who knows…hang out…late into the night
Maf54: and
Teen: I dunno
Maf54: dunno what
Teen: hmmm I have the feeling that you are fishing here…im not sure what I would be comfortable with…well see

This selection is *not* in the lewd exchange posted both on ABC's site, and more usefully, since one doesn't have to follow links, on the Washington DC Craigslist site.

The questions this raises are the date of the lewd exchange, before or after the Feb 2003 18th birthday? and does the exchange posted above violates Foley's own anti-internet-solicitation-of-minors statute?


436 posted on 10/04/2006 6:26:49 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Kleon

i, for one, didn't know that the guy replying to Foley's questions was 18 at the time, the implication has been that these "emails", (keeping in mind that there are people out there who are not interested in making a distinction between emails and IMs), were to young pages


437 posted on 10/04/2006 6:26:50 PM PDT by psjones
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To: bandleader

"The DemonRats have(once again)OVERPLAYED their hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Pajamas people rock. When will the MSM learn?

Sometimes I cringe when remembering what life was like before the internet and alternative media came into being.

Remember Nixon's famous "silent majority" statement? He was so right. If he and Reagan could win and withstand the barrage of the MSM, then the American people aren't as dumb as the Lefties think they are.


438 posted on 10/04/2006 6:27:05 PM PDT by freedom4me ("Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."--Ben Franklin)
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To: All

Okay, someone please post what Ann Coulter said.


439 posted on 10/04/2006 6:27:18 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: bnelson44

Hugh Hewitt is on it already-Rove not going to get much sleep tonight!



http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/


440 posted on 10/04/2006 6:27:24 PM PDT by ground_fog
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