October 05, 2006
The October Non-Surprise
From Drudge tonight:
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 investigation.
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...
I heard earlier today that one of the pages had hired an attorney. My first thought was "why?" Now we know. None of this is surprising, but the damage has been done. I'm sure the Dems are just hoping to draw the story out until November.
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A joke? Why would you take part in a joke like that if you are a high profile, publicly elected officer? I think it would take me about 3 nanoseconds to figure out that that joke could go horribly awry and possibly ruin my career and I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. In a way I feel sorry for him but at the same time, I don't. If he was dumb enough to take part then he needed to be replaced by someone smarter than that.
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at October 5, 2006 11:21 PM