Pages Punked Foley

Well, according to Drudge, the IM messages that shamed Republican Representative Mark Foley into resigning was a prank by a few pages that were aware of Foley’s proclivities. The messages have been reported to have originated from one of the former pages, so the prior posts on this blog about the source of the messages coming from the House were incorrect. And one of the former pages has retained legal council, undoubtedly to help shield himself from any fallout over this bad prank gone awry.

So the young teens must have said to each other, “lets go ahead and lead this guy on!” They were not only willing participants in the conversation, but they may have been the ones instigating the lurid messages.

Drudge has the siren proclaiming:

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… Developing…

CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY