Drudge calls page emails "PRANK"

[cwydro]

that went awry...

[NYCGirl]

1. A "prank" that went on for 11 YEARS?? Some "prank"! NT

[JackBeck]

2. Wow. A 10-year long prank? Impressive. n/t

[AlCzervik]

3. it sure wasn't a prank on Foley's side.

[JuniperLea]

4. Too bad Drudge isn't a prank that went awry...

And would go away. What an idiot.

[Skelington]

5. Is there a source? or is it opnion.

[Tempest]

6. Everything on Sludge's web site is an opinion

Or he links to rightwing sources.

[NewInNewJ.]

7. Regugs. talking point for today,

just heard Rush say the same thing. Guess that is why Foley resigned and went into hehab.

[Rex]

8. Well, to these sick fuckers waterboarding is just a frat prank.

Not that it would be prankish to apply to THEM, you see. They would squeal like pigs under torture, er, what do these sick bastards call it? Coercion techniques?

Sick sick sick.

[EFerrari]

11. And rape and murder. All pranks.

I'm so glad I'm not Drudge's therapist. Sheeesh.

[Rex]

18. I would love to see what they would call it if it applied to THEM.

They take for granted that these laws apply to us liberals and of course the phantom 'terrorists' they so love talking about. I'm sure they would cry a river and yell for their 'rights' as the torturer poured the water down their noses. It is so easy for them since they control everything, but not for long.

[EFerrari]

22. You know it! And that's one way we define sociopaths --

people who believe the rules apply to OTHER people.

[Mountainman]

9. Like the torture was a college prank. Who dreams these talking points up?

Do the repukes have a group of gag writers or something? Is there a room full of people who sit around dreaming up lies then send the approved ones out to the noise machine via blast fax?

[cwydro]

10. Just saw it on his site

in big BIG letters, but I haven't read the "story" as yet..

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Maybe It Was A Prank That The Page Led Him On

That doesn't exonerate Foley a bit.

He still thought he was chatting up a hot lil male page.

[npincus]

13. Sludge EXCLUSIVE here (so you don't have to go there):

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 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. This source, an ally of Edmund, also adamantly reports that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund.

The news come on the heels that former FBI Chief Louis Free has been named to investigate the mess.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. That Doesn't Exonerate Foley A Bit

He still thought he was chatting up a young male page.


He couldn't have been "played" if he wasn't willing to be "played"

Big nothing from Drudge.

[npincus]

21. since breaking the "Monica story", it's been all downhill

[FormerDittoHead]

17. That's why one page made an official complaint.

You know, the thing that pisses me off is how this guy can just shoot his firehose of lies all over the place, and no one ever seems to want to call him on it...

[NashVegas]

23. Prank or Tease?

Doesn't matter; Foley's part in the conversation, the motivation for it, doesn't change.

It shows how pathetic Foley was, and how cruel Edmund was, but doesn't change anything.

[blogslut]

14. Boil some eggs, Drudge

n/t

[Kierkegaard]

16. I don't know what his problem is,

but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

What a moran.

[cwydro]

19. I think

this is the direction they intend to take this....

[sweetheart]

20. Looks more like "PERVs"

run drudge...