Foley (R-FL) the page-lover can't spell "bulge"- Page 10

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:06pm

How could you even SAY that, Jim? SURELY you can agree that Drudge is always right.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:07pm

ok, i'm a little behind on this one (ba dum bum) since i already get my fill of gay sex talk here at bww and haven't gotten to deeply (cha ching) into the ims. my question is, are the explicit ims from foley to one page (or former page) or to more than one page (or former page)? not the allegations, but the actual physical ims that they have.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:10pm

Bwaysinger where do you get your news? The NY Times, The Huffington Post? I read everything I can get my hands on. Drudgereport is a tabloid, but an explosive one. I'm not saying I believe anything from it. It's news worthy though. Unlike some people I don't believe everything I read, and neither should you.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:12pm

There's more than one. This is the latest of many. Were they all pranks? Give me a break Drudge!

ATLANTA - An Atlanta man told a local television station and newspaper that former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record) sent him sexually suggestive messages after he served as a congressional page 10 years ago.

Tyson Vivyan, 26, of Buckhead told WAGA-TV in a Wednesday interview that Foley began sending him instant messages about a month or two after his nine-month stint as a page ended in June 1997

Vivyan told the station that when he was a congressional page in 1996 and 1997 he barely spoke to Foley. But after he left the program — when he was 17 years old — Vivian says they had contact via e-mail about things he says where inappropriate.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:14pm

I think that kid was on CNN last night.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:17pm

He was on Nancy Grace last night.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:22pm

Sorry here's the whole Drudge article:

XXX DRUDGE REPORT XXX THU OCT 5 2006 2:53:48 ET XXX

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 proclaims 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 Edmund has hired former Timothy McVeigh attorney, Stephen Jones, and that former FBI chief Louis Freeh has been named to investigate the entire mess.

Developing...

[jimnysf]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:27pm

LOL....They have pulled out all the excuses now---rehab, molested by a clergyman, and now this. This is like the old "I was only doing research" excuse. Bottom line is Foley IM'd that page in the hope of having sex. Prank on their part or no prank. Now that the page has been outed he is looking for an excuse to hide his gayness.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:28pm

Even in Italy, it's clear this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a helpline for those victimized by Foley.

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House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) announced the activation of a hotline so that tipsters can leave information they may have regarding former Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fla.) contacts or communications with current or former pages, or any other information or concern about the House page program.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives will oversee the tip line, accessible at 866-348-0481. Callers will be encouraged but not required to leave names and contact information.

"All information will be collected and maintained," Hastert's office said in a release. "Information concerning the Foley matter or other similar activities will be shared with the appropriate authorities."

"Experts and professionals will be consulted who specialize in these kinds of matters for recommendations on the monitoring, handling and response to these calls," the release continued.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:31pm

Yea he's definitely guilty. It's just like the Dateline Cyber Predator thing, though it's sort of entrapment. His team is also guiltily for trying to suppress this information and keep him employed. This is like day 4 and he isn't even in jail.


I wish the networks were asking more questions.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:34pm

Well shoot, get him on the phone with Nancy Grace - maybe she can get him to commit suicide...lol.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 3:50pm

Apparently, Hastert and Drudge are concerned that this scandal is going to blow the closet door open for a LOT of closeted gay Republicans--congressmen, congressional employees and White House staff.

That's why Hastert doesn't want to resign.

The real villain in this case is The Closet.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 4:09pm

Wow...FOX reports an internal REPUBLICAN poll predicting a possible 50-seat loss.

I mean, Italy is beaitiful buit this is breathtaking.

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FOX NEWS

Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP

Thursday , October 05, 2006

Click here to find out more!

WASHINGTON — House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.

"The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker," a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. "And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."

Most GOP lawmakers have stood by Hastert, pending a full airing of the facts in his handling of the Mark Foley affair, in which the former Florida representative was caught exchanging salacious messages with teen pages in Congress. The new polling data, however, suggests that many voters already have made up their minds.

The GOP source told FOX News that the internal data had not been widely shared among Republican leaders, but as awareness of it spreads calculations about Hastert's tenure may change. The source described the pollster who did the survey as "authoritative," and said once the numbers are presented, it "could change the focus" on whether the speaker remains in power.

While internal GOP polls show trouble for Republicans, the newest AP/Ipsos poll also showed that half of likely voters say the Foley scandal will be "very or extremely important" when it comes time to vote on Nov. 7. By nearly a 2-1 ratio, voters say Democrats are better at combating corruption.

The same pollster who provided the gloomy news on Hastert's effect on GOP candidates nationwide did send out an advisory on Tuesday to rank-and-file Republicans that they might consider canceling appearances with Hastert in their districts. Hours later, Rep. Ron Lewis of Kentucky announced he was canceling a fundraiser scheduled for next week where Hastert was supposed to be the headliner.

Other Republicans, however, continue to stand by Hastert.

Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington, who runs the House ethics committee, offered his unabashed support during a briefing on ethics panel activities.

"I think the speaker has done an excellent job," Hastings said, later adding that his remark "is not related to the matter at hand here."

FOX News' Major Garrett contributed to this report.

Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 4:12pm

Too bad Mark Manley is not around to chime in on this one.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 4:19pm

Whatever happened to him? I left for Italy and he had just disappeared--did he ever come back to say this Foley thing is all a Democrat plot?

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 4:23pm

"LOL....They have pulled out all the excuses now---rehab, molested by a clergyman, and now this. This is like the old "I was only doing research" excuse."

Maybe he was just rehearsing a play?

BTW, how would you trick someone into texting a boy about masturbating?

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 4:27pm

PJ - He came back as jpwintergreen, and then disappeared when the ky hit the floor. We shall see....

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 5:03pm

You people are good. I had no idea that Chanti and JPWintergreen were the same people.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 5:04pm

I was once accused of being two people on here.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 5:06pm

The more pictures I see of Foley, the more he comes off as the stereotypical sleazy politician (I know, he already is).

[Liverpool]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 7:16pm

If they were a prank then why did he resign so quickly? Why did he run for the hills? He clearly knew he was caught. This is so not a prank.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/5/06 at 7:54pm

I dont believe that ALL the pages rebuffed (hehee) his efforts...some kid is gonna come out & say he did it with Foley, sooner or later...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/6/06 at 4:07am

The Republican Way of Being Gay: "As long as you support the party staying in power, the party will allow you to be gay, provided you never speak of it publicly or align yourself with other gays who happen to be Democrats--AS LONG AS YOU HELP KEEP US IN POWER. We will invite you to dinner parties with your "friend," and we will look the other way if your friends are underage--AS LONG AS YOU HELP KEEP US IN POWER. You will allow us to demonize other gays and demonize being gay in general AS LONG AS YOU HELP KEEP US IN POWER."

The Republican Way of Being Gay is now over. Foley, Fordham, Haster will go. Who else...? Mehlman? Rove?

[DG]

Posted: 10/6/06 at 4:30am

"AS LONG AS YOU HELP KEEP US IN POWER."

I'm sorry, but you can't nail just the Republicans for this - they all crawl out of the same sewer.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 10/6/06 at 7:34am

Yeah, but for wildly different things.
In this instance, they are all about looking the other way about your sexuality so long as you don't flaunt it over your Republican/Conservative credentials (witness that "hitman" they hired to run the Republican campaign against Hilary here in New York - you know, the guy who began his anti-Hil campaign RIGHT after returning from his wedding to his longtime partner in Massachusetts).