Drudge Report (that URL will probably change):
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.
What a ridiculous tool Matt Drudge is. Foley's resigned, put himself in rehab, declared himself gay, and told everyone he was molested as a child. There are two federal investigations, one resignation from Reynolds' staff, Dennis Hastert is hanging on by a thread, and it was all just a prank?
Either Drudge is a complete mental midget or he thinks we are.
It's as amazing as it is sadly desperate. This is literally the lamest spin I've seen this century.
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