Now everyone looks stupid, stupid, stupid!

From Drudge:

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 former FBI Chief Louis Freeh has been named to investigate the mess.

Okay, now it looks as if the story wasn’t what it first appeared, BUT: What in the world was Foley, an experienced politician, doing participating in this kind of “prank”? He must have known that there was a huge possibility that it would come back to haunt him. Even if it wasn’t sexual play, it shows a profound lack of judgment. Maybe he really does have the alcohol problems that saw him check into rehab, because that would explain doing something this stupid.