ABC News: 3 More Pages Come Forward
Via Andrew Sullivan:
ABC News is reporting that three more former pages have come forward with allegations of sexual IM communications from disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley. As Andrew points out:
ABC News is reporting that three more former pages have come forward with allegations of sexual IM communications from disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley. As Andrew points out:
The GOP is going to have to find another angle to deflect this. They've tried blaming the MSM; they've tried blaming Clinton; they've tried to turn all the victims into pranksters. It's been a worthy display. But in the end they may have to take ... responsibility.From ABC:
The pages served in the classes of 1998, 2000 and 2002. They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team's tip line on ABCNews.com. None wanted their names used because of the sensitive nature of the communications.In the same story, ABC also debunked Matt Drudge's claim that the original page who came forward was just trying to play a prank:
"This was no prank," said one of the three former pages who talked to ABC News today about his experience with the congressman.This is typical Drudge. He tosses unlikely scenarios out there in an attempt to make the issue cloudy. Much of what he publishes would not even be considered by a credible news outlet. If only 5% of the people are fooled by his bunk stories he considers it a success. The premise of this is that something that would normally be considered a huge failure by the republican party is construed by a minority as something else. If you ask me, drudge can have his 5%, all discerning people know better.
