Longtime Republican was source of (Foley) e-mails

[ProSense]

October 5, 2006

Longtime Republican was source of e-mails

By Alexander Bolton

The source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide.

That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote, said the source, who showed The Hill public records supporting his claim.

The same source, who acted as an intermediary between the aide-turned-whistleblower and several news outlets, says the person who shared the documents is no longer employed in the House.

But the whistleblower was a paid GOP staffer when the documents were first given to the media.

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These revelations mean that Republicans who are calling for probes to discover what Democratic leaders and staff knew about Foley’s improper exchanges with under-age pages will likely be unable to show that the opposition party orchestrated the scandal now roiling the GOP just a month away from the midterm elections.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) yesterday called for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) to testify about what and when they knew of Foley’s contact with former pages (see related story).

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[berner59]

1. some idiot on Fox...

A repub Congressman said it's all the Dems fault...when (shockingly) the Fox reporter said that it was reported the source was a GOP'er, he then said, well, it was probably a Dem GETTING a Repub to release it...OMG...what an idiot!!

Sorry about flipping to Fox but I couldn't believe what he was saying AND couldn't believe FOX disputed him!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Yep, this is a Republican scandal

They own this one 100%.

[trogdor]

3. Karma's a bitch.

So what if certain Democrats were sitting on the info until October? Would Karl Rove do any different if the tables were turned the other way? IOKIYAR.

[TorchTheWitch]

5. I'd sure as hell be pissed if Dems sat on it!

Sitting on it leaves the pervert to continue preying on minors! No, as soon as it was discovered, the slimy perv needed to GO! That's the whole damn argument... the COVER-UP! The cover-up left the slimy perv to keep preying on minors!

You BET I'd be pissed off if Dems knew and let that disgusting turd keep preying on minors, and we ALL should be!

But I don't believe the Dems knew a thing about it since the one Dem that should have been told was kept out of the loop. If ANY Dem knew anything about this, you know damn well the Repukes would have been jumping up and down about it and pointing fingers the moment they found out. The fact that names have been named, and there's not a single Dem among them tells me that Repukes own this one lock, stock and barrel. As if the Repukes would have breathed a word of it anywhere near a Dem. That would be like handing them an invitation saying "Hey! We got a pervert among us! Take us down! The House is yours now! Congratulations!"... ridiculous.

[DemonFighterLives]

4. Now if we could only force the pukes to read or learn

You can lead a horse to water---
:dem: