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Cumpanas deserted her husband on February 4, 1932. A year later, she opened a brothel on Halsted Street. By 1934, however, Cumpanas was facing deportation. On July 4, 1934, John Dillinger moved into an apartment Cumpanas owned. After John Dillinger was rumored to have killed two Chicago police officers on May 24 of that year, a large reward had been offered for his capture. On July 22, believing that FBI agent Melvin Purvis would stop her deportation, Cumpanas fingered Dillinger to the FBI, resulting in his shooting outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Despite the nickname, Cumpanas was wearing orange.
Some people believe that the Republican operative most likely to cave in to investigators and sell out the whole operation will be Sue Ralston. She's Karl Rove's aide de camp who recently resigned her position in the White House to spend more time with her subpoenas.
But I have high hopes for Scott Palmer.
Who is Scott Palmer? Lawrence O'Donnell has been wondering the same thing.
He is Speaker Hastert's chief of staff, which makes him the key player in the what-did-Hastert-know-and-when-did-he-know-it drama. Scott Palmer has issued a statement flatly denying that Kirk Fordham, Mark Foley's former chief of staff, warned him that Foley was crossing the line with pages long before Foley's inappropriate email surfaced. Palmer's denial of Fordham's headline-grabbing claim is the thread Hastert's Speakership is now hanging by.
Right! That Scott Palmer! Tell us more, Lawrence...
If Fordham did warn Palmer about Foley a long time ago, what are the odds that Palmer did not tell Hastert? As close to zero as you can get. Many chiefs of staff are close, very close, to their bosses on Capitol Hill. But none are closer than Scott Palmer is to Denny Hastert. They don't just work together all day, they live together.
There are plenty of odd couple Congressmen who have roomed together on Capitol Hill, but I have never heard of a chief of staff who rooms with his boss. It is beyond unusual. But it must have its advantages. Anything they forget to tell each other at the office, they have until bedtime to catch up on. And then there's breakfast for anything they forgot to tell each other before falling asleep. And then there's all day at the office. Hastert and Palmer are together more than any other co-workers in the Congress.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! SAY NO MORE!! That's a good one! Hastert gay?! That would be really almost too much. I mean, just because he was once a high school wrestling coach (and apparently left that job under a cloud), and he cohabitates with an unmarried man and has for years, and his office was instrumental in covering up for Mark Foley, and, and...
Oh, god. I think I'm going to be sick. Is Dennis Hastert gay, too?!
EWWWWWWWW!! EW! EW! EW! EWWWWWWWW!!!!
Duuuuuuuuuuuude! If Denny Hastert is gay, then I'm going to have to start sleeping with women!! ARRRRRRRGH!! My mind! Ohhhhhh, my thinking may never be the same! Brrrrrrrrrrr!!
Say it ain't so!! Denny Hastert, the man who looks like nothing so much as a giant, ambulatory intestinal polyp? A friend of Dorothy? I kind of hope that we're completely off target in this speculation. Even though, were it true, it could well mean that the Republicans are incontrovertably, irreversibly toast, I just don't know if I could accept victory on those terms. Even if it would make James Dobson's head explode, I think I may find myself hoping that all of this is just baseless speculation, and that Denny Hastert never had an unchaste thought about all those eager high school boys in their tight little wrestling singlets. I'm sure his interest in them was purely as an educator.
Earlier I was scanning the headlines and saw the sentence, "DEMOCRATS POISED TO TAKE BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS", but for some reason my brain saw, "DEMOCRATS POISED TO MAKE BATH-HOUSES OF CONGRESS". If Denny Hastert is gay, I think the GOP may have already beat them to it.
P.S. We are closing last night's comments thread to begin the judging to see who wins their very own copy of Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter. Also, if you would like to submit art to the TRex 2006 USO Virtual Tour, tonight is the deadline. We've gotten some awesome submissions that I can't wait to share with you!
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Kolbe! Reynolds! Hastert!
The more they talk, the deeper it gets.
TRex!!!!!!
OK, now I’ll go read the post…
;-)
I was telling my wife about Hastert’s housing arrangements at dinner this evening; the part she thought wierd wasn’t mentioned above: when Mrs. Hastert comes to DC she allegedly stays in a hotel.
You’d think that all men involved would have saleries sufficient to afford their own places. Are they that frugal?
dannyM @ 4
Nope. They’re just in lurrrrrrve.
The party of hyporcrites
You guys, our old buddy Jurassic Pork is kicking up quite a ruckus in the moderation queue tonight.
Hey, JP! Here’s a hint! In the moderation queue, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM!!
Heeeeee, heeeeeeeeee, heeeeeeeee….
There is so much more to be uncovered.
TIM Muckrakers has some about how Kolbe handled a complaint from a page, according to Kolbe’s own statement:
Wow.
I bet the Page really appreciated having his complaint be reported right back to the predator-on-the-prowl.
And did Kolbe never see the e-mails?
AmericaBlog qotes inconsistencies in two WaPo stories
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Hastert: The buck stops here; especially the young ones in wrestling tights.
Go get ‘em Denny.
OH. MY. GAWD!!
hardly seems possible…
Oops!
Guess Kolbe had his own idea of a good time with pages:
Rep. Kolbe visited Grand Canyon with pages
Of course, there were others along, including Kolbe’s own sister and some Park Service folks.
Sorry every once in a while your team has to take one of the…uh…undesirables.
Am at PFAW w/Howie Amato Ann LindaH Arianna Joe Valerie & more. Good ice cream.
Joe going on stage now.
Brian Boru @ 4
Of course she does. Have you ever seen a house inhabited only by men?
If nothing else, women have a more sensitive sense of smell than men do. No sober woman in her right mind (even Republican) would spend the night in the hovel normally inhabited by a group of men.
They don’t call him Dennis the Penis for nothing.
-GSD
http://blogs.suntimes.com/swee.....t_wif.html
~~ Just ran into Jean Hastert, the wife of House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) in the hallway outside the speakers’ Capitol office suite. She just dropped in on her husband.
It’s a rare D.C. appearence for Mrs. Hastert. She was here a few weeks ago for President Bush’s State of the Union address. She was off to an afternoon tea, at an ambassador’s residence, sponsored by some international group.
When in Washington, the speaker lives in a group house with his chief of staff, Scott Palmer and top deputy, Mike Stokke.
I asked her if she is bunking with the guys.
She is not. She stays in a hotel.~~~
speaking of friends of Dorothy… did anyone see this at Booman Tribune earlier today?
Guantanamo, the Musical
for those of you not on dialup, click the pic for the full effect (warning, spew alert)
As one local gay politician said about a gay man who supported the homophobic police chief, “Just because you suck &%^#, it doesn’t make you gay.”
I think under this clause of the gay constitution, Hastert is not and cannot be gay.
You don’t have to sleep with girlz, TRex. It’s OK. Most girls don’t like thunder lizards in their beds, ya know.
OT - just wanted to share that one of my oldest, dearest friends,Aimee Liu, past president of Pen USA - the national writers’ organization, coauthored a piece about the murdered Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya . The piece is featured on Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....31419.html
Anna’s story is clearly a profile in courage. She was determined to report the truth, whatever the cost.
If nothing else, women have a more sensitive sense of smell than men do. No sober woman in her right mind (even Republican) would spend the night in the hovel normally inhabited by a group of men.
You don’t know many gay men, do you?
Totally cool to have Jane working the blog comments while she’s at PFAW. Awesome.
TRex, she’s right. If we have to take Ole 60 Grit, Babs, and that Soulless harpy on our team, you’re going to have to own that bit of porcine pulchritude.
I do extend my sincere condolences, though, on owning that thing.
I just heard Tony Snow (probably from earlier today or yesterday) on C-SPAN telling Repub supporters the administration didn’t stop after a recession, 9/11, Enron and Katrina. And, they’re not going to stop. The supporters should be proud of their work.
It made me think of two things: first, didn’t stop them from what(?), ruining America; second, why didn’t they stop what they were doing and handle those crises? But, seeing this thread it also is becoming apparent they can’t stop themselves from all the other crass corruption and immorality.
Surely this isn’t what any Republic in the hinterlands wanted when they voted for their Republican representative, senator or president. They must be lurching toward the vomitorium when they hear about Foley or the Abu Graib torturing and such.
Have they had enough? Are they going to at last put a stop to Bush & Co.?
It’s been said the turnout probably won’t be very good for the Republicans. I wish they would turn out — and vote against Republicans. *That* would really send a clear message to Bush and their congresscritters that they don’t approve of this kind of ‘leadership’.
I suggest we send money to Joe Sestak (in Pennsylvania) and Claire McCaskill (in Missouri) to help them win their important races.
other suggestions of races where the Dem could use a bit of financial help?
T-Rex !!!
belated props on last night’s “Nice Closet You Have There” - that was some sweet tight writing there Your Rexness
but Denny is sooo not gay - if that were the case, I know some boyz who’d actually attend a Christian Conversion camp to leave that tribe, mah gawd
There are gay GOPers I will welcome to the Democratic party, as you proposed last night, dear TRex, although their price of admission might be high.
There are GOPers I will never welcome to “the team,” however, and the Speaker is one of those. I don’t want Denny to be gay. Not in your universe and not in mine.
PS Are you excited about doing the Book Salon on “Brainless,” TRex? Do you think we could get Susan Estrich to come on the Salon later the same day with her book, called “Soulless,” also about Coulter?
http://www.amazon.com/Soulless.....0061246492
Aren’t there three of them sharing that house? Menage a trios will never be the same again.
OT - Anyone want tickets to the Daily Show? Here’s how you do it…
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I’m trying for 4 tickets for November 7th, November 14th or November 21st, 2006.
We’ll see what happens.
I read somewhere that of all of the time spent in Hastert’s townhouse, no one there had ever cooked a meal. Denny joked about the fact that they “made tea” at one time.
Heading home, kids. Will be back in a bit.
can’t he just be asexual? I mean, ugh. All this talk about Republicans and sex is enough to make any normally, healthy person celibate.
dannyM @ 27
just can’t be gay
Palmer….Stolke….Hastert
No wonder why the talibangelicals are fuming.
jane hamsher @
13
omg live blogging her ice cream we are addicted to jane
hi! have fun!
TRex!
On Topic - Scott Palmer is going down, no pun intended.
The Mafia made men totally compliant
by having them “Whack” someone and held the secret over them. The Repugs put Closeted Gays in vulnerable Power positions: Trandahl–Gay, head of Page Board; Foley–Gay, head of Child Exploitation Committee; Fordham– Gay, shovels dirt for Foley and Reynolds; Palmer– Gay, shovels dirt for Fordham and Hastert; Hastert–who really knows, but look at the circumstantial evidence.The Dons {DELAY/ROVE}have held our Congress compliant to their will by subtle blackmail and the insatiable greed and desire for power of the manipulated.
TRex @
20
Sachet, chante, ole’.
-GSD
Softail @
25
hey, longtime no see! how are you?
TeddySanFran @ 23
Jeez, sorry dude but PUHLEEZ don’t even think about having Estrich on. She’s about as progressive as Joe Lieberliar, well maybe not quite that progressive……
Joe
“Benjamin Franklin had it right when, on leaving Constitution Hall in response to a question “What kind of government have you bequeathed us,” he said, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” We must constantly fight for our Republic, for our constitution and for our freedomd against those who would subvert them.”
Softail @ 30
teabagging ain’t gay?
Um, please pass the brain bleach.
russ brabham @ 34
This is so evil and Machiavellian that I find it an attractive hypothesis.
Does this explain the bonding of the fundies to Rove et alii? How many of the leaders of the religious right are in the same position? There has been lots of gossip about Bauer and Reed and even some about Dobson. Perhaps they have a secret their members can’t discern, but they are completely vulnerable if someone confirms it. Perfect for decdes of blackmail.
I think a good question to ask Hastert is why Foley’s behavior was covered-up? What role did Foley play in the Palm Beach scandal of the Votes in 2000. Why would Hastert and other’s risk their whole career to cover-up for Foley??
Hastert is a man who is bluffing. He is putting the blame on his staff. The spotlight has to be kept on him. What is his and Palmer’s living situation about? It is ODD…
Go beyond Hastert’s deceit of saying he knew nothing about Foley’s emails and like a 3 yr old.. Demand WHY?? The world has seen the emails dating way back to 2000.. It is a reality. Go beyond Hastert’s bluff and raise the question WHY did the Republican’s protect Foley?
Why did Foley have so much power over them? This is what Hastert has to answer to… WHY??? It was not that they were not aware of Foley’s preying on children as they are claiming. Pressure them to reveal the source of why Foley was important to this Republican Administration and what he did for them in Palm Beach in presidential election 2000.
Why Foley is the issue with Republican’s
is to remember, The Republican’s can only get excited about “sex” news.
The Republican’s trained the American People in this, while they kept our country hostage for YEARS via the air waves and newsprint indulging in their fantasy’s about Bill Clinton’s sex life. The Republican’s even took Clinton’s lying (to protect to his family and himself over what was personal behavior) that he received a blow job from a seducing intern while the government Clinton had just been elected to run was shut down by Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America all the way to the Impeachment process…
Hoodwinking our country over nonsense for years..
While the Foley revelations might seem insignificant, It is really the tip of the iceberg of all the Republican lies; this administration’s way of life. It is the Foley story that can cause a domino effect of all the lies to be exposed as Foley’s story is hitting a nerve with what makes us American People decent people. We honor our children and our families. Foley pred on children and it was covered up by this Republican administration…
What every person should be asking themselves
IS WHY?????
Why would these republican men who are parent’s themselves ignore Foley’s behavior and enable him to have such power in the House???
Foley represent’s Palm Beach Fl. The place that was responsible for throwing the 2000 presidential election to George Bush Jr over the rightful winner, Gore. Foley had a huge hand in creating that and covering it up. This is the important story behind Foley being allowed to harm children.
Please all you worthy and intelligent people investigate Foley. AS this is where the source of Bush lies started. There in Palm Beach. Once the reason why these Republican Men covered up Foley’s behavior with children is exposed by going to the source of lies starting in Palm Beach. That is the loose thread that will unravel all the rest of Bush’s lies and deceit on this country very quickly.
Do not underestimate the American People to respond when a nerve in them is hit ( sex hits a nerve). Back in the early 1970’s the Republican administration and the Corporation’s running this country ignored environmentalist saying they were producing gas guzzling cars.
The leaders of our country in govt and business liked the money they got from these big cars…
They said “American People will never buy cars from Japs”. Then the gas crisis happened.. Overnight the American People brought Japanese Cars in droves. Screw the American Leader’s they said… They failed us… We are buying the enemy’s (then) cars… and of course the rest is history….
It just takes one weak link to bring this whole sham of a administration down… It will implode on to it’s self as it is all built on lies.
Oprah has history of moving mountains. She is doing her whole hour show this Thursday Oct 12,2006 on “Truth in America”
9/11, Katrina in New Orleans, Iraq etc. Go to her website to read more on shows this week..
As far as I can tell, the link you provide does not say anything about Hastert leaving his wrestling coach position under a cloud. The closest it comes is this:
Is there a different link that talks about trouble Hastert had with his tenure as a high school wrestling coach?
Cassandra at 43,
That was when Nissan was known as Datsun, because lots of WWII vets still remembered that Nissan manufactured lots of the Japanese war machine..so they rebranded.
-GSD
Joe
“This is still a nation where a citizen can get up every morning amd shout at the top of his lungs that the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State are lying sons of bitches, and survive to see the sun goes down. I know. I do it most days.”
“
C’mon, that would be worth it!
Softail @
25
Menage Atrios?
Once you go Duncan Black, you never go back…
Hastert gay?
Check:
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
Scroll down to the October 7 posting on Denny Hastert. Sweet Jesus!
Cassandra Rose says:
Huh? Clinton wasn’t the one flashing a thong. Monica was a 22 year old adult. Just sayin’
Teddy SanFran says: “I don’t want Denny to be gay”
What, you think I want him to be hetero? But I think we’re all off the hook. Think carefully: Why, just why?, was he in front of a cemetery for today’s press event?
You Rock, Jane. Joe is great! What a blessing that we have such heroes as this! Wish I was there.
Okay, here we go…….The girl who invented the butterfly ballot, Theresa LePore, grew up in Palm Beach County, attending Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, where she was a classmate of disgraced former congressman Mark Foley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_LePore
Brian Boru @
4
Is There A Mrs. Hastert??? Do Tell!!
TeddySanFran @ 37
Doin’ good. Hope to get out and volunteer for McNeary next weekend. Yourself?
John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life served as moderator of Sunday’s forum on Church and State in Ohio’s Electoral Politics. I really didn’t give much thought to the fact there was a moderator, but boy, did I appreciate there being a moderator to step in and move things along. Because as the program moved forward, things started to get, as Jon Stewart would say, “Awwwwwkward!”
More on the so-called “war on people of faith” here
http://howardempowered.blogspot.com/
Allison@42— I left out Kolbe—Gay, Page Board member.
Cassandra,
Re: he received a blow job from a seducing intern
Sorry, I read your comment wrong ; )
Is the “Joe” that Jane is quoting Joe Wilson? I must have missed something earlier.
I’m hooooooooome!!
Anything fun happen while I was gone?
Hey, it’s time for me to recruit a pair of judges for the Joe contest. I will take comments one through 200. Someone else will need to get 201-400 and 401-644.
Any takers? Valley Girl, I’m looking at…YOU?
C’mon Trex, women are not THAT bad!
GrandmaJ @ 57
The very same. :)
TRex: I can’t be laughing my ass off at 12:30 AM when i’m supposed to be winding down and thinking sleepy thoughts! Great post.
Once again, the Butterfly District is going to be in the headlights!
Goodman: Once again, America’s fate rests in Palm Beach County’s hands
Published October 8, 2006
So Republicans are worried about voters getting confused at the polls. They’re fretting that people won’t realize that Mark Foley’s name on the ballot is a place-holder for the actual candidate, Joe Negron.
This is high irony, given the derision that Republicans heaped upon Democrats who complained in 2000 about losing thousands of votes for Al Gore because of the baffling Palm Beach County ballot layout: while Gore’s name was listed directly beneath George W. Bush’s, his punch-hole fell directly beneath Pat Buchanan’s.
This voter-confusion talk isn’t the only echo of 2000.
Once again, Palm Beach County finds itself in position to tilt a national election.
Just as no one in 2000 expected the locally produced butterfly ballot to usher Bush’s ascension to the White House, no one in 2006 could have guessed that an obscure congressman from a secure district would throw the Republican Party into full S.O.S. mode just weeks before crucial mid-term elections.
snip
Elections Division Director Dawn Roberts issued a memorandum this week to the eight county elections officials in sprawling House District 16, recommending that they post signs in all polling places saying: “Any vote cast for Mark Foley (REP) shall be counted as a vote for Joe Negron (REP).”
The Palm Beach County Elections Office, to its credit, is blowing off this advice. There will be no such signs inside the county’s polling places, Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson said Friday.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/bu.....-headlines
Sorry grandmaj yes wilson
blogging from palm treo
Any particular reason why folks haven’t been successful in getting in touch with Jeff Trandahl? Here’s his e-mail:
Jeff.trandahl@nfwf.org
TRex—looks like no one wants to volunteer cuz then they couldn’t vote for their own submissions.
Since I didn’t submit anything, does that mean I get 201-400?
If Hastert is gay, then he is/has been a security risk.
Opposing intelligence services would know, so ours would need to know.
Blackmail is a known intelligence technique, after all.
jim p @
51
You mean . . . he’s a necrophiliac? Ew, ew!
TRex @ 60
Japan invaded North Korea with 50,000 ground forces by sea via a massive navel attack. Russia has launched nukes that are in the air as we speak headed for China. Other than that, nothing much new ; )
Hi TRex- I was off cruising the internet- sure- re: the judging- but email what you are looking for. I’ll take 201-400, and start compiling the slogans, but please give me some guidance- I will check email.
As a former Congressional and state senate staffer, these are exactly the type of things you make sure you tell your boss.
And you write a memo on it to hold in your CYA file.
There is no way, no how that Hastert didn’t know. Zero.
blackmail, email, greymail, male roomies, oy vey.
bowtiejack @
49
I have no idea how you resisted quoting the line
Until now, the GOP has been fast and effective at closing ranks when one of their own was in trouble. How have so many gotten away with breaking the code of silence? If Boehner and Reynolds had just kept their mouths shut, Hastert wouldn’t be involved at all. Right? Could it be there are some Repubs who are no longer afraid of Rove?
Might help to know something of his background. Found some information at a University of South Dakota website back in 2000.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which he now directs, is at
Where is Dan Rather when we need him?
Why can’t any news media get anything from, or on, Trandahl?
Maybe call him at home?
Want to give him a call at home? White pages search gives us:
You can also find a photo of the condominium online.
Cozumel @ 70
Oh, good.
Carry on.
RBG, you will judge 201-400. Valley Girl, 401 to 644. Let’s meet back here with our five favorites each for a semi-final round of 15 slogans.
Let’s synchronize our watches.
I’m starting to think Wayne Madsen isn’t quite so nutty…
Does Foley have any adult partners to help him out of his pediphilia
charges?
TSF @ 24:
how about “Shameless” or “Clueless” as title for a book on Ann?
Titanyum @ 80
They would apply as well.
Jane! Cheer for Howie for me! and for Joe! what great guys we have on our side!!!!!
and loving the live blogging of dinner!
so what flavor ice cream? tell all!
I have no idea how you resisted quoting the line
I tend to take Madsen with a box of salt. I actually thought about including that line, but thought better of it.
Hi everyone. I de-lurk every so often and I had to de-lurk for this. I’m sorry to cut in with something completely off-topic, but this is a pro-choice group of people and I just saw this ad and was so excited I had to share.
The Dem Senate candidate from AZ, Jim Pederson, just put an ad out supporting a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions. In the ad, Pederson criticized Kyl’s willingness to criminalize abortions, Kyl’s refusal to allow an exception even in cases of rape or incest, and Kyl’s desire to “stack the courts to change the law” (in the words of the ad).
I’m amazed and very impressed. I’m still not quite used to living in a “red state” and I’ve never seen anything like that here. I just donated to Pederson’s campaign (again…lurking on FDL has really taken a toll on my bank account :-)).
This election may be a long-shot, but (if I remember correctly), if the republicans hold on to the Senate, I think Kyl’s next in line for Chair of the Judiciary. That absolutely terrifies me.
I liked Jim already, but this ad was fantastic. At the link is a list of his ads if anyone’s interested (the pro-choice ad is titled “Criminal”). The ads have gotten better and better as the campaign season’s gone on.
Thanks for letting me interrupt! :-))
http://www.pederson2006.com/me......cfm?ID=21
OT but disturbing and important:
extra deaths in Iraq due to our invasion - over 600,000
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01442.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Iraqi Death Toll
Exceeds 600,000,
Study Estimates
By NEIL KING JR.
October 11, 2006; Page A4
WASHINGTON — A new study asserts that roughly 600,000 Iraqis have died from violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, a figure many times higher than any previous estimate.
SNIP
Human Rights Watch has estimated Saddam Hussein’s regime killed 250,000 to 290,000 people over 20 years.
http://online.wsj.com/public/a.....in_tff_top
Siun @ 85
Jesus wept.
Was hookergate female or male prostitutes (dukester)???
Like us women would want to f*ck a trough feeder like Hastert. PLEEEEEZ…where’s Aretha singing ‘R E S P E C T’ when you need her.
The Colbert Report tonight was tres cool….hell, can’t remember the last time the word, ‘feminism’ was spoken on TV without a sneer…Jane Fonda and the fabulous Gloria Steinem. Damn. Is it 1969?
ccmask @ 88
I have heard male.
I am desperately trying to rid my mind of the scenes of horror that have undoubtedly unfolded in the Congressional steam room. *Hrrrrrrrrk!*, *hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk!!*
TRex … (and ccmask - good to see the story is hitting WSJ too) … nodding ..
felt like someone punched me when I read the article
ccmask,
the horror
it is difficult to even believe that our country arrived at this dark place
we all failed, to some degree
Madsen often seems so far over the line because so much of it sounds so outrageous… but, if Hastert is gay, nothing seems nearly so far out any more… jus’ sayin’…
g’night, pups…
ccmask @ 89
the denials published:
I don’t recall seeing any women…
I reade the story about the 600,000 a couple of hours ago on a dairy at Kos and I really didn’t believe it until I saw the WSJ. Isn’t that crazy? I should’ve listened to the blogger….This may knock Foleygate off the map. I can’t wait until we take over so that all the MSM will be running like cockaroches. Spending more time with their subpeona, as Trex says…
njr @ 95
Nor do I recall “seeing any women” yet I do recall it was implied in early news reportage.
These people are truly sick. Really, like ‘Caligula’ sick.
Well, see you guys tomorrow. I’m going to be dreaming of bedlam. I just hope my giggling over the religious right’s house of horrors. Imagine, finding out that all the money they donated to the Republican party went to a bunch of gay men. bwahhhhhhhhhh
ccmask … not crazy - how can we even imagine what we have done?
CHANGE THE SEX AND GET THE SAME RESULTS?
Let’s just change the page boys to girls and have Foley hit on them for six years. Then have someone tell Hastert and his crew about it, no matter when, two years ago, a year ago, five years ago, and have it ignored. Mothers and fathers wouldn’t make so light of it, would they? Someone said if a principal of a high school ignored warnings that Foley got, he’d be fired so fast you couldn’t blink. Remember, please, these aren’t some underlings, they aren’t rank-and-file, they’re the top Leadership of the Republican Party.
I find it highly amusing that Hastert has decided he will be the arbiter of whether or not he goes or stays; of whether he was told or not; of whether he handled the situation in a way that protects the pages. It is a joke. An unfunny one, but a joke when Hastert says, “The buck stops here.” I think he must have meant “the dollar stops here.” Ditto for the Republicans who want to keep us safe from gay marriage and having abortions, who are so-o-o-o-o moral they can’t admit to any wrongdoing. After all, Foley left (when he was found out). That’s supposed to do it.
So vote for a Democrat this time around, or Hastert will still be there protecting us and investigating his staff, and tell your friends to vote Democratic. Sure, the Democrats are wimps and they may not be so well organized, and they will become greedy soon enough, but for a while we’ll have some balance.
Lucy @ 85