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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:39 AM
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Hastert won't resign over Foley scandal


Hastert won't resign over Foley scandal
Washington Times opines House Speaker ‘must do the only right thing’

Despite a call from a conservative newspaper for his resignation over his handling of a congressional sex scandal, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., intends to retain his leadership position.

"House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once," The Washington Times said, in an editorial in which it joined conservative leaders in calling for leadership resignations over the handling of the matter involving ex-Rep Mark Foley, R-Fla.

A written statement from Hastert's office said that wasn't going to happen. "The Speaker has and will lead the Republican conference to another majority in the 110th Congress," the statement said, adding, "Mark Foley has resigned his seat in dishonor, and the criminal investigation of this matter will continue. The Speaker is working every day on ensuring the House is a safe, productive environment for members, staff and all those who are employed by the institution."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15113942/
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:40 AM
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1. Yeah. We got our poster boy. Hope he doesn't resign before the
election.
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 09:40 PM
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36. hey boy!
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 11:15 PM
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38. Goood!
Don't resign Denny, let it all come out at the trial...
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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:40 AM
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2. Excellent.
Hang on, Denny. Keep it on the front page.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:41 AM
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3. "The Speaker has and will lead the Republican conference...
"The Speaker has and will lead the Republican conference to another majority in the 110th Congress,"

I want some of what he's smoking! :rofl:
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:41 AM
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4. Good! Let them hang themselves nice and slow
Watching the Repugs eating their own as the election is coming up is fantastic.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:47 AM
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9. Precisely, In House Fighting....yipee!
Hastert has been labeled an outsider..

Believe me, he NEVER saw it coming!
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kentjay Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:41 AM
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5. i wish this would be tied to
rep.john boner,he appears to be an idiot and well maybe the same as foley.apparently he wants hasturds job,thats why he is pointing the finger.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:42 AM
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6. .
Here is the Dem who will kick out Hastert: www.john06.com
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:52 AM
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14. He need all your support John Laesch For Congress
Watch KO tonight he given time line
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:43 AM
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7. Perfect!
Their arrogance will bury them.:rofl:
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:46 AM
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8. Arrogance and greed, but no morals.
These guys will do anything to hold onto power, even protecting child molesters.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 12:01 PM
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17. That's the bottom line.
The American People should see them for what they are.

Immoral, power-hungry, profiteering thieves and liars who will do anything to hold onto the goose that lays golden eggs (control of the US govt.). The super-rich are looting our Treasury and we will have to pry it out of their cold dead fingers.

How many of the 39% will wake up after this disgraceful episode? I wonder. It still amazes me how many working people support the people who are robbing them blind.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:47 AM
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10. Ring, ring
Hello

Yes, Mr. Hastert?

Speaking

I have the President on the line. Please hold.

Wha...?

Yo, there Hassy.

Um...heh, heh...hi Geor...Mr. President.

Look, I'll cut to the chase. You're hurting the party so I want your resignation on my desk by 4pm Eastern Time ya hear?

But...the elections, I

I know about the damn elections your dip stick and now we've probably lost that seat in Florida. Damn. There goes OUR October surprise.

But, I didn't know, I swear, I was only wanted to protect the Party Mr. Pres...

ON. MY. DESK. BY 4.

<click>
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 10:14 PM
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37. The phone is ringing this very moment!
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:47 AM
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11. Typical
I suppose he wants to savor the last couple of weeks of republican control of the house. Maybe they are going to try to sneak more reprehensible bills thru.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:50 AM
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12. Maybe he'll change his mind by next week as this story
has legs and claws and it may crawl right up his leg and bite him or clamp on to something in that area of his anatomy. He'll be outta there faster than faster than he can say his hypocritical prayers.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:51 AM
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13. -----that wasn't going to happen. ---good, fight it Denny
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luckyleftyme2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:53 AM
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16. I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD RESIGN

FIRE THE ASSHOLE
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:52 AM
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 12:03 PM
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18. You do that, Denny.
Why am I picturing that man with an apple in his mouth?
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montanacowboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 12:08 PM
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19. STAY THE COURSE DENNY
THAT WORKS REAL WELL FOR YOU REPUKES
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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20. Hastert won't resign over Foley scandal
WASHINGTON - Speaker Dennis Hastert brushed aside any suggestion of resignation on Tuesday as House Republican leaders struggled to contain the fallout from an election-year scandal involving sexually explicit messages from a disgraced lawmaker to underage male pages.

Hastert issued a written statement as Majority Leader John Boehner said the speaker had assured him months ago the matter had been taken care of. "It's in his corner. It's his responsibility," Boehner, R-Ohio, said in an interview on radio station WLW in Cincinnati.

The lawmaker, former GOP Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, resigned abruptly on Friday and has since checked himself into an alcohol rehabilitation program at an undisclosed location.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15113942/
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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21. Well, not today.
But maybe tomorrow.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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22. Hope he hangs on long enough to really feel the pressure
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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23. "It's in his corner. It's his responsibility," Boehner, R-Ohio, said....
Now doesn't that just warm the cockles of your heart to see those Republican House leaders getting along so well and being accountable for their actions?
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Kierkegaard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:51 PM
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27. The wheels on the bus go round and round...
Although, it's becoming more difficult with all those Repukes clogging up the undercarriage.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 02:01 PM
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29. That would be the Republican House Bus then. Soon the bus will be
sliding on the accumulation of Republican corpses and go over the cliff.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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24. Throw the bum out
these Republicans are DAMN WEAK on pedophilia.

What else are they soft on?
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:46 PM
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25. With Luck, This Could Be A Two-fer
Take out Hastert and Boehner at once.

I am reminded more and more of the punchline to a long joke, to the effect that the last unindicted GOP member, a mayor of some podunk Midwest town, was made Speaker of the House, so that Bush and Cheney had someone to take over when they split.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 02:07 PM
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30. Well the Washington Times did nominate Lying Henry Hyde.
He may not be qualified though, if "unindicted" is one of the criteria. Who knows what might still crop up on him?
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William Bloode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:47 PM
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26. Trent Lott did not want to go either.
Yet he went anyway. One can only hope they keep up the pressure and Denny has to resign. If they don't make him resign, it'll just be to easy to label the party as enablers for sexual predators.

Keep fightin' Denny! you slimy rat fuck .
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newscott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 01:55 PM
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28. My money is on Friday late afternoon.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 02:27 PM
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31. No Takers on THAT Sucker Bet! n/t
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:16 PM
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32. Hastert quitting before election = more chaos for GOP (nt)
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:21 PM
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33. ...Yet.
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 05:34 PM
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34. good - let the pressure cooker build for at least a few weeks
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 11:59 PM
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35. Smart Times move. Be the first, take the hit for the team. Won't work
this go round. Hastert will be looking for a new job.
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