Congressman questions what Hastert knew

WASHINGTON - A third figure in the page scandal threatening to the envelop House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggested Wednesday the speaker knew of an inappropriate e-mail that Rep. Mark Foley sent to a Louisiana boy before the matter became public.

Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., the congressman who sponsored the page at the heart of the furor, said Hastert "knew about the e-mails that we knew about," including one in which Foley asked the page to send his picture.

The speaker has said he was not aware of the e-mails when they were discussed with his staff. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio, and House GOP campaign chairman Rep. Tom Reynolds of New York, said they had spoken with Hastert about a complaint concerning a former page from Louisiana last spring, after Alexander told them about it.

Hastert's position did not change after Alexander's comments. "The speaker's staff knew about this; the speaker didn't," said his spokesman, Ron Bonjean.


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only to Dems. The repugs would throw a mother to the wolves (Allen's mother afraid of her Jewish heritage) to excuse bigotry, children under their protection (ignore a sexual predator to retain a seat and power), and blame the Dems for allowing one of the worst terrorist attacks on this country (Clinton did it, Clinton did it!) when they ignored warning after warning in the months leading up to 9/11.

If you didn't know better you would think there isn't a single person in the repug party over the age of three.