Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP

[smb]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218043,00.html

WASHINGTON — House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.

"The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker," a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. "And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."...

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. I that case I hope he stays. Hang in there, Denny. Don't give up yet.

[Journeyman]

7. Yeah, hang in there Denny! Don't be persuaded. . .

give your constituents the opportunity to kick your ass out themselves.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Don't deny us he pleasure, Denny. Oh pretty please!

[Kikosexy2]

41. Let's not ...

put too much hope on Diebold...let's kick his fat ugly ass to the curb NOW!! Push for resignation til he's says "I Quit"....

[Generic Brad]

103. Hold on loosely, and don't let go

If Denny clings too tightly, he's going to lose control.

[kath]

27. Yeah, that's the ticket! Stay the course, Denny, stay the course!

[TexasLawyer]

42. Denny-- keep blaming the internet, the page program,

the liberal bloggers, ABC, the bossa nova, ............

You KNOW you're right!!!

[Ian David]

64. Did the pollsters ask what would happen if he was suicided?

I predict he will suffer multiple "self-inflicted" gunshot wounds to the back of the head.

[No Exit]

83. STAY THE COURSE, DENNY!!

I just love waking up every day to "and the latest in the Foley scandal..."

[Boston Critic]

113. Don't cut and run

Stay the course, Denny.

Just like the captain of the Titanic!

[Montauk6]

138. SELF-DELETE

[gully]

149. LOL.

nt

[BOSSHOG]

2. Is the diebold margin of error factored in?

[Divine Discontent]

125. any truth to that

rolling stone possible-article rumor about diebold already having programs in place to steal 06 & 08?

[Patchuli]

128. I truly think the roof will fall in with the populace

if they try this time. :nuke:

[aquart]

3. Denny, darlin', put up your feet and stay a while.

Here. Have a Twinkie.

[Cha]

21. Have two..

Oh the irony of hastert not resigning and leading to a Dem Victory.

[LeighAnn]

127. And then being forced to resign as evidence surfaces eom

[Ignacio Upton]

4. A 50-seat loss?

My tinfoil tells me they're fudging the numbers to pressure Hastert to abdicate. 50 seats is "1994 country" and even though I'd like to see us getting there, I don't see it.

[jackbourassa]

16. It's entirely possible...

We currently LEAD in THIRTY Republican Districts and are tied or within the MOE in 13 more. There are another 7 "vulnerable" Republican districts that have not been polled.

FIFTY is possible...probably 40 to 50 is more likely though.

[Bucky]

81. You're right. A 30 seat pick up is probably the upper range.

Congress is very tightly gerrymandered right now--engineered to be nearly 50-50. That's why we have extreme partisanship these days. Party discipline is essential and damn few Congressmen have any incentive to reach across for swing voters.

[civildisoBDence]

150. The polls may underestimate the Republicans' weakness

Many who tell pollsters they'll vote Republican won't turn out to vote, and others might even secretly vote for *gasp* Democrats.

Thirty sounds doable...

Newsprism

[acmavm]

5. So the repubs know what to do now, don't they? Dump his fat

ass anyway they can. This must be how old Tom DeLay felt just before they shot him out of the cannon.

How's that old childhood song go?
Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
I guess I'll go eat worms...

That's all I can remember.

[shrub chipper]

10. I guess I'll go eat worms...

as long as he dips them in Ranch...

[NYC]

74. The song, as I recall it:

Nobody loves me;
Everybody hates me;
I'm going to the garden to eat worms.

[StraightDope]

106. Bite their heads off...

Suck the juice out, throw the skins away!

How could anybody live without a worm a day?

Those are the next few verses that I can recall.

[mcg]

115. Shave and a haircut, six worms!

One of several variants:

Nobody loves me,
everybody hates me,
guess I'll go eat worms.

Long thin slimy ones,
short fat juicy ones,
see them wiggle and squirm.

Bite their heads,
suck their guts out,
throw the skins away!

Nobody knows how we can thrive
on worms three times a day.

Shave and a haircut, six worms!

[smb]

6. LOL -- Comments on the FReekshow Thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714327/posts:

"Fox is obviuosly trying to kiss up to the Clinton Kool Aid drinkers with all of this worthless talk."
"This is a crock from Fox."
"I noticed that the stories by Fox news and the other MSM folks always state a "Pollster", with no name given. Could this pollster have an axe to grind against Hastert?"
"FOX is a POS network run by a Democrat that caught a unique slogan "fair and balanced" but that's all it is, a slogan."

[davidinalameda]

13. "FOX is a POS network run by a Democrat that caught a unique slogan

:rofl:


oh my gosh-that has to be the funniest thing I've read in such a long time!

[shrub chipper]

25. OMG!!

I can't believe that someone actually wrote that.

Imagine how derancged one has to be, to believe that!!

[davidinalameda]

28. he is a freeper

so I can imagine

[smb]

147. To Be Fair...

IMO, one of the FReepers I quoted is right on target:

"I noticed that the stories by Fox news and the other MSM folks always state a "Pollster", with no name given. Could this pollster have an axe to grind against Hastert?"

Faux News isn't going to attack the Republican party, but they might help backstab Denny if they think it will help the GOP....

[smb]

35. Well...

...he started out on the right track ("FOX is a POS network...").

[Ian David]

65. Freepers also think Bill Clinton hid United Nations troops in our parks

[PADemD]

70. Are you serious? I've never heard of that one.

[NewJeffCT]

136. They also think

That Bush's problem is that he is not conservative enough...

And, the Swift boater book "Unfit for Command" is the best documented, most accurate book ever (or, maybe since the Bible)

[Ian David]

137. They said that markings on the back of road signs...

were there as a secret method to direct United Nations troops during their upcoming invasion of the U.S.


Black helicopter conspiracy theory

Black helicopters are part of a conspiracy theory, prevalent among the American militia, that claims that special silent-running "black" helicopters are used by secret agents of the New World Order, United Nations troops and/or the Men in Black preparing to take control of the United States. Thinking they were under surveillance by "black helicopters," the Militia of Montana once tried to shoot down a National Guard helicopter on a training mission which flew over a ranch owned by fugitive militia leader Calvin Greenup.

Parapsychologist John Keel has argued that this theory has origins similar to those of UFOs, ghosts and fairies, i.e. that they are part of modern mythology; in this case, representing a fear of the government and its technology.

The greatest media attention to "black helicopters" was paid in February, 1995, when first-term Republican northern Idaho congressman Helen Chenoweth charged that armed federal agents were landing "black helicopters" (pronounced "heliocopters") on Idaho ranchers' property to enforce the Endangered Species Act. "I have never seen them," Chenoweth said in an interview in the New York Times. "But enough people in my district have become concerned that I can't just ignore it. We do have some proof." Chenoweth made the charges at a press conference without ever consulting with the Department of Interior.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which enforces the act, says that they do not own any helicopters and have never used any in Idaho. The only green and black helicopters in Idaho are used by the National Guard. Black helicopters without FAA-required running lights are regularly used by the drug interdiction office of the DEA. In addition, most US Army helicopters (such as the Black Hawk) are finished in a very dark chocolate or olive matte paint. With the progressive development of night-vision goggles, the need for helicopters to be lit when moving as a planned formation has been reduced.

More:
http://experts.about.com/e/b/bl/Black_helicopter_conspiracy_theory.htm

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

139. So do a lot of the 9/11 conspiracy lunatics.

[jdadd]

144. I've got a tinfoil theory....

The high price of prescription drugs makes Lithium un-affordible.

No Lithium = More freepers...:tinfoilhat:

[MsKandice01]

45. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Talk about DERANGED! Holy shit!!

[ronnykmarshall]

69. Look at this gem .

"Is it time to ask Gay Republicans to leave the party?"

:wtf:

Are they going to ask "the blacks" to leave next?

[Hepburn]

108. Looks like the Freeper Morans...

...are eating their own!

:rofl:

[Tansy_Gold]

23. I have never done this before . . ...but now seems the time

"FOX is a POS network run by a Democrat that caught a unique slogan "fair and balanced" but that's all it is, a slogan."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[JoFerret]

99. FReepers and DU agree

Fox is a faux media outlet of distortion and lies.
(United, not divided, at last)

Hello FReepers - let's hear it for truly fair and truly well balanced.

[cui bono]

31. "FOX is a POS network run by a Democrat...

that caught a unique slogan "fair and balanced" but that's all it is, a slogan."


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Aviation Pro]

44. They are in complete meltdown mode right now.....

...they know, though they deny, that their Grand ole Pedophile party is toilet bound on November 7th and the prospect is so frightening to them that they may do some real damage to themselves. These people are unbalanced, unstable and need a rest preferably in a rubber room.

Freeptards: They know, they deny.

[smb]

148. True

they know, though they deny, that their Grand ole Pedophile party is toilet bound on November 7th and the prospect is so frightening to them that they may do some real damage to themselves

Remember, these guys believe their own propaganda (that the Democrats want to ignore the terrorist threat and just arrest a few of them after we get attacked again, raise taxes to the moon and ruin the economy, build porn shops and gay wedding chapels on every corner, etc). Naturally, they're afraid of having the country run by a bunch of lunatics (i.e. their mental image of Democrats).

[GrantDem]

47. WTF???

:wtf: When did Murdoch become a Dem??

:rofl:

[ronnykmarshall]

68. Oh dear lord!

Those are some dumb mother fuckers.

[WCGreen]

76. Excuse me.... Roger Ailes is a republican and he runs Fox NEws...

[deadparrot]

84. Is it bad that this line made me giggle like a schoolgirl?

All we need is for President Bush to get out on the stump and pump up the base.

[Bucky]

109. Depends... Are you a school girl?

Cause when I was a school boy, the girls really didn't know how the pump up the base properly. Thank God for Jocelyn Elders!!

[deadparrot]

112. Well, I *was*...a Catholic one, to boot.

O8)

:evilgrin:

[True_Blue]

118. I Love it watching freepers squirm!

The degree of their stupidity and denial is amazing to behold!

[Pab Sungenis]

123. Isn't it so sweet

when they turn on their own?

Jim Wright's comments about "mindless cannibalism" come to mind here.

[aquart]

8. Wait. If the leadership has that polling data.......

WTF did they let him give that idiotic conference?

[closeupready]

33. I know, right?

They aren't that stupid.

[aquart]

51. They aren't?

[nam78_two]

9. Hang on Denny, Denny Hang on......

[CountAllVotes]

11. seems he cannot even give out the right phone # to call!

what a freakin' idiot!!!

:kick:

[rodeodance]

12. umm... maybe the big wigs will have a chat with assturd?

[Maggie_May]

14. I feel that

Denny, if forced to leave he is going to bring down some people with him. Hey its not friday yet and this story can only get better over the weekend.

[Kagemusha]

15. That's quite a difference.

I mean, the difference between a clusterf*** and a catastrof***, in Jon Stewart's language. Or between SNAFU and FUBAR.

[Beausoleil]

20. Nowadays, it's SNAFUBAR

n/t

[habitual]

18. Cmon think of the source here

this is a ploy, part of a tactic. This isn't real news, this is made up news for someones agenda. Rove?

[smb]

22. Well, Yeah....

this is a ploy, part of a tactic

I figure it's other GOP factions out for Hastert's scalp, either to control the damage or for self-aggrandizement ("Now, you die, and we all move up in rank!").

The spectacle of Faux turning on his is most entertaining in any case....

[DarthDem]

71. Mirror, Mirror

Nice Trek quote there . . . . :)

[beltanefauve]

85. Do you care to elaborate?

Maybe it is. It is FOX after all, and there is yet another unnamed source with internal polling data, but what's your theory?

[smb]

102. My Theory

Other bigwigs in the GOP put this story out through their Fox friends for the purpose of pushing Hastert under the bus, for one of two obvious reasons (personal ambition and damage control).

[GreenTea]

19. The more exposure & the more people see what this SLOP looks like

can't be good for Hastert...He reeks of a sweaty greasy republican pig...who doesn't give a shit about the working class or the poor, He looks like a self-severing money grubbing republican we all have stereo-typed in our psyche, because it's true.

The more sloppy is on TV defending his piggish lying ways, the more people who would never normally see this slob are seeing what a heartless, greedy, lying, filth republican looks like!

[coalition_unwilling]

32. Seeing Hastert's disgusting mug on the TV reminds me of

cartoons of Boss Tweed of Tamany Hall fame. Hastert exudes the same porcine smug self-satisfaction and rapacious greed that I associate with the Tweed of yore.

[wicket]

24. Hang in there Hastert!

:P

[Strelnikov_]

26. And To The Contrary, Per Hastert Yesterday

“He said he thought his resignation would just lead to a feeding frenzy where they would go after (Majority Leader John A.) Boehner, then (Rep. Thomas M.) Reynolds, then (Rep. John) Shimkus," Weyrich added. "And he said we would have the story running right up to the election.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2316658


Looks like a Catch 22 to me. I tend to agree with Hastert, a Speaker stepping down in scandal five weeks before a major election cannot be spun away. They are probably better off rolling up Operation Distraction and transitioning into Operation Denial at this point.

[Demeter]

101. Maybe We Can Have Our Cake and Eat It, Too, For Once!

The start of a landslide----

[Laurab]

29. Stay, Denny, stay

don't let them get you down, 50 seats sounds good to me!

[tk2kewl]

30. Sounds like they're trying to stir up the KKK-fascist base

[KurtNYC]

34. Well then I would like to salute the courage of Dennis Hastert

He really needs to fight this scandal by remaining speaker. I recommend daily press conferences so that he can get his side of the story out. And he should stick to his story about knowing nothing prior to last Friday.

[tex-wyo-dem]

36. Remember, Denny...

It's a Democratic conspiracy!
It's the Dems fault!
It's Clinton's fault!
You're not cut and run like the Democrats!
Stay the course!
Bring 'em on!

Now, go make that phone call to Hannity before more of his callers start pooping on your parade.

[sutz12]

37. Interesting quote....

the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."...

It almost sounds like they are conceding the first 20 seats. :spank:

[samsingh]

46. i thought that was interesting and encouraging too!

[swag]

38. Heh heh. Hang tough, Denny! Stay the course! Stay the course!

[The Stranger]

39. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[cyclezealot]

40. Hastert's stonewalling is incredible.

But to think Foley has more influence on the American people than the 2700 US soldiers dead after the revelation of the Downing Street Memo. I say, Americans just don't relate to scandals that are not sex oriented.

[brer cat]

48. What a sad statement about our country!

Unfortunately, I think you are exactly right. People seem to be more outraged by sex scandals than so-called leaders who lie us into a war that kills and maims thousands of our children/husbands/wives. I have zero tolerance for adults who prey on teenagers and children, but I would have a hard time looking Gold Star parents in the face and saying it's more important than their children dying.

Still, I guess we rejoice at anything that will take these a**holes out of government.

[ninkasi]

49. That bothers me a lot, too

I'm not trying to make Foley's conduct seem any less improper, or less disgusting, but why does it take a scandal involving sex to motivate people to vote the republicans out? The illegal war, the torture, the gutting of the Constitution, the sell-out of the middle class, the massive national debt, none of those things have stirred people as much as this. We've had one outrage after
another, and could barely get people out of their comas long enough to have those outrages register on them.

Does it take a sleazy situation regarding sex, and the cover-up, to make people realize that the republican party is filled with arrogant, smug, corrupt, self-serving hypocrites? Apparently it is enough to finally make people decide that trusting republicans being in control of government is a huge mistake.

[creeksneakers2]

82. The GOP base

stays loyal partly because they are trained to believe that being a Republican makes them morally superior to everybody else. Take that away, and there isn't much left behind the winger enthusiasm.

[davekriss]

93. Sex scandals and gas prices

That's all that vast numbers of people seem able to respond to. Sad, isn't it.

[boilinmad]

143. Boy......

......that sure is hitting the nail right on the head!!!!!! My sentiments EXACTLY

[cyclezealot]

132. definition of smug, sleazy hypocrites.

those hypocrites being a long list of REpug perverts posted here at DU two days ago. THose repug 'sexual perverts,' included the likes of R. Bauman, R.Barr, and about six other notorious repug sexual perverts. With the this religious party full of horny pacidillos, what else do they have left.

[cyclezealot]

133. the rest of the GOP perverts lists included.

Jim Bunn, Dan Burton, Ken Calvert, Charles Canaday, Helen Chenowith, Dan Crane, Duke Cunningham( defense contractors provided hooker services along with monetary bribes,)THomas Evans, Newt Gingrich, Tim Hutchinson.

[D23MIURG23]

87. Sex stories just appeal to a different demographic.

The war has saturated the demographic who are either catagorically against war, or have mature and realistic concerns about our countries direction. The Foley thing hits the demographic who think that news is the latest chapter in Jennifer Anniston's love life. This is a scandal that plays to the drama and sensation driven types.

It also hits the right wing "values" base since those guys are fucking puritanical about sex.

[physioex]

117. True....

That's a very good explination.

[beltanefauve]

89. Pedophilia,

adultery, scandal and missing blond white women all play well in Peoria, I'm afraid. We're talking about about an electorate who thinks "our freedoms" are our cell phones and SUV's, and who can't name the Supreme Court justices, but know every judge and contestant on every season of "American Idol".

[D23MIURG23]

91. exactly

A scandal to mobilize the idiots. Exactly what has been missing for the dems (untill now).

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

43. Interesting that they don't mention

what the loss might be if he DOES resign. Seems to me that getting rid of one bad apple isn't going to save the whole barrel, given how many other bad apples are in there, and I think people know it.

[gotigers]

98. kinda like.....

It's almost like when ya kill a terrorist....a new one just shows up to fill in the hole...

http://www.HastertMustGo.com

[wallwriter]

50. On Fox News? This is a Repug knifing Hastert in the back...

...although Denny has certainly injured himself as well on this one.

[Bucky]

110. Republicans always have their long knives tucked up their sleeves

[Pithlet]

52. kick

[RamboLiberal]

53. Fox News: Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218043,00.html

House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.

"The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker," a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. "And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."

Most GOP lawmakers have stood by Hastert, pending a full airing of the facts in his handling of the Mark Foley affair, in which the former Florida representative was caught exchanging salacious messages with teen pages in Congress. The new polling data, however, suggests that many voters already have made up their minds.

The GOP source told FOX News that the internal data had not been widely shared among Republican leaders, but as awareness of it spreads calculations about Hastert's tenure may change. The source described the pollster who did the survey as "authoritative," and said once the numbers are presented, it "could change the focus" on whether the speaker remains in power.

DU should start what day/time do they throw Denny under the oncoming train.

[CottonBear]

54. 50 seat loss...yeah baby!

They're going down like a house of cards.

[Oceansaway]

55. .

would he fit under a train ?

[zonkers]

58. He'd fit under a monorail... maybe.

[RamboLiberal]

60. He'd probably derail the train

:rofl: Another glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee.

[Flabbergasted]

56. It may not help on the other hand. It could make things worse!

[never cry wolf]

57. Stick to your guns Denny!!!....n/t

[mike_c]

59. Headline: "Disgraced Republican Speaker of the House resigns..."

"...two weeks before the national election-- last ditch attempt to save party's chances." Priceless.

[SpiralHawk]

61. Bring it on: Justice

[AX10]

62. Chances are the GOP will lose the house either way he goes.

No pun intended on that. ;-)

[RamboLiberal]

63. Dupe to this thread - till mods fix

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2546994&mesg_id=2546994

Honest - I did do a search. :shrug:

[mitchum]

66. Heck of a job there, Denny

[ronnykmarshall]

67. Hang on Denny!!

Doncha go!!

[NastyDiaper]

72. Hang in there Huffy Hastey!

[CdnObserver]

73. I wish Sibel Edmonds would say what she knows n/t

[nookiemonster]

75. Dont "cut and run" Denny!

BWAHAHAHAHA. Turd.

[Bucky]

77. Just out of curiosity, yall understand why Fox is nailing Hastert, right?

He's a liability. Fox needs to boost its ratings. Scandals sell. Hastert has always been a pawn--and exited Tom DeLay's pawn at that. Any replacement leader of the Republicans will do just as well as Haster. Plus now Fox has one more token "fair and balanced" moment to silence its critics when they slip into say Fox is pro-Republican. Plus sometimes conservatives, like most predators, just like to sharpen their claws on something from time to time.

Two years from now, Hastert will guest on Hannity's show and get treated with the deference due a senior statesman. He'll grovel for their air time and they'll drop him a few crumbs. Just thought yall'd appreciate some perspective.

[physioex]

119. Yea....

Pretty much what Newt has been relegated to.....

[whistle]

78. Hang in there Denny, you are causing lots of Shock and Awe in

...the republican party :rofl: :hide: :yoiks: :spray: :popcorn:

[Patrick J Fitzgerald]

79. Who Didn't Foley Hit On..?

Who Didn't Foley Hit On..?
might be an easier approach...



Three More Former Pages Accuse Foley
of Online Sexual Hanky Spanky



MORE BUMPER STICKERS -
http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/2006/10/email-grab-bag-ouch.html#links

[Bucky]

111. Well, by law all House members are over 25, so they're all safe from him

I think Rick Santorum may be at risk, however, since he seems to be about 12 years old.

[deadparrot]

80. You stay right there, Denny, you magnificent bastard. nt

[Anakin Skywalker]

86. Well, Denny Sure Could Devastate an All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant!

We know that much.

[Auggie]

88. Sorry -- who's going to believe FOX?

[truthisfreedom]

90. come on Denny, you can do it! don't give up hope, and don't listen to the

silly pollsters! bush doesn't, and look how great he's doing! all you need to do is have a few photo ops with bush and you'll do fine!

[gotigers]

97. lol..the more the better!

Yes, everyone needs an op with bush..hahahahaha.........that's priceless...

http://www.HastertMustGo.com

[dchill]

92. This is absolutely perfect.

Hastert (and more than a few other R's) would sacrifice his entire party for his own gain. What am I saying - he's already done that. This is pure salt-in-the-wound stuff. I picture a flop-sweaty fat man hanging onto a ledge with bloody, nailless fingers, who is crying, "I'm responsible - but it's not my fault!"

This desperate clinging to power will not go over the heads of many Republicans. I worry, though, about the Republican-controlled paperless voting machines.

Don't you?

[gotigers]

95. denny can't fit his hands inside to tamper

Denny's fingers are too fat to fit inside the voting machines to tamper with them:)..Maybe he'l drop doughnut crumbs instead? http://www.HastertMustGo.com

[gotigers]

94. it serves them right

You know it serves them right aftera ll the crap they do to our side! http://www.HastertMustGo.com

[dennis00]

96. President, President of Vice, Speaker of the Louse

Hastert is second in line for the 0val Office. Being that cose, he isn't going anywhere willingly.

[Amonester]

100. What?? FAUX news didn't label Hastert as a 'D'??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2303322

Me so 'confused' now!! :sarcasm:
Wut's up with that?? :rofl:

[ProgressiveEconomist]

104. Hastert's trail of contradictory statements on Predatorgate--Democratic

spokespeople better know it cold when they get the chance to talk to voters about the coverup:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2289010&mesg_id=2289010

[Olney Blue]

105. Denny is worth 30 Democratic seats? Do stay!

[Hepburn]

107. I hope Hastart, the fat asshole..

...tears the Repuke Party to pieces by waging a fight to keep his position in the House. Can we all say, "Karma?"

[OnyxCollie]

122. Yes, we can.

[allisonthegreat]

146. eureka!

This gets better and better...:kick:

[AZBlue]

114. Let's all ask him to stay!!!!!

And then watch them self-destruct!

[yorkiemommie1]

116. Stay the course!

mission not accomplished!

[Zambero]

120. Better than Newt! Better than Livingston! Better than DeLay!

All three of these GOP House leadership scoundrels saw the handwriting on the wall and knew when it was time time to cut & run... uh, I mean leave. By hanging tough, Denny becomes the gift that keeps on giving. Look at it this way -- every day he stays on between now and election day, Democrats stand to gain an additional seat, if the high estimate of a 50-seat pickup holds true. Denial can be a beautiful thing!

[Nevernose]

121. Only if Democrats start pushing the issue. HARD

No pun intended.

Instead of staying out of the fray and letting the media do the damage for us, Democrats need to get out there on every level and start screaming their fool heads off. And maybe that includes most of us.

[Divine Discontent]

126. I'm focused on it!

I hope to swing a few votes this time, also!


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- antibush prodem stickers/shirts

[Nevernose]

129. Please tell me that WAS a pun?

I hope to swing a few votes this time, also!

Pretty funny.

[Kurovski]

124. Pretend it's a pie-eating contest, Denny. Stay in the game, man!

We're behind 'ya.

USA!!!USA!!!

[GetTheRightVote]

130. I hope this all comes into being, Go Denny Go !!!

I always like self/repub party destruction the best.

:kick:

[Infinite Hope]

131. Questions...

Or that could be an inside-Republican ploy to pressure him to leave because he keeps insisting it won't help anything to resign. 50 seats means essentially 30+ due to this scandal. I think that's a bit drastic and not too credible. Never say never, but let's be realistic. Maybe 30 or even 35 tops. But even that's unlikely. 50? Com'on.

[opihimoimoi]

134. The PUBs have contracted a disease spinning outta control, LOLOitis

restricts the affected brain from good ideas.

The afflicted stays the course without adjusting/overcoming obstacles.....they are clueless to answers....

[Name removed]

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140. Wilson New Mexico on Page Committee

Heather Wilson, the Republican Congresswoman from New Mexico is or was on the Page Committee. According to NPR this morning she invited Foley to speak at the Page's farewell dinner one year.
Ms. Miranda, a Democratic and New Mexico'e Attorney General is running against Wilson. Is there any other info out there about Wilson, the Page committee and a Foley connection?

[clixtox]

141. Only One Chance For The Neo-Con Ruling Fascists Now!

Somehow Shrub, and perhaps a few others (I can hope) will croak in the next few weeks and the USA's "only hope" will be to cancel or postpone the November election in the "best interests of the whole country".

It's going to take some radical action for the hidden "string pullers" to maintain their rule and especially to keep absolutely any investigations of the present regime from occurring.

They are screwing everything up so much that the paid off, corrupt MSM can't even keep the lid on any longer.

Many of the usually passive sheep are getting some glimmering of the reality around us, finally. We can only hope that they register to vote and then do it, hopefully absentee...

Once the Republicans fade away then it will be time to get rid of the many, way too many, Democrats who don't represent working people and never have. Well maybe for a few weeks before the election with a little "lip service" and nothing more substantial, ever... Republicans in Democrat's clothing abound.

[Irreverend IX]

142. You can do it, Denny! Go for the gold!

[IWantAChange]

145. Don't get to swept up in the euphoria

over Foleygate. Allowing the Repugs to spin their magic without a really strong statement from DNC leaves the matter in the hands of the media and the court of public opinion - despite the fact that Repugs would have us believe that the media is liberal - that damn ABC (forgot the Path to 9/11 already I guess) and Democrats, even Clinton, will be spun hard as the real culprits - letting this one play out while sitting on the sidelines could be a mistake imo.