Hastert blames Democrats, ABC News

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ELECTION NOTEBOOK
Hastert blames Democrats, ABC News

By William L. Watts, MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7BBC55C7A7-13CF-42E4-92BC-A5CEA78CEC18%7D


Last Update: 11:48 AM ET Oct 5, 2006

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, resisting calls for his resignation by conservative groups over his handling of a sex scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley and teenage congressional pages, said Democrats and ABC News were fanning the controversy.

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"Our members are supportive. I think that is exactly what our opponents would like to have happen -- that I'd fold my tent and others would fold our tent and they would sweep the House," Hastert said.

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Reynolds' chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, resigned Wednesday amid the ongoing scandal, telling news organizations that he had warned top staffers in Hastert's office about Foley's behavior toward pages three years ago. Fordham had previously served as Foley's top aide.

Hastert's chief of staff, Scott Palmer, issued a one-sentence denial Wednesday night: "What Kirk Fordham said did not happen," Foley resigned abruptly on Friday after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit Internet messages sent to other former pages.

Hastert said he was confident the party's conservative base would come around to support Republican candidates on Election Day. "I think the base has to realize after awhile, who knew about it? Who knew what, when? When the base finds out who's feeding this monster, they're not going to be happy. The people who want to see this thing blow up are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros," Hastert said.

[TygrBright]

1. Buh-buh-but I thought ABC News was, y'know... INSIDE.. wink-wink...

...wasn't that what "The Imagined Path to 9/11" was all about? Aren't ABC on YOUR side, Denny?

My lord, look at the water churn with all those jumping rats!

amusedly,
Bright

[rwenos]

2. Tarik Aziz Hastert

At a news conference in Saddam's palace, as American troops surrounded Baghdad Airport:

"Our forces have the Americans on the run, and are beating the infidels everwhere on the battlefield."

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

[Maggie_May]

3. Oh Denny

you can stay in. It will just make it nicer to keep a corrupt Speaker of the House in for the Republican party.Do you really think Denny we are going to just let this blow over? Did you let the Clinton scandal blow over. No Denny we go to ride this one all the way to the polls.

[gratuitous]

4. Glad we put that to rest

Now all that's needed to do is declare every registered Democrat and every employee of ABC News an enemy combatant and lock 'em up without charge or evidence for as long as Dear Leader wants them locked away. Then it will be far too expensive to grant them any of those pesky habeas corpus rights or trials or anything else resembling due process or civil rights, and all of the non-incarcerated can then live happily ever after in Republican Paradise.

[trof]

5. I sent this to Cafferty:

Blaming Democrats

Well thank goodness Denny Hastert, The-I-Know-Nussing-Sgt. Schultz of the house, stood up to the plate and took "full responsibility" for the Foley/Hastert scandal.
"As SOMEBODY in Washington said, the buck stops here."
Yeah, some guy named Schuman or Truegood, or something.
Yep, the buck stops (woops) RIGHT OVER THERE.
The Democrats did it.
And Bill Clinton.
Oh, and Hillary.
Who did I leave out?

[mcscajun]

6. No, Denny, Stick Around, PLEASE! We really want you right there

in Plain Sight. That's what'll "fan the flames" and leave the way clear for Democrats to sweep the House, and the Senate.

Please...by all means, stay put.

This post bought and paid for by George Soros. :sarcasm:

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Well, I'm not ABC news, and I'm not a "Democratic operative", so...

Where's my money, Soros? :hi:

[Kittycat]

8. So I guess this is his response to people in his district?!?!

Hastert is my district's representative. I've sent him two emails, no response. I guess I should take this as his response to me?

The people who want to see this thing blow up are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros," Hastert said.