Foley follie does wonders for Bush's America image here and abroad

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Especially with John Boehmer and Dennis Hastert (who are complicit covering up for Foley) refusing to allow an investigation to go forward.

The office of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who earlier said he'd learned about the e-mails only last week, acknowledged that aides referred the matter to the authorities last fall. They said they were only told the messages were "over-friendly."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061001/D8KFQRQO1.html

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1. So Hastert treated the matter so lightly to almost dismiss it

Initially he didn't look into it enough nor did he take it seriously enough to follow up.

Heck, just now on FoxNews, the anchor asked - what did the Republican leadership know about the issue and when did they know it. FoxNews, for chrissakes.