Roll Call: Fat Bastard (Hastert), Top Aides (11 people) knew

[deminks]

and did nothing

http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/15263-1.html

Hastert, Top Aides Knew of Foley Allegations

Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and at least three of his aides were told of allegations that then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) had improper e-mail contacts with a former House page months before the incident became public and Foley resigned from Congress, according to a senior House Republican and a report released by Hastert’s office on Saturday.

This contradicts earlier claims from Hastert’s office that the Speaker did not know of Foley’s behavior until it was revealed this week by ABC News.

Hastert and other GOP leaders also continue to insist that they were unaware of much more sexually graphic electronic messages from Foley to unidentified young men. The release of these explicit messages, which occurred after the first ABC story broke, spurred Foley to immediately resign from the House.

As of Saturday evening, nearly a dozen House GOP lawmakers and staffers have acknowledged that they knew of the initial batch of non-sexually explicit messages from Foley to a 16-year-old former House page, some of them for a year or more. These include Hastert; Majority Leader John Boehner (Ohio); National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.); Reps. Rodney Alexander (La.) and John Shimkus (Ill.); Mike Stokke, the Speaker’s deputy chief of staff; Ted Van Der Meid, Hastert’s counsel; Paula Nowakowski, Boehner’s chief of staff; Jeff Trandahl, the former Clerk of the House; and another Hastert aide and Alexander’s chief of staff, according to public statements and GOP insiders.

[davidinalameda]

1. obstruction of justice

say it loud and say it often

[kestrel91316]

8. That, and/or ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT

[davidinalameda]

9. I forgot about accessories

very good

thanks

[kestrel91316]

12. You can pass on my clever assessment to DOJ. (teeheehee)

[davidinalameda]

23. when I talk to Alberto tomorrow, I will

:rofl:

[C_U_L8R]

2. Did they know for a few months

or for five years (as some other posts suggest)

Either way.. it's obstruction.
And they're already trying to weasel their way out.
Just shine a spotlight on em.

[sweetheart]

3. Illinois perverts

Y'all out there in illinois have wisely kept yer heads relatively low,
but what is this? Perverts are allowed to run wild on your soil, will
you let this stand... its an honour thing.

Lord bless the people of illinois.

[rosesaylavee]

5. Doing our best to route them out.

[sweetheart]

10. Of course you guys would be

Just its spooky to hear wind that you might have not
been successful as of yet. Hope the wind changes...

di da da dit,
sweetheart

[rosesaylavee]

15. Spooky is saying it mildly.

Have watched Hastert for several years now side-step political landmines. As this involves children at risk, am hoping that local Republicans will find it distasteful enough to vote for the DEM running against him.

[rosesaylavee]

4. They knew and they need to step

down from their positions. They were aware of illegal activity, activity that threatened young children entrusted to their care and they chose to protect one of their own.

These are very bad bad men and its time for them to be removed from office and face at least this **one** crime if not all the others they are guilty of.

Bastert, Shimkus, Bonehead... all must go.

[kestrel91316]

6. It wasn't months. It was FIVE YEARS they kept it secret.

[flyarm]

7. these lying son of a bitches need taking down and big time!

what filthy sob's..and they let Foley stay on as co-chair to the Missing and exploited children caucus..

what fuckers!!

Noreen Gosch will be on Washington radio show 5 pm tommorrow night ..WGMD... radio...

listen in!!

fly

[mom cat]

11. Needs one more vote folks!

[TayTay]

13. This is serious stuff, these people should resign

they are, at the very least, guilty of dereliction of trust and breach of the public trust and unworthy to hold public office on that basis alone, and that is before any possible inquiry into criminal activities.

These people need to go.

[Swamp Rat]

14. ethics violations at best

[bvar22]

16. The "Bush* Doctrine" should apply here:

You remember...."Those who protect terrorists ARE terrorists"?

The Bush Doctrine should be expanded to:
"Those who protect Pedophiles ARE Pedophiles"

[DemInDistress]

17. if foley was committing these lurid acts albeit in emails why wait

for the last day of session? vacation news dump?..

any suggestions?

[RamboLiberal]

18. Speaking as an IT Manager I would think

if inappropriate emails are reported the next step would be to look in to the IMs. I would think that in someplace like the Congress if done on PCs linked to the network the IMs would be logged and saved.

I hope this scandal takes down more than Foley!

If I was a Dem going up against any of these clowns who covered it up I'd be spinning up my campaign ad on how they thought Foley's and holding on to Repuke leadership was more important than protecting kids from being sexually abused. That would hit home with every parent in their district.

[Straight Shooter]

20. Precisely, RamboLiberal.

It's bad enough they've been doing every dirty trick in the book to hang onto power, but to recognize and turn a blind eye to what is clearly illegal and morally repugnant, that's just too much for most people to stomach.

I can't figure out who disgusts me more, Foley or the lying liars who covered for him.

[hootinholler]

19. Anyone who thinks they did nothing needs to re-examine the situation

Just sayin, the republics have been in lock step for a long time. I wouldn't be surprised if quite a number in congress (Dems also) were compromised (subjected to blackmail).

-Hoot

[yellowcanine]

21. For Hastert to say he "didn't know the emails were sexually explicit" is

so obviously a lie. What did he think was in the emails, gardening advice?

[RamboLiberal]

22. I want to know why the IMs weren't investigated

I would bet they would be logged.

[npincus]

24. Hastert, Action Figure

[deminks]

25. The resemblence is striking, don't you think?

I understand Denny was a wrestling coach.

[grateful581]

26. The Hill: Hastert's staff first knew of Foley emails in 2005

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/092806/foley2.html

House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill.) staff was first informed of Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fla.) unusual email exchange with a 16-year old page in the fall of 2005, according to a time line released by the Speaker’s office Saturday afternoon.

Stephanie Miller's cheerful song, "You're a lying sack of crap" comes to mind
Sing with me now

[AspenRose]

30. Lying, scheming, stinking, nasty, sack of liquid crap

*blink!* *blink!*

(it's late)

[Jack Rabbit]

27. There's going to be a few more safe GOP disxtricts in play soon

At least half a dozen more, it looks like.

[yellowcanine]

28. such as Hastert's and the rest of the pedophile enablers?

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Exactly

There are some things that family values Republicans won't tolerate, and this is one of them.

I know if the shoe were on the other foot, I'd be very upset with the Democratic leadership, to say the least.

[lies and propaganda]

31. I think its rich that hes all over the cable news

admiiting to knowing of emails, but definitely not perverse one, otheriwse he SURELY would have expelled him.

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:

what a lying scumbag. if whoever the current awesome leaker of these mails hadnt done so, Mark Foley would still be Reppin and taking photo ops at John Walsh Children events. puke.

[rocktivity]

32. From Hardball, Monday Oct. 2

link
KEITH OLBERMANN: ...Hastert said, “I just don‘t recall (Reynolds) telling me that. If he would have told me that, he would have told me about in that context of a half a dozen or a dozen other things.”

...Never mind what the Democrats say...you‘ve got conservatives who are furious at Hastert, and this is the kind of disaster that does not need one party painting the other...will the Republicans need to throw Hastert under the bus to save their chances in the election?

CRAIG CRAWFORD, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY: Well, if he fits—-if the bus has a lot of clearance...

I myself think it would be easier to throw the bus!

:rofl:
rocknation