Hastert going nuclear over search of Jefferson's office, maybe he

[Democrat 4 Ever]

had something to hide? Like repugs protecting pedophiles? Wonder what else he is hiding in his office. Found this post over at www.firedoglake.com and thought she made some good points.

Toxic
By Jane Hamsher @ 6:00 pm



Remember when Dennis Hastert went inexplicably nuclear over the raid of William Jefferson's office and cried constitutional crisis? It was a bit of a mystery at the time, but now it seems like the fat man knew he had reason to worry in the future.

It didn't stop him from endorsing Colorado House candidate Doug Lamborn on Friday, or campaigning with him that day — I guess he needed something to do outside of Washington and punking Lamborn was no big deal. As his opponent, our ActBlue candidate Jay Fawcett, says on his Kos diary today calling for Hastert's resignation, Lamborn's judgment has always been somewhat suspect. Either he was just about the only one who didn't know or he didn't care about Hastert's moral indifference to sexual predators. Either one is problematic for someone seeking a leadership position.

ABC is reporting that it was known as far back as 2001 that Foley had page chasing problems, and the mad scramble on the right to defend him is pretty amusing (hat tip C&L). No doubt Hastert knows where many of the bodies are buried and won't be thrown under the bus with ease, but salvaging him in a situation with such ugly optics may prove extremely costly in November.

Another of our Blue America candidates, John Laesch, is running against Hastert (the DCCC didn't bother backing anyone in the race, but Howie Klein did). John had a great session here on FDL in July and he's going to be back on Monday afternoon to discuss his campaign and how Hastert's role in the GOP predator protection racket could affect it, so please join us.


Just finished watching Hasert's statement about this mess. Anyone see him scuttling out of that room like the chickenshit chickenhawk he is? He did what repugs do best - run.

[tridim]

1. I get a vibe from Hastert that he's intimately involved in all this

If you get my drift.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

2. Well, we now know that it is completely legal to issue a search

warrant for a Congress critter's office to look for evidence of a crime. Wondering if the paper shredders were working overtime this weekend?

Hasert was really apoplectic over police going into Jefferson's office. It really didn't make a lot of sense at the time for a repug to get his panties in a wad over a Dem wrong doer. You would think on the surface he would be doing the happy dance on his desk in his office to see some of the corruption spread across the aisle. Now ya just have wonder what he was so afraid would be found in his or other repugs' offices.

There is definitely more to this story than we have heard so far.

[kestrel91316]

3. Somebody needs to start checking Fat Denny's computer for

kiddie porn, I think.