Comments on: Hastert knew. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:34:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: logicisdead » Hastert Knew About Rep. and 16-year-old said ‘We’re taking care of it’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-984052 logicisdead » Hastert Knew About Rep. and 16-year-old said ‘We’re taking care of it’ Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:26:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-984052 [...] House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of some “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and that Hastert assured him “we�re taking care of it.”read more | digg story [...] [...] House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of some “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and that Hastert assured him “we�re taking care of it.”read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: angela http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-948018 angela Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:30:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-948018 dear why, you forgot attempting to outsource our own ports, doing nothing about illegal aliens and the failed social security reform. bush should be made to sit in a corner and told not to speak or move. dear why,

you forgot attempting to outsource our own ports, doing nothing about illegal aliens and the failed social security reform. bush should be made to sit in a corner and told not to speak or move.

]]> By: angela http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-947954 angela Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:19:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-947954 JAIL FOR HASTERT!!!! GIVE HASTERT JAIL TIME!!! FIRE HIM. he doesn't deserve the honor of resigning! HE ALLOWS KIDS TO BE SEXUALLY HARASSED, at the very least! he is disturbing. i find hastert as guilty as foley. he should go immediately! hastert was told about foleys behavior and when now questioned about he says "I DON'T REMEMBER"!!!! if you can't recall if someone brought something LIKE THIS to your attention, what in the hell will you recall??? I DON'T RECALL???!!!! that is impossible. if someone told you something like this and your in congress, YOU WILL RECALL!!! if you were never told, you would know that absolutely also, because you would definitely remember IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, even remotely was brought to your attention! THAT IS BS! so the only acceptable answer to if you recall or not, COULD ONLY BE A CLEAR YES OR NO! if indeed he doesn't recall, which is bs, put here just for thought, what the hell are you doing working in congress anyway, when you can't recall a congressman bringing something like this to your attention. what if a page was raped and it was brought to hasterts attention and today we are just finding out about it. all hastert has to say to be clear is "I DON'T RECALL"!!!!! we don't need people in congress, those who should be protecting our children, who can't recall a matter such as this. his memory of situations of the utmost importantance can't be counted on??!!! if that is the case his memory isn't sufficient to work in congress. either way he shoudld be OUT!!! he knew and did nothing! we don't need people like this in congress. he is creepy himself, to me. i get bad vibes when i see him. he needs to be investigated. he needs to leave. i will never feel comfortable with congress as long he is the speaker of the house. i think he is as basd or worst than foley. FIRE HASTERT!!!! THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!!! JAIL FOR HASTERT!!!!
GIVE HASTERT JAIL TIME!!! FIRE HIM. he doesn’t deserve the honor of resigning! HE ALLOWS KIDS TO BE SEXUALLY HARASSED, at the very least! he is disturbing. i find hastert as guilty as foley. he should go immediately! hastert was told about foleys behavior and when now questioned about he says “I DON’T REMEMBER”!!!! if you can’t recall if someone brought something LIKE THIS to your attention, what in the hell will you recall??? I DON’T RECALL???!!!! that is impossible. if someone told you something like this and your in congress, YOU WILL RECALL!!! if you were never told, you would know that absolutely also, because you would definitely remember IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, even remotely was brought to your attention! THAT IS BS! so the only acceptable answer to if you recall or not, COULD ONLY BE A CLEAR YES OR NO! if indeed he doesn’t recall, which is bs, put here just for thought, what the hell are you doing working in congress anyway, when you can’t recall a congressman bringing something like this to your attention. what if a page was raped and it was brought to hasterts attention and today we are just finding out about it. all hastert has to say to be clear is “I DON’T RECALL”!!!!! we don’t need people in congress, those who should be protecting our children, who can’t recall a matter such as this. his memory of situations of the utmost importantance can’t be counted on??!!! if that is the case his memory isn’t sufficient to work in congress. either way he shoudld be OUT!!! he knew and did nothing! we don’t need people like this in congress. he is creepy himself, to me. i get bad vibes when i see him. he needs to be investigated. he needs to leave. i will never feel comfortable with congress as long he is the speaker of the house. i think he is as basd or worst than foley. FIRE HASTERT!!!! THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!!!

]]> By: June http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-917999 June Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:16:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-917999 When my country can't and doesn't play with a full deck with it's American citizens who trusted them and voted them into power, we have reason to fear the USA. What else is being kept from us? How much do we really know which is the truth? Why can't we go back to days of TRUTHFUL POLITICS and NOT DIRTY POLITICS? That's what the country wants. It's easier to be dishonest and disloyal according to our government. Maybe that's why it's said Dirty Politics. How can we know what to beleive and who to beleive when you lie through your teeth to everyone about most everything? When my country can’t and doesn’t play with a full deck with it’s American citizens who trusted them and voted them into power, we have reason to fear the USA. What else is being kept from us? How much do we really know which is the truth? Why can’t we go back to days of TRUTHFUL POLITICS and NOT DIRTY POLITICS? That’s what the country wants. It’s easier to be dishonest and disloyal according to our government. Maybe that’s why it’s said Dirty Politics. How can we know what to beleive and who to beleive when you lie through your teeth to everyone about most everything?

]]> By: Why http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-917750 Why Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:22:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-917750 Liberals ====== One lied about blowjob Republicans ========= One stolen election Ignored BinLaden Didn't do anything to prevent 9/11 One illegal war $380 billion spent on said war 100 000+ people dead from same illegal war Illegal eavesdropping on citizens Illegal searches Torture Protecting pedophiles No rights to fair trials Media bought and paid for Outing a cia operative during wartime and lying about it Doing nothing before, during and after Katrina Corruption to new levels (Tom Delay and too many others) Yup, clearly America will vote for Republicans again as one blowjob is soo much worse. Liberals
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One lied about blowjob

Republicans
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One stolen election
Ignored BinLaden
Didn’t do anything to prevent 9/11
One illegal war
$380 billion spent on said war
100 000+ people dead from same illegal war
Illegal eavesdropping on citizens
Illegal searches
Torture
Protecting pedophiles
No rights to fair trials
Media bought and paid for
Outing a cia operative during wartime and lying about it
Doing nothing before, during and after Katrina
Corruption to new levels (Tom Delay and too many others)

Yup, clearly America will vote for Republicans again as one blowjob is soo much worse.

]]> By: Kyle » Blog Archive » Hastert Knew About Rep. and 16-year-old said ‘We’re taking care of it’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-917581 Kyle » Blog Archive » Hastert Knew About Rep. and 16-year-old said ‘We’re taking care of it’ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:48:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-917581 [...] House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of some “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and that Hastert assured him “we�re taking care of it.”read more | digg story [...] [...] House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of some “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and that Hastert assured him “we�re taking care of it.”read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-915398 WaltTheMan Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:08:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-915398 And a new Repug to add to the list, <strong><a href="http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20060930/451debc0_3ca6_1552620060930-277238755" rel="nofollow">here</a></strong>. And a new Repug to add to the list, here.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-915005 Jay Randal Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:50:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-915005 Who Else Is A Pervert In The GOP? 30th of September 2006 by Jay Randal Hypocrisy seems to bite the butts of Republicans, all the time, so the current scandal involving Rep. Foley emailing underage males for sex is NOT surprising! GOP members tend to put themselves on pedestals of virtue, which makes them a target for sexual scandals, and causes them to fall from grace when exposed too! Foley maybe a secret closeted homosexual, but since he solicits sex from under 18 teenagers that makes him a sexual predator, so someone who acts like a pervert! If he had solicited sexual favors from adult males, and not minors, then this issue would be far less a scandal and more of an embarrassment to Republican party! The GOP boasts a lot about "Family Values," so they denigrate Gay Americans as immoral and promiscuous, but Republicans hiring hookers reeks of immorality! Calling for outlawing Gay marriages, or civil unions, is blatant discrimination of minority Human Rights, so the GOP would be wise to stop being hypocrites! ( Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Stone Mountain, Georgia.) Who Else Is A Pervert In The GOP?
30th of September 2006
by Jay Randal

Hypocrisy seems to bite the butts of Republicans, all the time, so the current scandal involving Rep. Foley emailing underage males for sex is NOT surprising!

GOP members tend to put themselves on pedestals of virtue, which makes them a target for sexual scandals, and causes them to fall from grace when exposed too!

Foley maybe a secret closeted homosexual, but since he solicits sex from under 18 teenagers that makes him a sexual predator, so someone who acts like a pervert!

If he had solicited sexual favors from adult males, and not minors, then this issue would be far less a scandal and more of an embarrassment to Republican party!

The GOP boasts a lot about “Family Values,” so they denigrate Gay Americans as immoral and promiscuous, but Republicans hiring hookers reeks of immorality!

Calling for outlawing Gay marriages, or civil unions, is blatant discrimination of minority Human Rights, so the GOP would be wise to stop being hypocrites!

( Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Stone Mountain, Georgia.)

]]> By: TampaCT http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-914883 TampaCT Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:22:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-914883 <strong>In the State of Florida it is against the law for an adult to be aware of any form of Child abuse and not report it. </strong> In fact I think it is a felony. If these congressmen were teachers then they would all be guilty for not immediately reporting it. They could/would be arrested. Hard to think that we would hold high school teachers to a higher standard than the United States Congress? I am sure that you could do a search and easily find some teacher in Florida who was prosecuted for not notifying authorities of a sexual relationship that they became aware of between a student and another teacher or adult. In the State of Florida it is against the law for an adult to be aware of any form of Child abuse and not report it. In fact I think it is a felony.

If these congressmen were teachers then they would all be guilty for not immediately reporting it. They could/would be arrested. Hard to think that we would hold high school teachers to a higher standard than the United States Congress?

I am sure that you could do a search and easily find some teacher in Florida who was prosecuted for not notifying authorities of a sexual relationship that they became aware of between a student and another teacher or adult.

]]> By: Marsha Vilt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-914033 Marsha Vilt Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:21:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-914033 Hastert: Liberals Want To Take ‘The 130 Most Treacherous People In The World’ and ‘Release Them Out In The Public’ should read "Hastert and Boehner Knew about Foley since Spring '06: GOP Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader Enable Sexual Harassment of Pages!" Hastert: Liberals Want To Take ‘The 130 Most Treacherous People In The World’ and ‘Release Them Out In The Public’ should read “Hastert and Boehner Knew about Foley since Spring ‘06: GOP Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader Enable Sexual Harassment of Pages!”

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-913971 katy Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:14:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913971 idea! 'dateline' would have a whole season's worth of sordid stories to tell... i keep wishing these 'investigative' shows would spend the time and effort to go after the criminals that affect the general public... and since dateline is obsessed with online predators who target teens... ... idea! ‘dateline’ would have a whole season’s worth of sordid stories to tell…

i keep wishing these ‘investigative’ shows would spend the time and effort to go after the criminals that affect the general public… and since dateline is obsessed with online predators who target teens…
…

]]> By: beefeater http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-913801 beefeater Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:35:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913801 randel You've nailed it. How many more of these disgusting perverted queers are hiding behind the cloak(closet) of the GOP or the Church or even a beard? Any hint, rumor or accusation of being a disgusting perverted queer needs to be dealt swiftly and harshly. These queers know that the lifestyle they have chosen is perverted and they use otherwise mainstream institutions to hide behind . randel
You’ve nailed it. How many more of these disgusting perverted queers are hiding behind the cloak(closet) of the GOP or the Church or even a beard? Any hint, rumor or accusation of being a disgusting perverted queer needs to be dealt swiftly and harshly. These queers know that the lifestyle they have chosen is perverted and they use otherwise mainstream institutions to hide behind .

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-2/#comment-913639 Jay Randal Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:02:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913639 This event of Foley trolling for boys may be just the tip of an iceberg in DC > how many other GOP members are involved sexually with Pages? This event of Foley trolling for boys may be just the tip of an iceberg in DC > how many other GOP members are involved sexually with Pages?

]]> By: KingCranky http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913600 KingCranky Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:54:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913600 And guess which disgraced, former GOP House Majority Leader must have been told about Foley's predilections as well? Tom DeLay As was pointed out above, this MUST be used as an issue against the GOP, it must be used against Rove like we all know Rove would use it against the entire Dem party, in less than an instant Tying this issue in with National Security, as shown in earlier replies in this thread, is truly necessary and good strategy as well, because if the House GOP Leadership can't or won't protect pages from one of their own members, how can they logically expect people to believe they can successfully wage war on terrorists or keep us safer from another 9-11 style demolition derby? This really is the GOP's version of the Catholic Church scandals, and at this point, both Boehner & Hastert ought to be nicknamed "Cardinal Law" Unlike Law's "cutting & running" from the US, Hastert & Boehner not only need to resign their Leadership positions and Congressional seats ASAP, they should also be charged criminally for covering up the problem as opposed to correcting it the right & ethical way The talk of possible criminal charges needs to start being used specifically against Hastert, Boehner, DeLay & Rove Why Rove? Because while it's likely W would have been told about this, it's impossible to believe Rove would be ignorant of Foley's plight, not if he's the supposed detail-obsessed political genius he likes to paint himself as This is only going to get worse for the House GOP Leadership, and the GOP's Senate Leadership needs to be asked what, if anything, they knew about this, and are there any GOP Senators with the same allegations swirling around them It seems the GOP pinata is starting to break apart, and right before the November elections Such a damn shame And guess which disgraced, former GOP House Majority Leader must have been told about Foley’s predilections as well?

Tom DeLay

As was pointed out above, this MUST be used as an issue against the GOP, it must be used against Rove like we all know Rove would use it against the entire Dem party, in less than an instant

Tying this issue in with National Security, as shown in earlier replies in this thread, is truly necessary and good strategy as well, because if the House GOP Leadership can’t or won’t protect pages from one of their own members, how can they logically expect people to believe they can successfully wage war on terrorists or keep us safer from another 9-11 style demolition derby?

This really is the GOP’s version of the Catholic Church scandals, and at this point, both Boehner & Hastert ought to be nicknamed “Cardinal Law”

Unlike Law’s “cutting & running” from the US, Hastert & Boehner not only need to resign their Leadership positions and Congressional seats ASAP, they should also be charged criminally for covering up the problem as opposed to correcting it the right & ethical way

The talk of possible criminal charges needs to start being used specifically against Hastert, Boehner, DeLay & Rove

Why Rove?

Because while it’s likely W would have been told about this, it’s impossible to believe Rove would be ignorant of Foley’s plight, not if he’s the supposed detail-obsessed political genius he likes to paint himself as

This is only going to get worse for the House GOP Leadership, and the GOP’s Senate Leadership needs to be asked what, if anything, they knew about this, and are there any GOP Senators with the same allegations swirling around them

It seems the GOP pinata is starting to break apart, and right before the November elections

Such a damn shame

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913325 Zooey Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:58:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913325 I knew the name "Foley" was familiar! Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_catheter Foley should get life attached to one of these things. I knew the name “Foley” was familiar! Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_catheter

Foley should get life attached to one of these things.

]]> By: Shlomo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913103 Shlomo Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:14:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913103 Hastert took no action because he was informed of the situation during lunch. Never try talking to Denny in the presence of food. Hastert took no action because he was informed of the situation during lunch. Never try talking to Denny in the presence of food.

]]> By: Shlomo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913090 Shlomo Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:12:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913090 Water-boarding for Foley! Water-boarding for Foley!

]]> By: Russ Weiss http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913083 Russ Weiss Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:10:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913083 Did Foley go on any vacations with Rush Limbaugh? I believe it's time for Progressives/Democrats to paint all Conservatives/Republicans with the same brush that pundits like Coulter/Limbaugh/Hannity use. Why do all Conservatives and Republicans support child molesters? Did Foley go on any vacations with Rush Limbaugh?

I believe it’s time for Progressives/Democrats to paint all Conservatives/Republicans with the same brush that pundits like Coulter/Limbaugh/Hannity use.

Why do all Conservatives and Republicans support child molesters?

]]> By: GodfryDaniel http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913054 GodfryDaniel Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:03:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913054 Shoot, they'll just write some new legislation making it acceptable for Republican congressmen to prey on young boys in the name of national security. You know, those kids could be terrorists too. Shoot, they’ll just write some new legislation making it acceptable for Republican congressmen to prey on young boys in the name of national security. You know, those kids could be terrorists too.

]]> By: chisholm http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/comment-page-1/#comment-913033 chisholm Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:58:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/30/hastert-knew/#comment-913033 The really big question here is how aggressively the media will go after the House leadership. I can easily see them taking the passive route, but I think this is so explosive--House leaders harboring a known sex predator?--that the blood in the water will be too much to resist. But what will REALLY give this story legs will be investigations coming from non-Republican-controlled law enforcement agencies, and so it begs the question of who can get involved--Louisiana cops? FL cops? DC cops? If it's interstate can the FBI get involved? DOJ? It's currently being investigated by the House ethics panel--talk about an oxymoron--which will clearly be an object lesson in toothlessness. The really big question here is how aggressively the media will go after the House leadership. I can easily see them taking the passive route, but I think this is so explosive–House leaders harboring a known sex predator?–that the blood in the water will be too much to resist.

But what will REALLY give this story legs will be investigations coming from non-Republican-controlled law enforcement agencies, and so it begs the question of who can get involved–Louisiana cops? FL cops? DC cops? If it’s interstate can the FBI get involved? DOJ? It’s currently being investigated by the House ethics panel–talk about an oxymoron–which will clearly be an object lesson in toothlessness.

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