Comments on: Cheney stands by Hastert. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:34:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tom+baker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-954353 tom+baker Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:39:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-954353 damn! - dick don't even have 1 trollie to jump in here and defend him?? i bet agnew had at least one supporter by the end of his traitorous tenure. damn! – dick don’t even have 1 trollie to jump in here and defend him?? i bet agnew had at least one supporter by the end of his traitorous tenure.

]]> By: Make Them Accountable / Pagegate http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-949824 Make Them Accountable / Pagegate Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:05:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-949824 [...] House ethics panel to subpoena documents WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee on Thursday launched an investigation of a congressional page sex scandal that has imperiled Republican election prospects, approving dozens of subpoenas for documents and testimony.Foley Scandal: Midday Blog Blitz Boehner, Hastert blame Foley victims (AmericaBlog). . . “Gay conspiracy” meme starting up to defend GOP leaders’ inaction (TPM). . . Rep. Shimkus: “What do you want me to do? Take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?” (Think Progress). . . Cheney: It “makes no sense” for Hastert to resign (Think Progress). . . One Foley teen may have been 18 at the time of nasty IMs(Wonkette, Instapundit). . . Righty Blogs “Out” Foley Victim (Think Progress). . . Righty blog outing of Foley victim was wrong (Michelle Malkin). . .Some back story and supposition on Kirk Fordham (TPM). . . An array of Foley pics (Wonkette). . . Foley emails were classic examples of predatory behavior (Think Progress)  [...] [...] House ethics panel to subpoena documents WASHINGTON – The House ethics committee on Thursday launched an investigation of a congressional page sex scandal that has imperiled Republican election prospects, approving dozens of subpoenas for documents and testimony.Foley Scandal: Midday Blog Blitz Boehner, Hastert blame Foley victims (AmericaBlog). . . “Gay conspiracy” meme starting up to defend GOP leaders’ inaction (TPM). . . Rep. Shimkus: “What do you want me to do? Take off my shirt and give myself 40 lashes?” (Think Progress). . . Cheney: It “makes no sense” for Hastert to resign (Think Progress). . . One Foley teen may have been 18 at the time of nasty IMs(Wonkette, Instapundit). . . Righty Blogs “Out” Foley Victim (Think Progress). . . Righty blog outing of Foley victim was wrong (Michelle Malkin). . .Some back story and supposition on Kirk Fordham (TPM). . . An array of Foley pics (Wonkette). . . Foley emails were classic examples of predatory behavior (Think Progress)  [...]

]]> By: Uncle_Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-949662 Uncle_Ho Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:37:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-949662 Cheney: "Hastert is in his 'last throes'." snort. Cheney: “Hastert is in his ‘last throes’.” snort.

]]> By: Arne+Langsetmo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948699 Arne+Langsetmo Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:41:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948699 Thanks, Dick. Really. And BTW, GFY. Cheers, Thanks, Dick. Really. And BTW, GFY.

Cheers,

]]> By: turtle http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948488 turtle Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:07:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948488 Cheney is backing Hastert to remain as Speaker of the House has got to be the best news since Foleygate broke! Who kwould have guessed that Cheney is part of the vast left wing conspiracy to undermine the GOP? The truth is stranger than fiction. Cheney is backing Hastert to remain as Speaker of the House has got to be the best news since Foleygate broke! Who kwould have guessed that Cheney is part of the vast left wing conspiracy to undermine the GOP? The truth is stranger than fiction.

]]> By: Can't+Wait+'Til+The+Elections+Are+Over! http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948450 Can't+Wait+'Til+The+Elections+Are+Over! Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:57:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948450 Who's going to run the shadow government when he and Rummy are gone? Who’s going to run the shadow government when he and Rummy are gone?

]]> By: Stein http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948447 Stein Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:57:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948447 Well thanks for telling us something we don't know, Dick. Hell, I can look at my set of tools in the garage and essentially feel the same way about them as Cheney feels about Hastert. Well thanks for telling us something we don’t know, Dick.

Hell, I can look at my set of tools in the garage and essentially feel the same way about them as Cheney feels about Hastert.

]]> By: Mike http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948258 Mike Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:19:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948258 <blockquote>Cheney is the one rotten leg of the stool that will bring it all down…gotta knock that leg out. No Cheney - no Rummy, no Sweaty Wrestler and best of all, Bush gets to go it all alone - won’t that be fun to watch?</blockquote> Pretty hard to accomplish this. When Cheney the ventriloquist (sic) pulls his hand out of Bush/puppet's ass, the puppet will just fall over on his face. Mike from <a href="http://stringcheesetheory.us" rel="nofollow">String Cheese Theory</a>

Cheney is the one rotten leg of the stool that will bring it all down…gotta knock that leg out. No Cheney – no Rummy, no Sweaty Wrestler and best of all, Bush gets to go it all alone – won’t that be fun to watch?

Pretty hard to accomplish this. When Cheney the ventriloquist (sic) pulls his hand out of Bush/puppet’s ass, the puppet will just fall over on his face.

Mike from
String Cheese Theory

]]> By: tom+baker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948195 tom+baker Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:05:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948195 Who cares what that pathetic old nixon era cocksucker has to say about anything? Who cares what that pathetic old nixon era cocksucker has to say about anything?

]]> By: wisedup http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-948098 wisedup Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:44:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-948098 love that haster...'come on denny, let's go hunting!!!...now you go and hold the birds.... love that haster…’come on denny, let’s go hunting!!!…now you go and hold the birds….

]]> By: justfred http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947644 justfred Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:33:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947644 ahhh the cheny kiss of death. knowing that the truth is 180 degrees out of phase with anything and everything cheney says, cheney's stellar referral of Hastert is confirmation that Hastert is guilty, is a lying scumbag, and most definitely is not fit to be an employee of the federal government, let alone a Speaker of the People's House. . ahhh the cheny kiss of death. knowing that the truth is 180 degrees out of phase with anything and everything cheney says, cheney’s stellar referral of Hastert is confirmation that Hastert is guilty, is a lying scumbag, and most definitely is not fit to be an employee of the federal government, let alone a Speaker of the People’s House.
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]]> By: Tavern Guy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947634 Tavern Guy Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:32:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947634 Cheney says that Denny Hastert is a great Speaker. He also said that we'd be greeted as liberators in Iraq. We're actually occupiers. Cheney also promised the American people that there were WMD to be found in Iraq. Better to go after them than to find them in the form of a mushroom cloud, he said. Lies and the lying liars... 14, loved the Weapons of Mass Seduction bit. Cheney says that Denny Hastert is a great Speaker. He also said that we’d be greeted as liberators in Iraq. We’re actually occupiers. Cheney also promised the American people that there were WMD to be found in Iraq. Better to go after them than to find them in the form of a mushroom cloud, he said.

Lies and the lying liars…

14, loved the Weapons of Mass Seduction bit.

]]> By: Can't Wait 'Til The Elections Are Over! http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947607 Can't Wait 'Til The Elections Are Over! Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:26:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947607 Well Cheney's edorsement sure makes ME feel better about Hastert! I mean, if Cheney likes him then he must be trustworthy, right? But what about this quote from Cheney - "We will retain control of both houses". I sure hope that's his corporate side flashing back to the days when he had to constantly reassure his stockholders (no matter what the real story was of course) and doesn't reflect some kind of "done deal"! Well Cheney’s edorsement sure makes ME feel better about Hastert! I mean, if Cheney likes him then he must be trustworthy, right?

But what about this quote from Cheney – “We will retain control of both houses”.

I sure hope that’s his corporate side flashing back to the days when he had to constantly reassure his stockholders (no matter what the real story was of course) and doesn’t reflect some kind of “done deal”!

]]> By: Doktor+Texas http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947605 Doktor+Texas Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:25:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947605 Don't you see a pattern developing here...kind of like the Spartan warriors gallantly defending their partners, I mean fellow soldiers when the going got tough. Don’t you see a pattern developing here…kind of like the Spartan warriors gallantly defending their partners, I mean fellow soldiers when the going got tough.

]]> By: flatus http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947594 flatus Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:23:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947594 And while we're at it.... Let's ask Boehner (Boner) why he was handing out tabbaco company checks on the Senate floor. And while we’re at it….
Let’s ask Boehner (Boner) why he was handing out tabbaco company checks on the Senate floor.

]]> By: JaneESchneider http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947574 JaneESchneider Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:18:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947574 Okay, #49, I was going to just throw this in without reading any of the comments: Is he saying that he's a fan of "huge Denny Hastert"? Damn, everyone's getting the good lines in ahead of me today!:-) Okay, #49, I was going to just throw this in without reading any of the comments: Is he saying that he’s a fan of “huge Denny Hastert”? Damn, everyone’s getting the good lines in ahead of me today!:-)

]]> By: Republicans+are+the+fear+and+smear+party http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-2/#comment-947452 Republicans+are+the+fear+and+smear+party Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:50:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947452 #49...LOL!! #49…LOL!!

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-1/#comment-947414 Jay Randal Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:40:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947414 Cheney is a vile and criminal fool, just like Hastert, so no wonder he supports fatso Denny > they must both resign or both be impeached! Cheney is a vile and criminal fool, just like Hastert, so no wonder he supports fatso Denny > they must both resign or both be impeached!

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-1/#comment-947393 ForTruth Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:35:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947393 “I’m a (huge Dennis Hastert) fan.” Yeah Denny is pretty huge. “I’m a (huge Dennis Hastert) fan.” Yeah Denny is pretty huge.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/comment-page-1/#comment-947384 ForTruth Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:34:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/05/cheney-stands-by-hastert/#comment-947384 <em>Dennis Hastert won’t step down until he hasn’t a shred of dignity left — then he’ll blame it all on the left. Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 10:33 am</em> Lets hope your right, I tend to think he would never step down. Dennis Hastert won’t step down until he hasn’t a shred of dignity left — then he’ll blame it all on the left.

Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 10:33 am

Lets hope your right, I tend to think he would never step down.

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