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Hastert should NOT resign yet, if he goes now, the Republicans will tout it as ‘problem solved’. If he stays until the election, he will be a lightning rod and symbol of GOP perversion and corruption.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:17 pmHere, here! Unfortunately, the ‘tip of the iceberg’ to throw a reichwing talking point back in their face.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:28 pmI don’t want Hastert to resign. I want to see him tried and imprisoned. Or tarred and feathered or made to register as a sex offender.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:36 pmAs with Uncle Ho, I must agree with you too Skeptic. NO resignation, all these fascist appeasers should be tried for the war criminals they are!
October 6th, 2006 at 8:49 pmHastert needs to stay as a public reminder of Republican incompetence for now. There will be plenty of time to impeach, try, and convict them all soon enough.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:52 pmDid you see where Ralston, Rove’s assistant resigned?
Gee. it’s interesting where you go when you follow the food chain…
The big news is the collossal shipwreck of the self-righteous conservative base that’s going on, even as we speak…
Hastert is such a mess he was hinting that the whole Republican homosexual sex predator scandal was due to “leaks.” Does that mean Hastert did not want information about a Republican homosexual sex predator to be public information? How sad is it that Hastert is trying to make George Soros the villain? This is a Republican mess.
October 6th, 2006 at 9:03 pmHe should resign, yes; but he should be left to twist in the wind a bit before he is allowed to leave. In fact, they all should be left to twist for a while before they are kicked out.
October 6th, 2006 at 9:09 pmHold on by your fingernails as long as you can, Danny! Heh.
October 6th, 2006 at 9:11 pmHere’s the Republican Threat Level.
http://www.kutztowndemocrats.org/test/homeland.html
October 6th, 2006 at 9:18 pmHere we go, should it be a full on keyboard friken barrage? Or should it just be waiting and seeing what happens?
October 6th, 2006 at 9:21 pmI really have not seen any of our freinds from the other side of the aisle lately, again. Hopefully this will entice one of them to post a comment while reading all our shit.
October 6th, 2006 at 9:25 pmTruth is looking for a fight tonight!
October 6th, 2006 at 9:34 pmHastert’s involvement in the Foley debacle isn’t why he should resign. He should resign for shirking his responsibilty as House Speaker and legislative leader to check the power of the executive. He should resign for preisiding over a negligent, compromised, rubber stamp majority that’s complicit in goddamned war crimes. He’s greedy, dishonest and he’s a criminal, that’s why he should resign.
October 6th, 2006 at 9:50 pmTruth is looking for a fight tonight!
Comment by Zooey — October 6, 2006 @ 9:34 pm
Jeez you got me!
October 6th, 2006 at 9:54 pmJeez you got me!
Comment by ForTruth
Yes. I do.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:01 pmGet a green slice and you have a Gay Pie Chart.
Who said the Rape-Public-Cans sisn’t have a sense of humor?
October 6th, 2006 at 10:03 pmIt’s all over for the whole administration — except for the little nasty knife that Karl Rove and Company are going to throw. Get ready for some big booms.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:08 pmOn this issue, it’s hard to take seriously something called PollReportPopup.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:08 pmDid you see where Ralston, Rove’s assistant resigned?
Comment by RealityCheck — October 6, 2006 @ 8:52 pm
More than Rove’s assistant, special assistant to George W, former assistant to JACK ABRAMOFF!!!! WHOO HOO!
If I were her, I would seek asylum in the Swiss Embassy or something, that big ol’ target on her back has to be making her nervous.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:17 pmOK, OK, folks, let’s not succumb to the witchhunt mob mentality and lose out heads over this. Judd, you stand there and hand out pitchforks. I’ll stand here and hand out the torches. One to a customer, no shoving.
There now, doesn’t that just make the night of long knives pass by that much more smoothly?
Btw, Dr. “Last of the Dog Beaters” Dobson paid a visit to Mark Foley at the rehab clinic today. Stay tuned for part two of this historic encounter tomorrow.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:19 pmMighty Aphrodite…don’t you have anything to say??? Come on, we just LOVE to hear your defensive bullshit of the right…aka…hack-wing of our country.
Come on baby, show us some love!
October 6th, 2006 at 10:39 pmGeez, numfar, another one spoiling for a fight?
It’s going to be an interesting weekend!
October 6th, 2006 at 10:47 pmI’m sorry, Zooey, M.A. just irritates me. I apologize.
M.A…I apologizie for calling your gutteral spews onto the ‘internets’ bullshit. It’s actually cirrhosis from the brain of a rethuglican…it’s come to my attention that cirrhosis is also a disease of the brain, specifically, rethuglican brains.
Maybe, M.A, you could blame a newborn for enticing an adult, you know, similar to dru dge…put a space there cuz I don’t want google or any other search engine equating it with that other douchebag’s site.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:56 pmNo need to apologize, numfar. I think it’s hilarious!
And speaking of hilarious, Briseadh na Faire has favored us with another of his impeccable impressions. Bravo!!
October 6th, 2006 at 10:59 pmWhy americans hate America?
October 6th, 2006 at 10:59 pmGuess what, Folks! According to the chart it seems that DUHbya’s guaranteed 32% has taken a significant dip. Only 27% of those polled favor the bushco and hastbeen. Leave the sucker there as he can’t do anything but remind the thinking voter what a bunch of crooks, liars and perverts they are and to what party (orgy) they belong. How do we vote them out? Let me count the days.
Come November Election day plus one the whole concept of Think Progress will be changed as we know it. Won’t it be nice to revel in the good news instead of having to grovel through a bunch of bushco shit. And there will be no hope for them, because stupid is forever and stupid will be history.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:01 pmHi Juan,
I think we should avoid a hijacking, what do you think?
October 6th, 2006 at 11:04 pmI think we should avoid a hijacking, what do you think?
Comment by Zooey
Why? Are you teasing me? :)
October 6th, 2006 at 11:13 pmAre you teasing me? :)
Comment by Juan+C
Do I ever do anything else? :)
October 6th, 2006 at 11:19 pmDo I ever do anything else? :)
Comment by Zooey
Yeah, you keep trolls away. :)
October 6th, 2006 at 11:26 pmHow was your day?
Waiting for their talking points… helpless without Karl to tell them what to think…meanwhile, Karl is trying to figure out how to smear his ex-assistant, he’s got bigger worries than being outed as the pervert du jour…
October 6th, 2006 at 11:31 pmWhat fun!!!
A Zookeeper a day keeps the trolls away?
October 6th, 2006 at 11:31 pmMy day was ok, Juan. I’ve been floating along on my pain meds.
SkdeA, who is this Zookeeper you speak of? If it would keep the trolls away, I would re-take the name!
October 6th, 2006 at 11:37 pmSKdeA,
Why do you have so many shoes? Where do you keep them all?
October 6th, 2006 at 11:43 pmI’ve been floating along on my pain meds.
Comment by Zooey
Hey, stop pills. Begin Yoga and Meditation. Whats wrong?
October 6th, 2006 at 11:46 pmSince when do the neocons care what Americans want?
Dick Cheney already said, in violation of the Constitution, that they don’t care about what We The People want – and that they, not the people, decide policy.
And Dick Cheney thinks Hasert is going a heck’ve a job…
October 6th, 2006 at 11:48 pmYAY! I finally have personal contact with the Zoomistress!
October 6th, 2006 at 11:49 pmOK, I collect vintage clothes (and shoes and stuff). Many of them live upstairs, many in the basement. Luckily I have a full basement! Which is full, therefore the name.
Some of them are so old and delicate (20s and 30s) that they only get worn rarely, but they are precious… and being a vintage jazz musician, I can write them off!
Pain meds can be fun… as long as you don’t have to walk! I recently took an over-the-counter menstrual med from England, and it felt like my feet had been switched to the opposite legs. Good stuff! But made me non-functional…
Whats wrong?
Comment by Juan+C
I pulled a muscle in my chest. Couldn’t move my right arm away from my side. It’s much better now. I’m letting the pain pills wear off, to see how much better.
Can’t meditate when I’m drugged into oblivion or in massive pain. Sorry!
October 6th, 2006 at 11:52 pmI want him to stay in office!!!
October 6th, 2006 at 11:53 pmBwahhahahaa!
SKdeA,
Zoomistress! Wow, I like it! Sounds like you have a fabulous collection. Does your name relate to your music? I’ve always wondered that, but could never connect with you.
I know what you mean about the meds. I was taking the dog down the stairs a while ago, and this wave of dizziness came over me. I had to just hold on to the rail and wait for it to pass. Scary.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:57 pmSorry your in pain. =(
October 6th, 2006 at 11:58 pmGet better quick Zoo
Ow, pulled muscle, icky!
October 6th, 2006 at 11:59 pmMy name relates to my name… I have nothing to hide, even from the crazy trolls, so go ahead and google Sara & Swingtime!
Raise your freq’s Zoo, don’t lower them, be awake and moving meditation
October 7th, 2006 at 12:02 amThanks Dog Named Boo & SKdeA. Getting there. :)
October 7th, 2006 at 12:03 amI have noted Hastert’s rotten real estate deal in Illinois but I said it was $2.6 million. It was $6.2 in total.
This is from the New Republic.
And when it comes to real estate, he has been a downright wheeler-dealer. Virtually overnight, the speaker’s net worth went from approximately $300,000 to at least $6.2 million–thanks, in no small part, to an earmark he authored.
Hastert’s real estate transactions have been reported extensively in the Chicago press and picked apart in a June report issued by the Sunlight Foundation. But they have been largely ignored in the national media. A careful examination of the facts in the case, however, leads to the conclusion that there are compelling reasons beyond the Foley case to call for the speaker’s resignation from the post.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:06 amSKdeA,
I just googled Sara & Swingtime. Cool! You are just gorgeous in that dress. I can see how the collection comes in handy with your business.
I lived in Alameda for many years, and graduated high school there. Amazing!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:07 amHastart is a big, mouth-breathing hairless ape, slobbering and smacking at the trough, talking with his mouth full, spitting food on you as he talks.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:08 amThank you, Truth, for that visual. Now I’m going to scrub my brain with a wire brush…
:P
October 7th, 2006 at 12:12 amI think a few of my comments were deleted over on the Susan Ralston thread, cool. The ones about Bush and Rove, they weren’t even bad.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:13 amAlameda! Small little world!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:13 amThank you! I must admit, some of the pictures are few (15) years old, before I married a Mexican who cooks (more of me to love!). But purty.
Arnica my friend, is what you need. Health food stores will have it, in both ointment and in homeopathic internal type. Amazing for any kind of soft tissue or tendon or muscle kind of pain. Got me through the major back issues and the wisdom tooth trauma!
And get some sleep, isn’t it totally late out there?
EEEEWWWWW – ForTruth, please! I just ate!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:14 amZooey,
such healing energies as I can send are yours. Be well.
Glad you liked the little parody. Haven’t seen much of the Mighty A lately. I don’t think she likes it when I pull a Rune in her honor.
Back on topic:
I don’t care if Hastert resigns, I just want him to be interrogated demonstrating the efficacy of the methods he approved for Bush.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:14 amHastert should never resign! The image of that man(?) wallowing out to the podium with nothing to say is embryonic of the failures of the Republican’t party.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:15 amThat is a good visual. Heh. Sick.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:15 amIt’s much better now. I’m letting the pain pills wear off, to see how much better.
Comment by Zooey
Ok. I have had them too when my back soars a little. How did you hurt that way? Do you do physical work?
October 7th, 2006 at 12:18 amHastert and his buddy Shimkus must both resign for not protecting teenage male Pages from being solicited for sex by Rep. Mark Foley!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:18 amisn’t it totally late out there?
Comment by SKdeA
Nope. Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time. But yes, I will get some sleep. Thanks.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:19 amThank you, Briseadh na Faire. I’m working on my healing, now that I’m more clear.
I too, wish nothing but the finest for Mr Hastert. :)
October 7th, 2006 at 12:21 amI think a few of my comments were deleted over on the Susan Ralston thread, cool. The ones about Bush and Rove, they weren’t even bad.
Comment by ForTruth
Good job! Satisfying, ain’t it? Heh.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:23 amHow did you hurt that way? Do you do physical work?
Comment by Juan+C —
I was moving huge, heavy file drawers in the vault (safe). I just moved wrong. Sometimes it is physical work!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:25 amSometimes it is physical work!
Comment by Zooey
Oh, Zoo. Im sorry to hear that. Wasnt a man around to help?!! Iron some white clothing and put it over where it hurts.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:27 amLook at it this way, Jay. The longer Hastert hangs around, the more questions will be asked, and more differing explanations will be given. And every time he comes up with a new explanation, there are countless fact-checkers immediately calling him on his lies. The poor b[H]astart is watching his political career self-destruct before his eyes, and he is helpless to stop it. All because he chose to cover for Foley’s uncontrollable libido.
And once he has fallen from power, he will have to watch as everything he has built/bilked is taken away from him, as every transaction falls under the harsh light of scrutiny in both the public, and legal forums.
Yeah, let him squirm throughout the month leading up to the election. The more scapegoats he tries to find, the more people will speak out against him.
Karma’s a b!tch, and she’s out for some payback.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:29 ampain meds?!?
October 7th, 2006 at 12:30 ami’ve been away… but noticed some posts here when you usually aren’t!
fill me in? you ok?
Faire > I hope you are right about fat Hastert, but Karl Rove is a crafty son of a bitch, so he still might pull off a late October surprise for GOP!
October 7th, 2006 at 12:38 amoh… well, if i had just been more patient and read further…
October 7th, 2006 at 12:39 ampulled muscle – owwwwwww! i once thought i was having a heart attack… at the doctor’s office i recalled the 2 ton of gravel that i’d moved/shoveled 2 days before…
Yeah, katy, like that. Oy.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:42 amZooey and all, been gone, away from puter much of the day…Sorry to hear about the pain…..Sending lot’s of white light and Blessing’s…Get well soon..
October 7th, 2006 at 12:46 amWhat does a Denny Hastart resignation letter look like anyway?
October 7th, 2006 at 12:47 am#61 – Zooey,
October 7th, 2006 at 12:48 amI have huge drawers, size 42 – but they are not heavy. Try another brand.
Does it have ketchup stains on it?
October 7th, 2006 at 12:48 amWhat does a Denny Hastart resignation letter look like anyway?
Comment by ForTruth
I hope we don’t find out any time soon. :)
It would probably have grease stains on it….
October 7th, 2006 at 12:49 amDamn, Walt! It hurts to laugh that hard! Court files, Walt! Thousands of them!
Thank you, Sharon. I’m getting better every minute.
Juan, such a gentleman, as always. The only men around are the cops and the Judges. We don’t let the cops hang around forever, because the stories just get bigger and bigger; and we don’t let the Judges in the vault, because they want to change everything around — control freaks. :)
October 7th, 2006 at 12:55 amhastert’s a chicago guy… it’s mustard…
October 7th, 2006 at 12:59 amI’m sorry. I really didn’t mean to hijack this thread.
I can stop anytime, I swear…
October 7th, 2006 at 1:03 amZooey,
October 7th, 2006 at 1:10 amI only swear in court.
We don’t care about the hijacking of the thread, we are part of it..
My guess of the stains on the resignation letter would be gravy. lot’s and lot’s of gravy, maybe some butter and sausage stains to…Biscuts and gravy are popular among the no neck types no matter where they live… Blessing all….
October 7th, 2006 at 1:13 amWalt,
Court is the only place I don’t swear. :)
F*ckin’ A!
October 7th, 2006 at 1:15 am#77,
October 7th, 2006 at 1:19 amGeez, Sharon – you noticed that chin met his chest. Did you also notice that his hairline met his brow? Not much room for brains there.
Goodnight, all. It’s been fun. Thanks for your well wishes!
October 7th, 2006 at 1:35 am#65, Jay,
I am sure Rove has every release of information well mapped/timed towards the November election. He also has Deibold, and several state Secretaries who are both Republican Party Officials and the State official who certifies the vote. And Corporate Media is still solidly behind the Administration, to be sure.
However, there is metaphysics to be considered. And to that end, I have asked the powers that be to encourage those who know of the crimes of this administration to come forward with testimony and evidence of wrongdoing. I keep praying they continue to come forward. Perhaps if enough do so, Rove will be so busy fending off the truth he won’t be able to pull off his surprise.
Last time, we got a video from “bin Laden” just before the election. This time, it will be something far more dramatic, and most likely deadly.
October 7th, 2006 at 1:53 amFunny, a month ago I e-mailed my sister to tell her that I felt something big was coming, that would knock the current leadership back on their heels. (I knew I could use her to document this feeling without being rediculed, if I were wrong.) I still think it’s coming.. I don’t believe that the recent events are the Event.. only a sample of what’s to come. Evil is strong.. but Good is stronger, if only enough of us believe.
October 7th, 2006 at 3:58 amWhat got lost in all this
ronhohn
——————–
And 28 U.S. Troops have been killed in Iraq over the course of just a few days, too.
Deaths Across Iraq Show It Is a Nation of Many Wars, With U.S. in the Middle
…Attacks against U.S. forces have climbed 27% in Al Anbar since last year, according to the U.S. Marine Corps. American attempts to reduce the toll by turning over security duties there to Iraqi forces have met with little success. Half the Iraqi soldiers are on leave at any given time, and many don’t return to duty. In May, desertion rates in some Iraqi units reached 40%.
In August, threats from insurgents led half of Fallujah’s police force to stay home for days. Other strategic cities, including Haditha, Hit and Ramadi, remain virtually lawless.
..In addition to the thousands killed, hundreds of thousands of residents of Baghdad and the provinces immediately around it have fled their homes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-map7oct07,1,6640174.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&track=crosspromo
- Soldiers question when Iraqis will take the lead
- Invisible enemy, untrustworthy allies have troops questioning their purpose
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15160357/
In late Feb of this year, an overwhelming 72% of US Troops in Iraq said they either wanted to withdraw within the year or immediately. Only 23% support Bush’s “stay as long as they are needed” approach.
http://www.zogby.com/NEWS/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075
Oh, and White House/Karl Rove top Aide, Susan Ralston just resigned today, following accounts that the Bush White House has had 485 different visits from Abramoff and his Aides (Ralston used to be Abramoff’s own aide).
October 7th, 2006 at 4:21 amNice Friday afternoon news dump story – attempt. Although, the media is playing little attention to it. Think Progress did a good job of covering the news today.
BUSH DOWN TO 36%, Time Poll.
In fact, he’s also down in the 30’s in:
The AP Poll
The Pew Research Poll
NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll
CNN Poll
(but media still talking about “bush’s bounce”. Shocking, I know.)
Where I went to school, anything below 60% was a big, fat F. So, I’ve never understood the glee the GOP and media shows when he got into the low 40’s. So much for that. Bush is back in the 30’s. I guess, according to the media, that’s a B+.
http://pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
October 7th, 2006 at 5:19 amBUSH DOWN TO 36% – Time Poll.
In fact, he’s also down in the 30’s in:
The AP Poll
The Pew Research Poll
NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll
CNN Poll
(but media still talking about “bush’s bounce”. Shocking, I know.)
Where I went to school, anything below 60% was a big, fat F. So, I’ve never understood the glee the GOP and media shows when he got into the low 40’s. So much for that. Bush is back in the 30’s. I guess, according to the media, that’s a B+.
http://pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
October 7th, 2006 at 5:20 amMo Do on Mark Foley. I was beginning to wonder when one of the Times’ op-ed columnists would get around to writing about this.
October 7th, 2006 at 7:35 am“Biscuts and gravy are popular among the no neck types no matter where they live… ” Hey….I resemble that remark!
October 7th, 2006 at 9:06 amRepublicans getting a taste of there own medicine
October 7th, 2006 at 9:25 amBUSH DOWN TO 36% – Time Poll.
In fact, he’s also down in the 30’s in:
The AP Poll
The Pew Research Poll
NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll
CNN Poll
Comment by Paige — October 7, 2006 @ 5:20 am
This just goes to prove that the polls have a liberal bias.
October 7th, 2006 at 9:57 amI personally want Hastart to resign. I’m a democrat, and I realize that my party is bereft of any positive agenda for the country. Perhaps if Hastart resigns, we have some hope of regaining some power. Otherwise, I don’t know what we’ll do.
October 7th, 2006 at 10:41 amHastert, please don’t resign yet. Wait until your Republican candidates’ poll numbers are in the single digits and you have driven your party firmly into the ground.
October 7th, 2006 at 11:07 amYou all leave that no neck monster alone , you’ll hear. We will skew him tared and feathtered after the election.
October 7th, 2006 at 11:23 amAlthough I would like to see Hastert resign, that poll shows that 47% want him to stay in congress. Only 43% want him to resign. So how is this “Americans want Hastert to resign”? Pretty misleading post in my view. I’m sure the headline has been a true statement for a long time, as there have always been Americans who would answer in the affirmative to this question. But that graph clearly shows more people have him staying in Congress than resigning.
October 7th, 2006 at 11:40 amHay, Left Coast Mike, long time no see….Where Ya been.? Miss you’re post’s..Blessings
October 7th, 2006 at 12:24 pm#93 Perhaps another way to look at it is that 63% do not want him as Speaker of the House, while only 27% affirmatively want him to remain as Speaker. The other 10% don’t care enough about our country to form an opinion. All of this assumes that people gave truthful answers to the pollster, which is something I generally don’t do. (Either assume that or answer polls.)
October 7th, 2006 at 1:17 pmAll of this assumes that people gave truthful answers to the pollster, which is something I generally don’t do.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — October 7, 2006 @ 1:17 pm
curious… i heard someone else say this recently… why would you, anyone, not be truthful? seriously, why? …i don’t get it…
October 7th, 2006 at 1:42 pmkaty,
I did that years ago, when somebody called me to do a survey on my religious ideas. I was tempted to just say “none” and hang up, but decided to run with it. I flipped that woman so much shit, and she lapped it right up. She thought I was Donna Reed on crack, I’m sure. The best part was my boys rolling around on the floor laughing so hard. I’d do it again for that.
It was fun!!
October 7th, 2006 at 2:02 pmwell, ok, zooey… that i can see… (and i can hear the wingers screeching hypocrisy now)… but i’d still be honest and at worst say, “no thanks – my religion is personal”…
the other person i referred to was talking about political surveys, AND he is a campaign director… i would think it’s to everyone’s advantage to be honest about their opinion when it pertains to their country…
but that’s just me…
October 7th, 2006 at 2:20 pmkaty,
I probably wouldn’t do the same thing with something political, especially these days. But the fundie thing, hell yeah, I’d do it again.
:-)
October 7th, 2006 at 2:25 pm#96 katy,
Apart from people like Zooey having fun with annoying pollsters who bother you at the worst times (nothing wrong with that), I should have been clearer. In addition to answers not being “truthful”, there is the greater danger that answers will be extremely ill-informed. I believe that many of the people who respond to these polls should not be doing so because they do not have enough of a grasp on the truth to give proper answers. Take the 27% who supposedly think Hastert should remain as Speaker. Do you really believe that these people know all of the details that have been coming out in the press lately? Does it make sense that they know that Hastert was told months or years ago that there was a problem with Congressman Foley and Congressional pages and that he chose to not pursue it further, and that they still think he should be Speaker? That makes no sense, which is why I tend to disbelieve opinion polls like this. Too many ill-informed people giving ill-conceived opinions.
While I majored in math at school and although I never took a statistics class, I have never been convinced that polling about 1,000 people (or even 2,000) can give you an accurate idea of what 300,000,000 people are thinking, unless your margin of error is 100%. All it takes is a few fun-loving people like Zooey and the results have to be thrown in the garbage. And since they will never reveal their methodology to us, we only have their word that they aren’t making stuff up when the results they get are wildly off from other results.
So, it isn’t just the questionable truthfulness of the respondents, it’s their ignorance that makes polls like this meaningless. But that’s just my humble opinion, which like all the others, has a margin of error of 100%. (I could be wrong.)
October 7th, 2006 at 2:34 pmThe pages literally throw themselves at us hunky-dorky old men, It’s not our fault we are extremely virile, fit, sexy alpha male authority figures.
October 7th, 2006 at 3:12 pmzooey – just so you know, i can have my phone fun at others expense… i’ve never been so lucky as you to get a call from a fundie…
wayne – i think i agree with you for the most part… i mean, that’s why thers are still 30+% who support these criminals…
for someone with a math degree, well, did you minor in language? :-)
October 7th, 2006 at 6:50 pm…
katy,
Thank you, and for the record, I have no college degree in anything, just a life-long love of mathematics. And I did not minor in language, which my verbosity should demonstrate.
October 9th, 2006 at 8:06 amI want to be clear here. I don’t care if Hastert is gay, or what he does
with other consenting adults. But where children are involved, I have a
real problem, as I do with the hypocrisy of Hastert’s anti-gay voting
record.
The rumors about another top GOP member of the House being involved in
sexual encounters with young “men for hire” are confirmed to WMR by
well-placed sources in Washington’s gay community. The member in
question is House Speaker Dennis Hastert, whose “alternate” life style
is the primary reason for him and his staff covering up the scandal
involving ex-Florida GOP Rep. Mark Foley and his lewd messages sent to
underage male congressional pages. Hastert’s penchant to receive anal
sex is well-known to our sources in DC’s gay community. Additionally,
Hastert’s reported extremely small penis is the subject of many jokes
among Washington’s gay circles.
Speaker Hastert: The “butt” of many jokes among Washington’s gay
community.
WMR reported on old charges that swirled around Hastert when he was a
high school wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Yorkville,
Illinois. Hastert decided to enter politics in 1980 after rumors
surfaced about inappropriate contact with male high school students.
In July, Hastert was hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital for
cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection. In the Feb. 7, 2003 issue of
AIDS Treatment News, doctors reported that they saw “a large increase in
aggressive, antibiotic-resistant ’staph’ (Staphylococcus aureus) skin
infections in gay men in some areas — and a separate epidemic in
certain prisons. Symptoms include boils or blisters; treatment can be
difficult, and sometimes requires hospitalization. One HIV doctor in Los
Angeles who used to see about one case a year is now seeing two a week.
In the past this infection occurred mainly in hospitals.” The reports of
serious skin infections among gay men was also reported in the Los
Angeles Times on Jan. 27, 2003.
WMR has also learned that Republicans will soon mount an effort to
discredit a senior House Democratic member with a sex scandal of a
rather different nature. The member is aware of the plans and is
circling the political wagons if the GOP launches their expected attack.
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