Novak: Hastert to retire before end of term.
Novak: Hastert to retire before end of term.
Last week, Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008. In his e-mail newsletter today, Robert Novak reported that Hastert won’t be finishing out his term and will retire on Nov. 6:
An Illinois Republican source tells us former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) plans to resign November 6 this year instead of finishing out his term. This would create a vacancy and trigger a special election in the 14th District.
Under Illinois statute, the governor, Rod Blagojevich (D), would get to pick the date of both of the special general election and the special primary election (with separate ballots for each party). The general election would have to be within 120 days of the vacancy (meaning by early March, if the November 6 resignation date holds). February 5 is the date for Illinois’s presidential and congressional primaries, and slating the special election — either the primaries or the general — on that date would save state money.
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Not seeking reelection might be passed off as retiring with decorum and dignity, but ducking out before your term is even over is rather obviously running scared.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 pmDo we have enough time to heat the tar and pluck us a bushel of feathers?
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 pmTrying to outrun an investigation, Denny???
But… but… the Surge is working!!!
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 pm“… pluck us a bushel of feathers?”
Comment by Marcus Aurelius
Which chickenhawk would you care to pluck???
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:50 pmHell, let’s pluck ‘em all.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:54 pmWho is this HasTurd guy? Was he important at one time?
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:54 pmWas he important at one time?
Comment by dlet — August 22, 2007 @ 10:54 pm
He was a wraslin’ coach who was close friends w/ Mark Foley.
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:56 pmCut and run?
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 pmor just a half nelson…….
or just a half nelson…….
Comment by Raven — August 22, 2007 @ 10:57 pm
Nah… a scissor’s lock!
August 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 pmWhat will the underlying scandal be? Illicit sex or just run-of-the-mill money-grubbing corruption? You just know there’s something going to come out.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 pmCome on TP…..what is with the disappearing posts?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm#8 He’s just a prick thats all. He has stood by Bubbleboy as Speaker and he can’t stand the fact that he’s nothing now.
I live about 15 miles from this scumbags district. He represents Plano, Illlinois and some surrounding communities. Rural compared to Chicago. Yes, outside of Chicago there are a pack of ignoramous’ who think electing Hasturd is a good idea. Nasty…..
Good riddens, I am so happy. Lets see if this district that Hasturd holed up in can come to some type of reality now that the scum has chosen to hang his head and admit he’s nothing.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 pmGoodbye Denny and we will NOT miss you!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:18 pmHis involvement in Turkish bribe money may be part of it.
Sibel Edmonds – Official Web Site – http://www.JustaCitizen.org
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pmOh oh, get out the witch costumes, the next hunt is on.
This site has definitely become the feeding grounds for liberal misfits, morons and malcontents.
Dont you lame flucks EVER just enjoy life?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pmHasturd wants to ditch out before the Larry Flynt Report shows his Craigslist ad as:
“Hot and tender coach looking for chubby cub to bang my gavel.”
Call Dirty Denny.
-GSD
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:19 pmWho is the goofball shaking Hastert’s hand in the pic?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:20 pmAIDS guy > since you believe we are all weird on here, then why do you post on this site? Go to RedState.com and post filth.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm“Good riddens”? I will bet Hastert could as least spell, which is more than I can say for you.
It’s “riddance” you dumb hag.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 pmI wonder if Hasturd is going to hook up with Turdblossom….What a handsome couple.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 pmHastert to retire before end of term
Oh.
So?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 pmAIDS guy > since you believe we are all weird on here, then why do you post on this site?
Just trying to enlighten the dumbazz libtard masses, though you seem too stupid to understand even the basics, so you’re dismissed.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 pmLiberalism causes AIDS sez:
Well, that certainly explains your presence here…
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 pm#19 You’re correct….So? He’s nothing just plain ol nothing.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 pmMy dearest Liberalism Causes AIDS,
Oh beautiful angel! How I yearn for your velvet touch and how my lips burn for your moist kiss which is sweeter then the nectar which drips from the earth’s most beautiful flower.
Should a thousand angels tear out my heart with the forsaken instrument of death, it would still beat for you a million times and call your name in the night. I just cannot explain the passion inside which burns for you.
I will forever be thinking about you, and I love you with every beat from my aching, burning heart which will wither away and die without your sweet nectar-like words!
Forever and eternally yours and yours only,
Marcus
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm“Hot and tender coach looking for chubby cub to bang my gavel.â€
Call Dirty Denny.
So you have called at least ten times, is that what you’re saying?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 pmAIDS > lol your mother said you need to go to bed > school tomorrow.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 pmWell, that certainly explains your presence here…
Learn to read ya pipe-eater, it says “liberal”. (shudder)
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 pmHey Fu(knut! What’s up!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 pmComment by Marcus Aurelius — August 22, 2007 @ 11:30 pm
Chill, liberal.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 pmAIDS > lol your mother said you need to go to bed > school tomorrow.
Hooooo wow, a mother reference, thats unique. Lets drag out the seventies-era ‘Book of Insults’ and see what else Jaydork can use as a smarmy retort.
I know, how about “up your nose with a rubber hose”?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 pmYa’ say ya’ wants ta’ lay chilly? I don’t swing that way, you freekin asswipe.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 pmDAMN, Denny- I never heard of the “colonial cabin boy” fetish.
THAT’s kink!
Did Mark Foley get that thang going?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 pm#19 You’re correct….So? …
Comment by Suzy Q — August 22, 2007 @ 11:27 pm
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Yeah, I guess it’s just a slow day for TP.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 pmLi’l Bush episode tonight. Repeat. Cheney goes to hell and enjoys it. He fits right in.
I love Wednesday nights, Li’l Bush is on and our favorite reporter Bob Novak lets us know that Hasturd doesn’t have the stamina.
Hey Bob you still don’t rock.
Wednesdays are good.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 pmAIDS > you are nasty little GOPer troll > what other screennames do you use on TP?
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 pmComment by Marcus Aurelius — August 22, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
Chill out, liberal.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 pm*squirt* *squirt* **SPLASH!!!!***
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 pmIn a Makarios’s eye!
I can’t blame him. Imagine the stench of Pelosi in his old office…
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:46 pmI can’t blame him. Imagine the stench of Pelosi in his old office…
Comment by m12 — August 22, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
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HEyOOO!!!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:47 pmm12 > the GOPer troll convention is meeting on McConnell thread below. You did not get the memo from Karl Rove? Oh he resigned before sending you that memo > sorry.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 pmImagine being the last GOPer troll to defend Bush baby > LOL it sucks to be a Dubya lover.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 pmMemo? Did you say Memo#39 New Memo: Hasturd hooks up with Turdblossom
P.S Don’t tell anybody
Highly classified: White House-Aids.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 pmTrolls got nothin’
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 pmGlad I’m not a republican. How horrible it must be.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 amGOPer trolls are all ganging up on the McConnell thread. They are too afraid to hang on a thread alone anymore.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:06 amHEyOOO!!!
Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 11:47 pm
He gets so excited when a “friend” shows up. It’s almost like actually having a real friend, and he didn’t have to blow it up first like his sweetie, Judythedoll.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:09 amKnow who Hasturd loves? Former Illinois Governor George Ryan. Mr. Turd is going thru a crisis. George didn’t do so well in Appeals Court yesterday. Poor Mr. Turd, what a bad day Wednesday is for him.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:16 amMust be getting really hot for Hastert. I hope he gives some of his stolen money to the people of the 14th District that voted for his as their losing their homes.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 amHastert should be careful the Iraqis don’t come looking for the money he stolen from their country. I saw his second home is behind a graveyard, he might want to sell it before the Iraqis get there.
Hastert is a cut ‘n’ waddler.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:58 amAfter the picture was taken, Hastert ate that kid.
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 amDamian > Hastert had nasty sex with him and then ate him.
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 amHastert is a cut ‘n’ waddler.
Comment by ronjazz — August 23, 2007 @ 12:58 am
Best comment of the thread!! :-D
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:09 amWoo hoooooo! 11/6 is my bday what an awesome early present from Has-dirt. Friggin hilarious comments on this thread good gawd. I’m sure we can comedically milk this for the next few months :)
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:32 amAIDS > you are nasty little GOPer troll > what other screennames do you use on TP?
Comment by Jay Randal — August 22, 2007 @ 11:35 pm
I doubt if AIDS will answer your question, Jay, but I imagine this is the latest in a series of monikers that has included libsaregirliemenwithnoballs, libjournalistsareunprofessional, hillaryisacommunist, hillarywhackedvince, liberalsdestroyedamerica, liberalsheartterrorists (or my version “neoconsfartterrorists), and so on.
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:55 amDont(SIC) you lame flucks EVER just enjoy life?
Comment by Liberalism Causes AIDS — August 22, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Are you claiming it was liberalism that caused tennis great Arthur Ashe to die of AIDS? Or are you saying that Roy Cohn, another AIDS death, was liberal? You obviously have no background in medicine, biology or chemistry, and it doesn’t sound as if you ever enjoy life much yourself, hate-filled troll.
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:07 amHastert to retire before end of term
Oh.
So?
Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 11:25 pm
So the Dems can have a test run of 2008, and may possibly win another seat in the Senate, countering Lieberman. It is time to campaign and campaign hard – because this time there is no incumbent.
Time to paint Illinois blue people!
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:51 amDont(SIC) you lame flucks EVER just enjoy life?
Comment by Liberalism Causes AIDS — August 22, 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Well, lets see:
You guys protest against gays, gamers, music, movies, comedy in general, and sex.
You are in favour of going to war, going to church, and going broke.
I would say that we liberals? We seem to enjoy life one heck of a lot more then you guys.
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:54 amplans to resign November 6 this year instead of finishing out his term. This would create a vacancy and trigger a special election in the 14th District.
This IS good news.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:16 amSo the Dems can have a test run of 2008, and may possibly win another seat in the Senate, countering Lieberman. It is time to campaign and campaign hard – because this time there is no incumbent.
Time to paint Illinois blue people!
Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 23, 2007 @ 2:51 am
Unfortunately, Hastert’s early retirement won’t counter Lieberman in the Senate, Bruce, as Illinois already has two Democrat Senators (Obama and Durbin). Hastert is in the House and used to be its Porker–err, Speaker, prior to Pelosi. Still, I agree that his retirement should be good news and hope that a Democrat will be filling his seat soon.
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:45 amSupport the courageous whistleblower Sibel Edmunds at http://www.JustACitizen she spoke of hastert receiving suitcases of money from ATC the Turkish AIPEC in interviews before they were retroactively banned by bushco. The interviews are on her site.
lukery.blogspot.com
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/21/3216/03213
I’ve previously documented all this in “Sibel Edmonds’ Corrupt Boss is STILL the key to National Security”
How does any of this relate to 9/11?
..Sibel Edmunds silencing is just one of many cases that will slowly be pried open and eventually lead us to the conclusion that we have in fact been betrayed by our own government
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:49 am.
http://www.sweetliberty.org/wolves.htm
Lora
Oops, thanks for correcting me there hey. I must be groggy this morning or something.
Still, one more seat isn’t bad.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:25 amhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.democracy/
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:48 am” But for the first time, exasperated front-line U.S. generals talk openly of non-democratic governmental alternatives, and while the two top U.S. officials in Iraq still talk about preserving the country’s nascent democratic institutions, they say their ambitions aren’t as “lofty” as they once had been. “Democratic institutions are not necessarily the way ahead in the long-term future,” said Brig. Gen. John “Mick” Bednarek, part of Task Force Lightning in Diyala province, one of the war’s major battlegrounds.”
Oops, thanks for correcting me there hey. I must be groggy this morning or something.
Too much time pleasing your man last night, more likely.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 amNice pic of Hastert shaking zooey’s hand.
Youre a real looker, zoo.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:18 amHastert was BARELY re-elected last time, and if the Democratic National Committee had offered ANY SUPPORT AT ALL for the Democrat (John Laesch, a former member of the military) who ran against him last time, we wouldn’t be talking about him now.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:21 amNice move, Rahm Emauel, for making the decision to just let that one slide.
Nice pic of Hastert shaking zooey’s hand.
Youre a real looker, zoo.
Comment by Clammer of the Shells — August 23, 2007 @ 7:18 am
Zooey, why would you be shaking Hastert’s hand? This makes no sense to me.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 amComment by
LiberalismConPERVatism CausesSyphilisRapists — August 23, 2007Tell me about young Republican
risingfallenstarrapist Michael Flory ConPERVatism Causes Rapists.Your posts are just more Ad-hominem Coulterisms lacking imagination, sarcasm and hidden digs. If your gonna spend your day being a partisan hack could you, please, at least try to be an intelligent one that provides a modicum of morals and values, the things you talk about constantly, but never seem to actually acquire or espouse here, maybe a few good links to pertinent information? Your juvenile semantics have won you no converts to ‘conpervative’ political ideology, if anything your lackluster attempts at educating people have made them pull a Hastert.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 amI’m curious, does this have anything to do with the records of the D.C. madam? Who is the client that shocked Robert Novak?
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:40 amSilly Trolls Tricks are for Kids
Ignore the little rightwing projectionist, his obvious self loathing and lack of a brain make responding to him less then worthwhile.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 am#66 Precisely my thought. Maybe hypocrite Denny has been nailed by the Madam. Either that or he’s running scared like Karlie. Reminds me of a first grade primer: See Karl and Denny. Here comes Dick. See Dick and Denny. See Denny run.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:43 amWHERE ARE THE NEOCONS GOING TO HIDE?
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 am#67 What troll? In the world of sanity and realism, these inane little stupid creatures without a life simply do not exist.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 amYet you took the time to reply.
Heh, clownshoe liberals…ya just gotta laugh.
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:52 amOh Denny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling…
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:55 am#13 The term “witch hunt” implies a group of people attempting to dig up some dirt on someone to besmerch their character.
This term couldn’t be farther from the truth. The serious “dirt” on Fatass Hastert has yet to be revealed. The dirt we already know regarding his involvement in the Foley pedophile crime has been sidelined due to more heinous activities of the Bush Cabal; yet his involvement in this (along with his Boner Buddy, Boehner) is far from over with the people. These two will probably find their sorry butts in jail before all is said and done with what they were doing to our children.
Hasterd did absolutely nothing for 6 years but enjoy his cake walk in Congress. Now we will get to see what else he was up to that he’s running away from.
He needs to remember that ‘you can run…..but you cannot hide’. The people will seek the justice he deserves as they are doing now with Rove.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:04 am#72 Yes, the pipes are calling and so are the beads.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:04 amNo one in their right mind can call this putrid avalanche which is tumbling down on the heads of the GOP a witch hunt. No one’s doing it to them; they’re outing themselves left and right.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:06 am….Another pig bites the dust….boom, boom, boom…..tralalala.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 amSo the taxpayers are on the hook for the cost of a special election because Denny wants to get out while the gettin’s good. Hastert should have to pay for the special election with all that money he made on that sweetheart land deal he brokered.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 am#77. I think the good citizens of Illinois will look upon that cost as a bargain. It can be expensive to move a load of toxic waste to a secure containment site.
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:26 am#78 – I am a citizen of Illinois. I am beyond happy to see Hastert go, just don’t think I should have to pay for a special election. Can’t we just send him to Yuca Mountain?
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:01 amIs there a health issue in the background or just political health? Is there a hidden agenda?
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:06 amAnn…you’d rather have him until 2008, then? You have to weigh the costs and potential benefits. The potential addition of another D in the House during the last year of King George’s reign is certainly an incentive to offload Hastert now, though I imagine he comes from a pretty solidly R district, right? If only he was a senator!
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:09 am…another rat off the sinking ship…
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:20 am#77 Ann… YES!
Isn’t this one of the best examples of GOPer hypocrisy? They scream no taxes, cut government cost, cut, cut, cut, and then what does good old Denny do? He leaves early and forces the tax payers of Illinois to pay for a special election.
Tax and Spend, like LIBERAL, has been perverted by these little chicken craps. Tax and Spend is how all governments work. What GOPers do is Charge and Blow. They are to busy spending to pay for anything so they leave it all for future tax payers to pay, and they blow it all on their friends. Why build schools, hospitals, and bridges when you could blow a million on shipping a couple of washers and make your fellow GOPers a small fortune? Or you could find creative ways to funnel millions of tax payer money to your favorite evangelist and he’ll go on the TV 24/7 to say how Bush is the FIRST Christian president! Oh-Boy it’s free money to these sociopaths.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:24 amHasTurd’s Last Turd will be dropped in the cesspool called RNC.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:25 amHastert comes from what WAS a solidly Republican district….but he was re-elected in 2006 by a sliver.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 amThe Democratic National Committee offered NO SUPPORT for John Laesch (who will be running again) last time, and I would hope that he can get some support this time around.
I don’t think anyone in IL will cry about the necessity to pay for a special election to move this guy out, I know that I won’t. And I also don’t think that the DC Madam has anything to do with this one–the rumor is that he goes the other way…..
Who is the goofball shaking Hastert’s hand in the pic?
Comment by Jay Randal
Benedict Arnold
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 amPeople, people, people! Troll droppings notwithstanding, has anyone considered the key element of this story?
It was reported by Novakula.
That should be reason enough to lok at this story askance. At least wait until there’s another source to confirm it.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:11 amNah… a scissor’s lock!
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 22, 2007
TROS gets the takedown!
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:12 amThis is priceless. Faux Denny standing beside Faux Benedict Arnold. Priceless pic. Instead of “Custer’s last stand” it will soon become “FatassHastert’s Last Turd”.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 amSee Denny run like the fat rat whom he is. What a wuss.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 amI don’t think the good people of Illinois should be burdened with footing the bill for another election. Instead, the Fed needs to take responsibility and accountability for the criminal actions of this GOPfraudster who enabled the pedophiliac activities of his cronies in Congress.
Now the families of those harmed by Hastert and his cadre of pedophiles can file a class action suit against them all personally and bring about criminal charges.
This is why they are stalling on turning over Foley’s computer right now. Once there’s prima facie evidence, then they all can be indicted.
Just like the millions of lost Rove emails – once found, out they go – now in lockstep to the nearest prison facility.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:24 amSpecial election? I wonder how much that is going to cost the taxpayers…
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 amLora
Oops, thanks for correcting me there hey. I must be groggy this morning or something.
Still, one more seat isn’t bad.
Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 23, 2007 @ 5:25 am
That’s okay, Bruce: we all make mistakes occasionally, and generally you in South Africa seem to have a better grasp of American politics than the neoCON trolls who frequent this blog.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:23 pmI won’t be long after some more of these thieves and general misfits leave that the people can scrub the capitol out with some bleach and vinegar. It will be good to get the odor of corruption and arrogance out for a little while anyhoo.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:32 pmI hate to admit this..but the guy in the picture is the Chairmen of the Kendall County Democrats, Jim Birch.
That picture was probably ripped form a blog that has on again/off again, tried to take Birch down.
All I know if Birch is very-anti-Hastert…no kidding.
Sad, but true.
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:12 pm