The J. Dennis Hastert Center.
By on Sep 6th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
The J. Dennis Hastert Center.
This December, Wheaton College, outgoing Rep. Dennis Hastert’s (R-IL) alma mater, will “unveil a new academic program and center to house the documents and create an education legacy for Hastert.” The J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government and Public Policy will have “a conference room in the new center that will double as an office for Hastert.”
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“a conference room in the new center that will double as an office for Hastert.â€
"Mr. Hastert? You are welcome to the donuts Bob brought, but we really must get our teleconference started. Could you come back at say, 10ish?"
September 6th, 2007 at 2:23 pmWill he conduct periodic "wrasslin" clinics during his spare time? Perhaps a cage match between him and Mark Foley to benefit the Boys' Clubs of America.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:23 pmSo, no gym then, eh?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:25 pmIndeed... de Ole Coach will be grapplin' w/ de topics of the de day!
September 6th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWill it provide instruction in "youthful indscretions"?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pmeducation legacy? on what? How to be a fat, stupid, drunk, and draft-dodging liar?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pmHe'll be ambassador to Japan before that's up and running.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pmGO HASTERT!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 2:36 pmHastret legacy,What legacy?!
September 6th, 2007 at 2:36 pmHe never questioned anything,and he had an 'approval stamp' ready to use whenever Bush and Cheney asked him to use it.
will it have a Sybil Edmunds wing?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pmIt's too bad that Hastert will go; the US congress needs more solid, conservative Repubs like him that support most if not all of Bush's foreign and domestic policies. Hastert was forced into retiring because of all the defamation the libtarded media launched because of the Foley non-scandal (does any progressive a$$hole here understand Foley WILL NOT BE CHARGED for his harmless e-mails??). Those of intellectual honesty will remember that Hastert advocated the good in life: the fair tax, Bush tax cuts, the war on terror, and pro-life and pro-family stands. Hastert's record is only being tainted by libtarded defamations involving Abramoff and Foley, but progtards must remember this. Hastert only received money from Abramoff, like almost every single politician on Capitol Hill. As for Foley, Hastert should be praised because the only reason he didn't have Foley removed is because the parents of the 17-year-old page refused to pursue action against Foley. Hastert respected the parents' wishes.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:38 pmWhere's the fridge?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pmI wish nothing but continued success for Hastert's legacy!
September 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pm#
I wish nothing but continued success for Hastert’s legacy!
Comment by mrp — September 6, 2007 @ 2:39 pm
And that would be continuing investigations of Repub corruption?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pmWill the Center make any note of how Hastert knew Foley was having sex with children and did nothing?
September 6th, 2007 at 2:42 pmcomedy gold
September 6th, 2007 at 2:44 pmDermot, for some reason I couldn't continue posting on the other thread...here's my response...
"You have to admit, however that any one of the DEM candidates would be a better choice than
the GOPR candidates who make George W. Bush look like Mother Theresa."
I would vote for Ron Paul before I’d vote for Hilary, based solely on his Iraq position.
Comment by Dermot — September 6, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
I'd agree with you if Ron Paul has a strong viability for the nomination. I was basing my
analogy on the top-tier GOPrs.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:51 pmWheaton College made national headlines on February 20, 2003 when it lifted its then 143 year-old ban on student dancing. In addition to allowing undergraduate students to dance, Wheaton granted "adult faculty members and grad students ... the freedom to choose whether they want to smoke or drink alcohol, at least while off-campus."
September 6th, 2007 at 2:54 pm#17 is exerpted from wikipedia
September 6th, 2007 at 2:54 pmget real, just rename the cafeteria the Hasturd Food Court
September 6th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI'm sure a fast food wing will be included. Cheeseburgers free to everyone on opening day.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:55 pmAs the secrets unfold look for the School to change the name. Dennis is not coming back to the Senate because of the crimes he's committed and the money he's stole. Look for the pervert scandals to be part of his legacy and the student will ask him in person about his support of Fingers Foley and the years he was allowed to molest kids with Dennis's blessings.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:58 pmWell, one legacy is that Hastert was the longest-serving GOP Speaker of the House -- beating out Joe Cannon (as in "Cannon Office Building"). Who says I never post fact-based information?
September 6th, 2007 at 3:03 pmSo they are doubling Billy Graham's house that they moved there years ago with this center? I'll bet the living room's going to be too big for all those narrow minds that will attend.
Funny those youthful indiscretions ending up in one of the last remaining dry towns in the state.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:10 pmWheaton College also is the home of the Institute of Strategic Evangelism & the Billy Graham Center, and the original wardrobe case from "The Secrets of Narnia". It is where GHW Bush's Marine 1 helicopter crashed a number of years ago. It is a very conservative place.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:12 pmHastert is a toad, granted a huge toad, but a toad nonetheless
September 6th, 2007 at 3:13 pmWho says I never post fact-based information?
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
I don't know who says that you NEVER post fact-based information. The problem with you and your troll ilk, Jake, is that you post SO MUCH that is NOT fact-based. Just because you sometimes post "fact-based information" doesn't make the "fantasy-based information" which you usually try to sell, reliable or valuable.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:16 pmIf I come across those posts, trollbuster, I will let you know.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:19 pmSorry, Wheaton is no longer a dry town. They started to allow alcohol with meals several years ago when the town annexed a bunch of land and zoned it for a strip mall and golf club. They even have a Chili's now.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:21 pm"Sorry, Wheaton is no longer a dry town. They started to allow alcohol with meals several years ago..."
and it all went to hell in a hand-basket after that...heathens!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:23 pmBooze cigarettes and dancing, now! Oh, MY! They are all going to become Demon-crats!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:25 pmOf course, Tip O'Neill (D-MA) also served as Speaker of the House for 10 years, and Sam Rayborn (D-TX) served 18 years (just not consecutively): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
September 6th, 2007 at 3:29 pmWill the door be big enough for Hastert to fit through? Will his desk chair be big enough to accomodate his ample derriere? The conference room better "double as an office for Hastert" because he is too much of a whale to fit into a normal sized office. Hastert is the poster doughboy for what is wrong with us today: we're too fat- this is why our healthcare system sucks, because fat people are putting too much pressure on it.
Give Dennis doughnuts and little boys and he'll be a happy clam.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:36 pm"Who says I never post fact-based information?"
Unfortunately, one can "base" almost anything one pleases on a fact.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pmIn buildings of this sort, it is natural to have a display of the honored name in their most memorable moments. Shall we suggest with Enron, with Abramov, etc. ?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:41 pmFree barbecued short ribs to all visitors!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:48 pm“a conference room in the new center that will double as an office for Hastert.â€
A conference room that needs to be doubled as an office for FatStert
September 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pmwow am i screwed.
i LIVE in wheaton and drive through that freakin campus all the time. it would actually be an improvement to raise the Dunkin J Hastert Donuts franchise there--and allow me to pick up some dunkin munchkins on my way to the office...
small slice of life in Wheaton, Illinois... When i go to the starbucks on Main St (yes, it is named Main St..) there are typically at least 2 evangelical students reading their bubles or discussing what jeebus said...
now i suppose i will have to endure the stooduntz talking about IMing Denny and Mark.. about wrasslin...
September 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pmNow we know the trolls have a place to send their kids to school.
September 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pmComment by jj — September 6, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
Got links?....
September 6th, 2007 at 5:47 pmWho says I never post fact-based information?
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
I don’t know who says that you NEVER post fact-based information. The problem with you and your troll ilk, Jake, is that you post SO MUCH that is NOT fact-based. Just because you sometimes post “fact-based information†doesn’t make the “fantasy-based information†which you usually try to sell, reliable or valuable.
Comment by trollbuster — September 6, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
Jake D(ick). A stopped clock is correct at least once a day...Woohoo, you're now smarter than a stopped clock!!!
Wooohooo....Jake D(ick) is sooooo.... smarrrr...ttt...
September 6th, 2007 at 5:50 pmDid they Super Size that office? Do they have PORK vending machines there? Can Mark Foley get a job there to give tours to the kiddies?
September 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pmI wonder how long this partnership will last when he is outed like Craig. Another nasty dirty person.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:07 pm"Flat out sloppy"....oops my bad, I thought that headline went with the Hastert story.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:32 pmWill there be a wing dedicated to right wing gay bashers who have an ongoing homosexual affair with their top aide?
September 7th, 2007 at 12:50 amComment by ProgressiveswishpublicservantswerelikeHastert — September 6, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
As for your latest moniker, only in your wet dreams, hate-filled troll.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:49 amIn your love letter to Hastert, you failed to mention how he removed Joel Hefley, a Reagan Republican, as chairman of the House Ethics Committee for merely doing his job by admonishing Tom Delay for some violations of ethics.
Double is defintely an appropriate verb to associate with Hastert.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:50 amI can't wait for the J. Dennis Hastert Center to open!!!
I hope it's within walking distance of the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids who Can't Read Good.
September 7th, 2007 at 8:15 amI took a few classes at the college of DuPage...in Wheaton.
The majority of profs I had were conservative (females, even). One hid it quite well (philosophy), the other was a blatant nutjob, which I had a confrontation with in class, and scheduled a meeting with the Dean about her).
Apparently the number of churches in the area is very high, along with do-gooders who don't venture into Chicago very often. ArghhhhhH!
September 7th, 2007 at 11:10 am