Another Political Scandal? Hastert?

Well, at least there is no photographic record of his being chummy with Josh Duggar --- yet.

This should not be exploited for partisan advantage, and I suspect we need not worry about a Darryl Issa committee attempting to exploit it or ideological radio entertainers hyping it, but pertinent questions arise that need to be answered.

If "Individual A" appears amongst the hoards on a GOP primary ballot, it may be prudent to consider alternatives.

 

So the victim of extortion gets prosecuted for being a victim of extortion? If the law did not require him to report it, I see no reason to why what he did was illegal in that regard.

 

Posted on the other Hastert thread...........

 

Huh? What does that disjointed comment have to so with anything?

Yes there is a full blown federal investigation that has resulted in an indictment. What would Issac have to do with this or the Congress? What is their jurisdiction or interest at this point?

So how about the same DOJ energy and resourced be put into the IRS scandal and the current Clinton foundation red flags?

What on earth are you talking about?

 

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Perhaps the Clintons should be spending more on "adminstrative expenses".

Afer all, right wing "charities" perform at about the same level.

 

A number of liberals have used this to make snarky comments on the often sleazy hypocricy of right wing leaders. The Duggar story is only the latest in a long line.

Of course, Hastert and Mark Foley were close.

But, I suspect that this indictment has more to do with another type of sleazy Congressional practice, one actively encouraged and greately expanded by the man who installed Hastert in the Speaker's chair, "Hot Tub Tommy" De Lay.

Earmarks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062102210.html

 

I hope the justice dept pays as much to Hillary's crookedness!!!!

 

Hastert.

It sounds as if he's in trouble.

I feel sorry for him because his alleged clumsy attempts to pay off a blackmailer suggests he was not an habitual evil doer, but may have had an aberrant lapse in moral judgment about which he was ashamed.

It's very sad.

 

I agree. He was DeLay's front man, that's all.

 

Ahh DeLay was completely exonerated of the charges against him.

So how about we get a DOJ investigation going into the Clinton foundation and the foreign money and shell companies and influence peddling?

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Running for President, have you fallen off the edge of reality here or something?

 

I hope for his own sake that he'll get out in front of this and come clean.

Whatever he was concealing, and I suspect it was an isolated incident, won't be as damaging as the relentless lurid speculation otherwise.

 

Yep, Denny the Diddler was the Republican's squeaky clean guy picked to replace the disgraced Gingrich and then Livingston.

Looks like Coach was playing with one of his wrestle-boys.

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Only thing left for him to do is to switch parties and run for president as a Democrat.

 

Which ones?

Between 2009 and 2012, the The Federalist reported that the Clinton Foundation raised more than $500 million dollars according to its IRS filings. 15% of that, or $75 million, was spent on charitable activities. More than $25 million was spent on travel expenses. Nearly $110 million went toward employee salaries and benefits.

There's mine, link to yours.

 

He sure was willing to pay a lot of money to keep this isolated incident quiet. Yes, more hypocrisy from the family values crowd.

 

This shreds his golden parachute as a highly-paid influence peddler for the special interests that could afford him, but I still feel bad for Lumpy on a personal level.

 

Liberal lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, stated today that Hastert is a victim of blackmailing. Odd that the federal gov't would go after the victim and not the blackmailer. Too bad for this administration that Hastert has been out of office for some 8 years and this is not making the headlines to "change the subject" as they had hoped it would. Dershowitz also said that "structuring" is a law designed to catch drug dealers and money-launderers. Quite suspicious that this administration would go after a victim here. IF the person doing the blackmailing has a case....then he/she should have brought it before the courts: NOT engaged in criminal activity himself/herself.

Does anyone here believe that had Monica Lewinsky chosen to blackmail Pres. Clinton....that any Democrat administration would have chosen to go after him and NOT the blackmailer had he chosen to pay her off??? Of course they wouldn't have. And now....this administration is leaking the story and making innuendo about Hastert......proving as Dershowitz says that this administration is a party to a blackmailing. It proves their REAL purpose and it won't fly with the public.

And concerning Tom Delay...that someone brought up early in this thread.....he ultimately WON the case against him. YES....this is nothing we heard about in the liberal press/media. While the Dems succeeded in their real goal which was to get him tied up in courts and out of politics.....it's clear now as many of us said all along, "it was all a political witchhunt." BTW, you'll be happy to hear that the Republican legislators in Texas are currently getting rid of the Travis County so-called "Public Integrity Unit," as it was nothing but a liberal rat's nest designed to use the legal system to try to get Republicans out of office.

 

I do not understand half of this so I guess I will wait to see what happens. Is he being charged with drawing money out of his own accounts? Or is he being charged with doing something for a misconduct he got blackmailed about?

Oh well, let the courts figure this out. It makes no sense to me. What he should be charged with is being a lobbyist. He was Speaker of the House and is now a lobbyist, no congressman or senator should be allowed to become a lobbyist. That is using the position you once had to enhance your current employers coffers.

Lobbyist, send his butt to jail.