President says Foley conduct disgusting (& Hasturd did fine job as speaker

[rodeodance]

President says Foley conduct disgusting

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writers 59 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -
President Bush on Wednesday called ex-Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record)'s approaches to House male pages "disgusting" and backed Speaker
Dennis Hastert's efforts to learn how officials handled the problem.


Bush's remarks at a White House news conference came as Peggy Sampson, supervisor of the page program, was questioned before the House ethics committee. The panel is not only investigating Foley's inappropriate and sometimes salacious electronic messages to former pages, but whether House officials covered up Foley's come-ons.

Sampson would not comment to reporters after the more than two-hour closed session. The unique page program allows high schoolers, sponsored by their congressman, to attend classes in the congressional page school and work for legislators as errand-runners.

Asked about the scandal, Bush said, "This is disgusting behavior when a member of Congress betrays the trust of the Congress and the family that sent a young page to serve." And he defended Hastert, who said he first learned of the approaches in late September.

"I think the speaker's strong statements have made it clear to not only the party ... but to the country that he wants to find out the facts," Bush said. "Denny is very credible as far as I'm concerned. He's done a fine job as speaker."........

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[Ferret Annica]

1. That's like an opinion about various murderers...

...coming from Charlie Manson. Except that Manson is saner then Bush.

[central scrutinizer]

2. he's doing a heckuva job

ooooh, the kiss of death

[MadMaddie]

3. Definitely the "Heckofajob Kiss of death"

[luckyleftyme2]

5. What will he say next week?

KINDA REMINDS YA OF THE GOOD OLE PHOTO OPP IN NEW ORLEANS.

"BUSH" TO fema director "BROWN" your doing a helluva job.
Than he fired him!
BYE DENNY,you done a helluva job but the polls say good bye! And p.s.you need to go on a diet,you give us a bad image!

[goclark]

4. Pot calling kettle nt

[sarge43]

6. Not a mumbling word of disgust about the coverup, I notice n/t

[BadgerKid]

7. But betraying the trust of the People, is ok. n/t

[greeneyedboy]

8. it's not just disgusting "behavior", it's a COVER-UP.

the word "behavior" emphasizes one individual acting alone. this is about abuse of power and a cover-up, and the Republicans must be held accountable.