ABC NEWS says Hastert up to his neck in Abramoff...

[Rowdyboy]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/federal_officia.html

"The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress, ABC News has learned from high level government sources.

Federal officials say the information implicating Hastert was developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.

Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with other tribes.

The other tribes were represented by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff who reportedly has provided details of his dealings with Hastert as part of his plea agreement with the government."

[Contrary1]

1. Yep...this is gonna get good.

:popcorn:

[Dunvegan]

2. Come and sit beside me here...I have...

:toast: ...goes well with popcorn.

[Kikosexy2]

7. From Steel Magnolias...

"if you ain't got something good to say about someone, come sit next to me"

[Dunvegan]

12. Well, I ain't got nuthin' good to say about Hastert's lil troubles.

...have a seat!

[Kikosexy2]

19. Can...

we tawwkk?! hahahahhaha!

[merh]

3. Oh my, what a surprise

:rofl: :rofl:

[MADem]

4. Which is why he's writing frantic letters saying "Don't TOSS MY OFFICE!"

I'm gonna defend that single, corrupt Dem from LA, because if I don't make a stand here and now, why crap mah drawers, I'm NEXT!!!!!!

[tulsakatz]

16. right!

That's why they're so worried over the Jefferson thing. Normally, they wouldn't care what happened to a democrat but now they're thinking.....this could happen to me too!!!!!

[wakeme2008]

5. What can I say

:popcorn: :beer:

[LibDemAlways]

6. Is there a repuke politician who isn't a crook?

Reading about an honest repuke - now that would be a shocker.

[Dunvegan]

13. Lieberman? (...ducks and runs...)

[benburch]

23. I know of one or two who are not outright crooks.

They themselves are honest. The crookery is in the policies they try to foist upon us.

[leesa]

24. And they aren't responsible for the policies they foist upon us?!?

[benburch]

25. Of course they are!

But it isn't a criminal offense.

[Virginia Dare]

32. I think my Senator--John Warner--is not an outright crook...

cold comfort there, though.

[xultar]

8. Well that means the FBI is gonna tear his office apart. No wonder he was

pissed @ the FBI for searching the Bruva from Alexandria LAs office.

[Vickers]

9. This sure makes his recent indignation understandable.

:eyes:

[welshTerrier2]

10. if it walks like a turkey and talks like a turkey ...

Hastert seems to be involved in some serious improprieties with lobbyists from Turkey ...

so let's see, it bush gets impeached and removed from office and then cheney and then, is Hastert next? ... and then Hastert ... who's next? Frist? ... time to nail him too ...

who will be the last republican standing?? ... maybe we start a pool ...

[Dunvegan]

17. Chain of Succession - US

* Vice President - Dick Cheney
* Speaker of the House - Dennis Hastert
* President Pro Tempore of the Senate - Ted Stevens (R-AK)
* Secretary of State - Condoleezza Rice
* Secretary of the Treasury - John W. Snow
* Secretary of Defense - Donald Rumsfeld
* Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales
* Secretary of the Interior - Gale A. Norton
* Secretary of Agriculture - Mike Johanns
* Secretary of Commerce - Carlos M. Gutierrez
* Secretary of Labor - Elaine L. Chao
* Secretary of Health and Human Services - Mike Leavitt
* Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Alphonso Jackson
* Secretary of Transportation - Norman Y. Mineta
* Secretary of Energy - Samuel W. Bodman
* Secretary of Education - Margaret Spellings
* Secretary of Veterans Affairs - R. James Nicholson
* Secretary of Homeland Security - Michael Chertoff

[welshTerrier2]

18. thanks ...

sheesh ... not much help there ...

[Dunvegan]

20. Agreed. Unless we retake the Congress at mid-terms.

Then we have Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

[Douglas Carpenter]

28. so if they it can go as far as HUD and no farther we will have Dem in the

White House :eyes:

[Rockholm]

30. The set-up is in. Condi will be made president.

Someway, somehow, I feel that the "powers that be" would like to have Condi as either the sitting VP or president for the 2008 election.

[Virginia Dare]

31. Ted Stevens is before Condi....

I don't know which is worse. God help us if that asshat ends up in charge.

:hide:

[Rockholm]

34. I saw that. My guess is he will be implicated in this too.

He's a republican and an absolute ass. Hopefully, a good friend of Abramoffs as well.

[Tiggeroshii]

11. Who are the repug reps under investigation?

Lewis(CA), Pombo(CA), Drier?(CA), Hastert(IL). I think those are all officially under investigation by the FBI now. Is that right? Who else is there?

[Catrina]

29. Ney, Frist (insider trading) possibly Cornyn (Abramoff) Blunt,

And we don't know how many more from the Abramoff affairs.

Then there's Hookergate ~ reports say Congressmen.

Breaking as I write this! Hastert wants the story that he is under investigation retracted!

[Joey Liberal]

14. I saw that - CNN (the bastards) didn't say a word about it n.t

[NJ Democrats]

15. Good!

No wonder he stood up for Jefferson. I knew somethnig was a little funny about that.

[Dunvegan]

21. NJ, something was "hella" funny about Hastert standing up for Jefferson.

[KoKo]

22. And then there's Hastert's "Turkey" connection...ala Sibol Edmunds

locked and sealed testimony. Hastert is into MORE than Abramoff...there's a tie to "9/11" if one believes Edmunds.

[Auntie Bush]

27. Is that testimony ever going to get unsealed if we have a change

of administration? I can't wait till it's made public and wonder if Sibol will ever get her day in court.

[welshTerrier2]

26. he doth protest too much

what's amusing about this is just a couple of days ago, Hastert got all "separation of powers"-ish about the FBI intrusion into Congressman Jefferson's office to seize to documents ... Hastert said "Rather, they (i.e. separation of powers) were designed to protect the Congress and the American people from abuses of power, and those principles deserve to be vigorously defended."

i was truly surprised ... had the republican Congress finally awakened to the abuse of power we've seen from the bush administration?

what was i thinking???!!!

little Denny was just trying to save his own guilty ass ...

[yellowcanine]

33. Someone turn off the fan. There is shit flying everywhere. Also,

Send some of that popcorn this way. How "safe" is Hastert's seat?

[Quakerfriend]

35. I saw Hastert a few minutes ago on the Situation Room and,

put on a demeanor of calm- Sort of saying, 'This is just a little situation that needs to be straightened out, no biggy'. He actually said something to the effect that "That's why we have a constitution...so that peoples rights to privacy are protected...bla, bla, bla"

Once again, the repug spin- what's up is down and what's down is up.

Meanwhile, I heard that he has threatened to sue NBC for libel and slander. This guy is one of the worst!