Hastert announces strategy for fighting back.

[kstewart33]

Hastert: Foley Scandal Is A Liberal Conspiracy To ‘Get To Me’ And ‘Affect Our Election’

Interviewed by Rush Limbaugh today, House Speaker Hastert said Mark Foley’s inappropriate behavior was “a political issue” and promised Rush that “we are going on offense.”

The “offense” is an effort to portray the scandal as a conspiracy specifically timed by liberals to effect the elections. “We are the insulation to protect this country,” Hastert declared, “and if they get to me it looks like they could affect our election as well:

SPEAKER HASTERT: There were two pieces of paper out there, one that we knew about and we acted on; one that happened in 2003 we didn’t know about, but somebody had it, and, you know, they’re trying — and they drop it the last day of the session, you know, before we adjourn on an election year. Now, we took care of Mr. Foley. We found out about it, asked him to resign. He did resign. He’s gone. We asked for an investigation. We’ve done that. We’re trying to build better protections for these page programs.

But, you know, this is a political issue in itself, too, and what we’ve tried to do as the Republican Party is make a better economy, protect this country against terrorism — and we’ve worked at it ever since 9/11, worked with the president on it — and there are some people that try to tear us down. We are the insulation to protect this country, and if they get to me it looks like they could affect our election as well.

Link: http://thinkprogress.org/

[stevedeshazer]

1. Last refuge of scoundrels

Why won't he go on ABC and repeat that nonsense?

[July]

24. And where is Howard Dean to say, "Prove it, smartass"?

You know he will.

[Debi]

2. Are you kidding me???

The Democrats didn't leave 16-17 year old children unprotected from a pedophile because of their concern about the upcoming elections! :mad:

:wtf:

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Quick! Call The Waaaaaaah-mbulance!

"They're pwaying powitics and we dont wike it! It's not faiwww!!!

...except, of couwse, when weeee do it!"

[bryant69]

4. Hmmmmmm Hastart describes himself as the insulation

Isn't asbestos an insulating agent? Cause I could certainly see Republicans as Democracy's Asbestos.

Bryant
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[displacedtexan]

17. Hastert: Ignore that in loco parentis stuff. It's just some Latin words.

They were in charge of those boys. Period.

Time to call the police.

Well, not the Capitol Police.

Hm.

This could really be a problem.

[iconoclastic cat]

5. LOL, yeah, Denny, your fat ass will provide plenty of insulation.

Smell the panic.

[Lex]

7. He ran to Rush's show to

get the sheeple back on the R's child-molesting side of things.

[Lex]

6. Ah, but conservatives are calling for him to step down too

are they not?

He left that part out, apparently.

[originalpckelly]

8. Hey dumbass, If the Democrats had this in 2003, why not use it in 2004?

If we were out to get you, why wouldn't we use it that year? These Republicans sound like paranoid schizophrenics. No Denny we aren't out to get you, you lied and protected a pedophile you son of a bitch! And now this fucker is trying to pin the blame of Democrats, they have no sense of decency.

[fooj]

9. It's NEVER their fault. ALWAYS someone elses.

[eShirl]

10. Hastert vows to go down in spectacular flames

dragging as much of the party with him as possible.

[myrna minx]

11. If these IM's and emails date back 3-5 years, and this is indeed

it librul conspiracy, why on earth did the Dems wait to use it now instead of for their advantage for the 2004 election, Hastert? Hmm? Mmm? These people are just unbelievable!!!!

[Monkeyman]

12. 9/11 9/11 What the hell does that have to do with failing

to protect a child

[Missy M]

13. Not the insulation to protect our youth.......

I thought the issue was about a sexual predator. The issue is the Democrats are tearing down the Republicans insulation to protect this country. I can't believe they are trying to spin this scandal the way they are. What a bunch of low life sickos. They were a little late in taking care of Foley and the only reason they did it is because they were exposed.

[cynatnite]

14. Hastert would have been better off talking to Obi-Wan

This is our most desperate hour. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

[TornadoTN]

15. Interesting choice of words there Denny

"they could affect our election as well"

Does he mean "our" as in his party or his gang of neocons? Or could it be that he is saying that no matter what they do to rig the election via Diebold, et al, they (Democrats) will be able to overcome it?

[whistle]

16. Speaker Denny Has"turd" will keep issuing these talking points

...until somebody discloses cell phone digital photos of him banging 16 year olds up the butt. Also, I think Georgie "shrub*" boy has lustful thoughts in this sexual gladiator arena also. Camera cell photos just might be the medium that brings down the Bush Administration.

[Rex]

18. So it was a liberal conspiracy that Foley was committing statutory rape?

These GOPers are a scum on societies teeth!

[sweetheart]

19. "gonna be offensive"

That offensive bastard was sitting around fucking children, keeping an eye on his pervert friends while
regular people have had their incomes go down, and life has become extremely hard for the common american,
all whilst this child fucking bunch of perverts had the gaull to take a salary to fuck our children.

Republican pervs, lying sob'S, promoting licensous sexuality with underages, and jacking off in the halls of the people's congress.

That you have so completely lost touch with the soul of the american people that you would fuck children in the congress
and expect us to be 'ok' about it while you get on with your grubby business.

Hastert is a bastard,
Bonhnor has no honour,
Foley sounded it out,

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[July]

20. Lipstick on a PIG. nt

[SeattleGirl]

21. Oh, here we go. These people just REFUSE to take any

responsibility.

[cui bono]

22. what a tool. The IMs came in to ABC after they posted the original story.

What a desperate attempt to shift blame. Despicable.

[Justice Is Comin]

23. It defies almost anything you can imagine.

They have no outrage about the sickness, just the timing of it.

I hope we did have it and dropped this bomb. My only slight regret is that there are so many others going on at the same time, we can't give them all the attention they all individually deserve. :rofl:

[patricia92243]

25. If they try to make it a political thing - it is going to backfire on them