Comments on: Ex-Speaker Hastert: ‘I tried my best’

By: Techfun

Techfun — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:16:49 +0000

Yep! I don't listen to Limbaugh but I remember whe he gave that interview in which he claimed that the Foley Scandal Is A Liberal Conspiracy To ‘Get To Me’ And ‘Affect Our Election’ (audio at that link) One thing I find interesting is that most of the scandals and other problems he had all came after the Republicans took power. Whether that is because he and the had more power then or if he just jumped on the "permanent majority" bandwagon is unclear.

By: ImpeachCheney

ImpeachCheney — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:23:58 +0000

“Hastert bid his colleagues farewell in a final speech Thursday, expressing worry about the “breakdown of civility” in politics.”

He was one of the main causes of it!
What a scumb*g!

By: Techfun

Techfun — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:15:01 +0000

Andrew: What I liked about his statement was the part about “I continue to worry about the breakdown of civility in our political discourse, I tried my best, but I wish I had been more successful.”

He’d been in the House since 1987, well before the so called “Republican Revolution” and knows what congress was like before the extreme partisanship that was fostered by Delay and to a lesser degree, Gingrich. What he said was very understated, but he’s in a position to know the “before” and “after” affects of Tom Delays changes in the House – especially compared to representatives elected in the last 12 years.

Not that he wasn’t a sleaze in his own right: Controversies

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:00:14 +0000

Today’s Congress is not getting along with the president either. No difference from Hastert under Pelosi.
Approval ratings for this Congress are low. I don’t know what to think of the legislative branch.