[Innovative]

“Hastert had a logical explanation for the chair. He said it was so he could see if the kids were fighting.”

Well, how about giving the guy the benefit of the doubt.

I don’t think the chair placement itself proves anything.

[heye2monn]

[[Well, how about giving the guy the benefit of the doubt.]]

Five witnesses against him. Not much doubt there.

[Talisker]

I don’t think the chair placement itself proves anything.

LOL, just shut up, mindf###er.

[terycarl]

“Hastert had a logical explanation for the chair. He said it was so he could see if the kids were fighting.” Well, how about giving the guy the benefit of the doubt. I don’t think the chair placement itself proves anything.

You are correct....I was,for years, a correctional officer in a maximum security juvenile facility. We had 40 boys of each unit. At Hygiene time, after supper, we would sent them into the shower/bathroom about 10 at a time....1 officer supervised the day room where the rest were in various states of undress, and the other officer supervised the shower room. These were both male and female officers and either could do either post.. The officer supervising the shower room had a chair right outside the door but freely wandered in and out of the room to maintain order.

[Kay Ludlow]

There were definitely some kids in my HS in the 70’s that needed to be watched ALL THE TIME. They'd take a second of the teacher looking away to bother anyone around them. I agree that this itself wouldn't necessarily mean he was a pedophile. It wouldn't take too much more to convince me though...

[KevinB]

Hastert had a logical explanation for the chair. He said it was so he could see if the kids were fighting.

Of course, we don't know if the boys fighting was a good thing or a bad thing from his perspective.