Ex-U.S. lawmaker Hastert aimed to hide sexual misconduct with male: L.A. Times

reuters.com ^ | May 29, 2015 | Will Dunham and Tom Polansek

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest, during his daily briefing, declined to comment specifically on the allegations against Hastert but said, "There's nobody here who derives any pleasure from reading about the former speaker's legal troubles at this point."

[rolling_stone]

.....Need more information before we crucify him...........

Well I have enough information to call him stupid for paying hush money, and stupidly trying to structure payments..and I also wonder where he got the money from...

so did the feds seize his money or not?

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..and I also wonder where he got the money from...

Kidding, right? Any ex-congressman grifter knows he has a ticket-to-ride from the private sector. Why else do you think those offices are so lucrative?

[driftless2]

Oh, it's big news over at DummyUnderground. Many threads about Hastert.

But what story won't you find at DummyU? Bernie Sanders article about what kind of sex women want.

[farming pharmer]

Republican homos are ripe for Democrat blackmail.

John Roberts.

You beat me too it...

[Oztrich Boy]

But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth?

[gusty]

Let me present the truth, please excuse the crudeness to follow. It was a 14 year old boy, the age of a HS freshman, fingerblasting his 4 year old sister. In my world, even when I was 14, this was sick behavior deserving a cell in juvie. When I was 14, in my neighborhood, he might even have been whacked by “Big Vinnie”, named changed to protect the guilty and myself, just in case. In my neck of the woods, anybody who thinks it was much to do about nothing must be some methhead goatroper.

[Nero Germanicus]

Hastert s a couple of weeks story. Hillary is every day for the next year and a half.

[PGR88]

Squeel like a pig, chubby!

[gusty]

In this case, chubby was wearing the black ballcap and holding the double barrel.

[Chickensoup]

I guess my response is So what?

This is pubbies getting Alanskyed again. Making a big deal about something that doesn’t really matter to them to split the conservative base.

I couldn’t care less about what Hastert did. Leftists do these sorts of things before coffee break every day.

[Travis McGee]

He was just giving them special "trans-gender studies" homework.

Hell, he would still be good to go with the Boy Scouts.

[napscoordinator]

Shut up newly. Good Lord you’ve been here a short time and think you can run your mouth? I think you better clean yourself up before throwing darts at someone you don’t want to fight with. I will cut you with words that will have you running home to mama. Don’t f with me. That is your one and only fair warning and you better heed those words.

[VerySadAmerican]

You might not care less about what Hastert did. But apparently Hastert cares about people knowing what he did.

[VerySadAmerican]

I’ve asked and asked but I can’t get anyone to tell me how long you have to be on here before you can post an opinion.

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I’ve asked and asked but I can’t get anyone to tell me how long you have to be on here before you can post an opinion.

I guess as long as it takes to mature enough to receive an answer.

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Shut up newly. Good Lord you’ve been here a short time and think you can run your mouth? I think you better clean yourself up before throwing darts at someone you don’t want to fight with. I will cut you with words that will have you running home to mama. Don’t f with me. That is your one and only fair warning and you better heed those words.

A veewry sad attempt at humor. :)

[funfan]

I believe O has something on the majority of congress. This is why I believe the republicans are not standing up to him they are afraid their secrets will be revealed and used against them.

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I believe O has something on the majority of congress.

Me too. Throw the bums out.

[Ken H]

Making a big deal about something that doesn’t really matter to them to split the conservative base.

How does this split the conservative base?

[Nero Germanicus]

This will cause a HUGE split between the pro-sexual abuse conservatives (all two of them) and the anti-sexual abuse conservatives (all 150 million of them). [SARC]