To: mkjessup
Hastert last night was denying that he even knew about the situation though. Today Reynolds stated that he informed Hastert. The best light is that Hastert decided not to find out what was going on, and buried his head in the sand. That is the best spin.
To: dogbyte12
You have to know what is meant by "the situation". If he didn't know about the awful stuff that has now been made public, then if he says he didn't know about "the situation" he is telling the truth. What is coming out now is what is so awful it has forced Foley to resign from the House. That is different from what came out at first.
30 posted on
09/30/2006 3:28:05 PM PDT by
txrangerette
("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!b)
To: dogbyte12; wjersey
Hastert last night was denying that he even knew about the situation though. Today Reynolds stated that he informed Hastert. The best light is that Hastert decided not to find out what was going on, and buried his head in the sand. That is the best spin.
If Hastert was denying it, and Reynolds was stating the contrary, then somebody is lying and I'm forced to concede that it looks like Hastert. Why?
How would Reynolds benefit from lying about when he told the Speaker when it has already been established that Congressman Alexander contacted Reynolds regarding the concern of the page's family?
You're right, this doesn't at all look good for Hastert.
35 posted on
09/30/2006 3:31:33 PM PDT by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: dogbyte12
The best light is that Hastert decided not to find out what was going on, and buried his head in the sand. Hastert would have been right last year if he said to whoever told him about this, "Show me proof or shut up." However, he would have had to have said in his statement last night that he had heard rumors but they were not substantiated.
36 posted on
09/30/2006 3:32:45 PM PDT by
Yaelle
To: dogbyte12
The article says that all Reynolds knew, and all he passed on to Hastert, was that a page was upset that Foley asked him to send him a photo. It does not appear that the IMs---the full extent of the problem---was known.
I, too, would be very surprised if Foley did nothing if he knew the full story. Denny Hastert strikes me as someone who would gladly throw the Foleys of the world under the bus without any hestitation whatsoever.
62 posted on
09/30/2006 3:45:38 PM PDT by
wouldntbprudent
(If you can: Contribute more (babies) to the next generation of God-fearing American Patriots!)
To: dogbyte12
Hastert last night was denying that he even knew about the situation though
ROFL!
Yeah, that's what he said about Abramoff...Turned out that Hastert was the single largest recipient of Abramoff bribe money.
Hastert's "American Values" are a joke!
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122 posted on
09/30/2006 4:23:28 PM PDT by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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