There were big developments in the ongoing Masturgate scandal when
Speaker Dennis Hastert gave a press conference last week to announce
that if any of his staff had engaged in a cover-up, "then they should
not continue to have their jobs."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4250261.html
This passing of the buck comes after Hastert had previously announced
that "Ultimately, the buck stops here".
For some reason, Denny decided to give his press conference in front
of a graveyard.
Sadly he failed to complete the presumably unintentional yet hilarious
irony by whistling.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/06/264_hastert.jpg
If Hastert is going to fire anyone who covered up the Foley scandal,
he really should start by firing himself.
According to the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/washington/13foley.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=login
A longtime aide to former Representative Mark Foley testified before
the House ethics committee for nearly five hours on Thursday,
repeating under oath his account of having explicitly warned Speaker
J. Dennis Hastert's office at least three years ago that Mr. Foley
should be told to keep his distance from Congressional pages.
The aide, Kirk Fordham, was the first sworn witness to appear before
the bipartisan ethics panel, which is investigating whether any
Republican leaders knew about Mr. Foley's conduct, which was
ultimately exposed in a series of sexually explicit exchanges with
former pages, and whether anything was done about it.
So let me get this straight: Kirk Fordham "explicitly warned"
Hastert's office that Mark Foley was going after congressional pages,
and none of Hastert's staff bothered to mention it to him?
If you believe that, I've got a truckload of Celestial Drops to sell
you. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10054116/
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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