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DemocratSinceBirth

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5. Four million dollars worth of blackmail.

Reply to Marr (Reply #3)

Thu May 28, 2015, 04:49 PM

May 2015

What could be worth four million to cover up?

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 OP

I'm going to make a prediction. Marr May 2015 #1

Lying to the FBI and evading currency rules. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #2

Ugh, this is going to be fun to watch. Marr May 2015 #3

Four million dollars worth of blackmail. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #5

That's what I want to know Warpy May 2015 #12

Outside of murder what would you give somebody four million bucks to shut up about?/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #14

Oh, maybe half a dozen kids who looked like me (poor kids in his case) Warpy May 2015 #19

Which career yields hush money payments? HS Teacher/Coach or Politician? HereSince1628 May 2015 #16

As much as I dislike Republicans I hope that's not true for him and his potential victims./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #18

I don't wish it to be true...but there isn't much that yields millions in hush money HereSince1628 May 2015 #20

I am watching CNN and that is what they are subtly, subtly...implying. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #27

Buggery. AngryAmish May 2015 #31

This is very sad./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #33

No. Justice is being served, if cold. AngryAmish May 2015 #43

Agree Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #24

Or white tie, depending on the time of day of the indictment. nt longship May 2015 #26

You mean you can't request that the FBI agents Jamastiene May 2015 #52

He was paying someone 3.5 million dollars to keep quiet about... Spazito May 2015 #6

i totally forgot about him until now JI7 May 2015 #4

I'm really curious as to what this 'prior misconduct' is about. octoberlib May 2015 #7

This is pretty juicy. Nye Bevan May 2015 #8

I bet Hillary conspired with him. Kingofalldems May 2015 #9

Don't laugh. You'll probably read about it at Freeperville DFW May 2015 #22

Freepers always entertaining (& often sickening): post #4 Bernardo de La Paz May 2015 #44

That is gross! Eeeww! Pew-pew-pew! n/t freshwest May 2015 #49

Yaaaaaaaaaay! shenmue May 2015 #10

Sweaty Denny! Octafish May 2015 #11

Now Where Does A Congressman Get That Much Money?...nt global1 May 2015 #13

A lobbyist who was once Speaker can manage that before breakfast DFW May 2015 #25

I sooo wanna see Cantor do the perp walk... But IIRC, he legalized his own thievery! n/t freshwest May 2015 #50

Heh.... fredamae May 2015 #15

Interesting. Who is, by chance, *That Person* ? Raine1967 May 2015 #17

It is, soon to be was, for the lobbying firm of Dickstein Shapiro it seems... Spazito May 2015 #28

Thanks. Raine1967 May 2015 #35

Good link, thanks! Spazito May 2015 #37

Just a little more here: Raine1967 May 2015 #21

Hopefully he will sing like a little bird. Kingofalldems May 2015 #23

Likely not metalbot May 2015 #38

This makes me want to... Cali_Democrat May 2015 #29

And to think, we were always told what a statesman he was. Jamastiene May 2015 #30

The correlation is nearly 1 to 1. hifiguy May 2015 #42

Send the Chicago cops out to get a confession rurallib May 2015 #32

He should get AT LEAST as much time as Martha Stewart did. SoCalDem May 2015 #34

Good. nt Mnemosyne May 2015 #36

GOOD! n/t Hotler May 2015 #39

And to add.... Hotler May 2015 #40

ol' Beefy McBratwurst (c) Stephanie Miller hifiguy May 2015 #41

Wow... Caspian Morgan May 2015 #45

Don't forget the Foley page scandal and Hastert's role: "willfully ignorant" Bernardo de La Paz May 2015 #46

and in the centenary of "nothing whatever" happening to a million Armenians, no less MisterP May 2015 #47

I think the person in Post 16 is on to something./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #48

Great to hear. morningfog May 2015 #51