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In reply to the discussion: The Hastert results are in. Come see if you're a winner! [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)18. Rumors circulated for YEARS...
and this is one rumor why he never ran for President.
Hiding this in your district as Speaker is easy... running for the White House... not so much.
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He's been a lobbyist for years, iirc from Rachel Maddow. There's a lot of money in that. nt
Hekate
May 2015
#37
The other potential scandal here is that the GOP put this man just two steps from the Presidency
aint_no_life_nowhere
May 2015
#53
Yes, it is as I suspected. I heard this rumor DECADES ago, before Hastert became Speaker, back
MADem
May 2015
#56
Unless the other person asked specifically for the money -- AND there's a record of it
nichomachus
May 2015
#73