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sofa king

(10,857 posts)
6. Just the tip of the iceberg.
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:03 PM
May 2016

Sibel Edmonds has been claiming for years that Turkey was blackmailing Hastert--now we know how. That also means the Bush Administration knew about Hastert's high crimes, because Edmonds was working for the US government when she translated the intercepted phone conversations, and it was they who silenced her.

And what about Congressional investigations into 9/11, blowing the cover of the US WMD spies, the false information used in the run-up to the Iraq war, the election thefts of 2000 and 2004, manipulating the appropriations process to punish enemies of the White House, and on and on and on and on. Everything Congress did in the Bush years, which benefited the Bush Administration, can now be considered to be illegally coerced, thanks to their knowledge--and presumed threats to expose--Hastert's crimes.

He wasn't just a child molestor. Dennis Hastert was a known child molestor whose liability was exploited to facilitate an unknown number of high crimes. He was a criminal bitch whose crimes were exploited for the benefit of even worse criminals--criminals who were in charge of our government.

I posted the same sentiment over the weekend. blm May 2016 #1
I'll tumble for ya, K. blm May 2016 #2
KICK! Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #3
K&R! Phlem May 2016 #4
I wil rec every thread on this serial child abuser malaise May 2016 #5
Just the tip of the iceberg. sofa king May 2016 #6
links? eggplant May 2016 #10
A sampler sofa king May 2016 #12
thx! eggplant May 2016 #15
I wish I could rec this. herding cats May 2016 #23
K&R gademocrat7 May 2016 #7
Jeery Sandusky was the #1 story on the news for weeks................ Takket May 2016 #8
K & R They_Live May 2016 #9
Rethugs always get a pass by the "liberal" media. kairos12 May 2016 #11
Because Republican. betsuni May 2016 #13
Bingo! Scuba May 2016 #20
I'll bet that every Rethug is probably a serial child molestor... harrose May 2016 #14
maybe that explains their fixation on bathrooms greymattermom May 2016 #17
Because spinning it is so damn difficult Fumesucker May 2016 #16
Because most Repukes are sick fucking sadistic predators and so have no problem continuing mhatrw May 2016 #18
15 months in prison, well it's not like he was growing weed in his basement or anything Warren DeMontague May 2016 #19
I'd also like to know why Turkey was paying him when he was Speaker also lostnfound May 2016 #21
See post 6 upthread. KamaAina May 2016 #22
It's the former bit... TipTok May 2016 #24
Yeah, no kidding! Quantess May 2016 #25
K and R Euphoria May 2016 #26
The US House of Reps... Mike Nelson May 2016 #27
Another question .... Is he still getting his juicy pension elfin May 2016 #28
Most of it. KamaAina May 2016 #29
Thanks elfin May 2016 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #30
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