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To the basement hole with your has turd will travel! lonestarnot May 2015 #1
Couldn't have happened to a nicer slimeball n/t deutsey May 2015 #2
"agreeing to pay one individual $3.5 million" Laf.La.Dem. May 2015 #3
"FOX will report this as - Dennis Hastert (D) " You just KNOW they will, if they report it at all. arcane1 May 2015 #30
Spot on, Laf.La.Dem: SunSeeker May 2015 #62
We know them too well. I pity their poor fox truthers.. dumbest mofos on the Planet. Cha May 2015 #63
Well! Looks like there might need to be a new "hastert rule"!!! calimary May 2015 #4
"Don't get caught"? brooklynite May 2015 #5
a unanimous jury. nt geek tragedy May 2015 #10
Breathtaking! calimary May 2015 #36
+++++++1 !!! Historic NY May 2015 #41
As God is my witness, I thought he was dead. Guess he was just staying low. nt onehandle May 2015 #6
Took goddam long enough annabanana May 2015 #7
Turkey would be my guess MosheFeingold May 2015 #18
He was being blackmailed by "Individual A" cosmicone May 2015 #8
Large difference MosheFeingold May 2015 #19
Given the sums involved Man from Pickens May 2015 #20
Whatever happened is probably past statute of limitations cosmicone May 2015 #22
Does sexual abuse of a minor have a statute of limitations? Bernardo de La Paz May 2015 #54
It depends on where and when it happened csziggy May 2015 #57
See there is reason why some of us have called him... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2015 #9
Don't worry, Tom Delay will get him out of it mindwalker_i May 2015 #11
I've got to know. bvar22 May 2015 #12
Something worth 3.5 million... HereSince1628 May 2015 #15
Something to do with a bed dgibby May 2015 #27
Or a sheep from the taxidermy store. Hoppy May 2015 #51
I'm guessing it has something to do with his old job jeff47 May 2015 #52
Finally! KamaAina May 2015 #13
DUMMMM-DE-DUM-DUM! nt longship May 2015 #21
DUMMMM-DE-DUM-DUM-DUMMMM! KamaAina May 2015 #34
Dennis Hastert is a lobbyist in Washington? KamaAina May 2015 #14
I guess that's how he came by $3.5 million for the payoff wordpix May 2015 #60
Scum is now a lobbyist shit. Let him lobby in jail Person 2713 May 2015 #16
HAHA! The bastard Hastert had it coming... CTyankee May 2015 #17
Rule 14 of politics: Every Illinois politician is corrupt AngryAmish May 2015 #23
Hastert was also speaker at the time of the Mark Foley scandal. alp227 May 2015 #25
Hmm indeed. AngryAmish May 2015 #29
What's up with Illinois & crooked politicians of both parties? alp227 May 2015 #24
It is simply a very corrupt state. AngryAmish May 2015 #32
Wow, I'd like to hear more about THAT. trof May 2015 #42
What is there to tell? AngryAmish May 2015 #44
Guess so. I lived there in the late 60s. The Sec.of State?... trof May 2015 #46
Just Think of the Collectors Value Oldtimeralso May 2015 #33
You just knew Hastert was sleazy LawnKorn May 2015 #26
Hope he goes down hard ... brett_jv May 2015 #28
Reports expressly said moonscape May 2015 #45
The indictment says the payoffs were for bad acts prior to 1981 csziggy May 2015 #58
Chicago Tribune article, for those averse to clicking Buzzfeed/Huffpo... alp227 May 2015 #31
Better late than never. Hastert was a bucket of dirt when he asjr May 2015 #35
Sibel Edmonds, August 2005: Hastert received illegal payments from Turkish nat'ls for favors. seafan May 2015 #37
It's like someone woke up the Justice Department! rurallib May 2015 #38
Sibel Edmonds is again proved right. nt herding cats May 2015 #39
The indictment has "young boy" all over it. sofa king May 2015 #40
Hastert violated a fundamental rule. former9thward May 2015 #43
Don't forget the Foley page scandal and Hastert's role: "willfully ignorant" Bernardo de La Paz May 2015 #47
I'm a bit perplexed Sgent May 2015 #48
Structuring is a crime involving efforts to avoid the Bank Secrecy Act’s reporting requirements oberliner May 2015 #50
Note: nowadays, any cash transaction over $5K is reported. Sgt Preston May 2015 #56
Thanks to Denny and the PATRIOT Act.... sofa king May 2015 #61
What was he paying to have hushed up? oberliner May 2015 #49
Read the first part of the indictment csziggy May 2015 #59
Whoever he was paying will need a lawyer abouyt now also KinMd May 2015 #53
I look forward to seeing this scumbag do the perp waddle Tom Ripley May 2015 #55
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