Affidavit says Bachmann approved hidden payments to Iowa senator

[sofa king]

31. That he is.

But part of what was going on with the departures of Armey, Hastert, and DeLay, I am certain, was a very successful attempt on the part of Republicans to apply a tourniquet to hemorhaging corruption allegations dating back to the 1990s. They were all dirtballs long before they found their way into majority leadership positions, and so it was in the best interests of all the other criminals to put those particular mad cows out to pasture.

Armey's case is a little different. He, apparently, had a vestige of conscience that seems to have dampened his enthusiasm for politics, after Dick Cheney lied to him (and probably also threatened him) in order to get the go-ahead to invade Iraq. That's probably the point when he realized, "Mongo only pawn in game of life."