AP: GOP Lawmakers Seek to Defend Hastert

[OKIsItJustMe]

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Oct 8, 12:37 PM EDT

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Defend Hastert

By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rank-and-file Republicans on Sunday sought to mount a public defense of Speaker Dennis Hastert over the page sex scandal that threatens their congressional control one month before the elections.

But a House GOP leader under fire for his handling of the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley canceled a national broadcast appearance and one Republican lawmaker said those who participated in a cover-up would have to resign.

"Anybody that hindered this in any kind of way, tried to step in the way of hiding this, covering it up, is going to have to step down. Whoever that is," said Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.

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[Beetwasher]

1. Yeah! That's The Way! Defend Him To The End!

You guys go!!! Hang tough fella's! Don't let the bastards get ya down! Fight the power!

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

2. How can you defend stench?-----it is like miasma.

[nradisic]

3. Circular Firing Squad?

These guys really are stupid! We've given them way too much credit for too long...

[Blaq Dem]

4. Defending Speaker Dennis Bastert is like accepting pediphilia

It's undefendable. GOP can't even come up with a good spin. They're blaming the Democrats for exposing this mess. I don't see how. If democrats were endangering young people, wouldn't the republicans be doing that also by not further investigating the emails? Reynolds knew. Fat Dennis Bastert knew. Shamkus knew. The democrats knew nothing.

[tanyev]

5. You go, boys! Chain yourselves to that anvil.

[Tellurian]

7. Yep, Hastert is going to take the whole kittenkaboodle down with him..nm

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Now all join hands and jump off the cliff. Don't you just love loyalty?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[AIJ Alom]

8. Ah. The Kool Aid Lemmings...see how they run. n/t

[badgerpup]

9. They really do have a fetish about "Staying the course", don't they....

...even when it's very obviously leading over a cliff, or into a pile of...well...

Repubs go marching one by one, hurrah! Hurrah!
Repubs go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The scandal's got them on the run; these emails are a smokin' gun,
And they all go marching DOWN! And AROUND! But they're STUCK!
In the SHIT-storm; tramp, tramp...

:popcorn:


edit: scansion

[w4rma]

10. Good. Hug that anchor. (nt)