Although the president has spoken out in Hastert's defense -- tepidly at first and more directly at a White House news conference on the eve of the fundraiser -- their appearance together was an endorsement of Hastert when nearly half the country says he should resign.
Their long-scheduled fundraiser was sponsored by Hastert and came on the same day that the House ethics committee questioned ex-Rep. Mark Foley's chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, for five hours. Fordham has said he took complaints about Foley's conduct to Hastert's top aide three or four years ago.
Hastert's office has said it learned of Foley's conduct only last fall, and the speaker has said he first was notified in late September this year.
Bush defended him, without mentioning the Foley case.
"Speaker Denny Hastert has a long record of accomplishment," Bush said. "He's not one of these Washington politicians who spews a lot of hot air. He just gets the job done."
Now we are all supposed to touch our heads to the floor and chant "We're not worthy! over and over.
Give me a break!
Republicans you already have your paid operatives working all over the nation saying that the sky is going to fall if Hastert's fat a** isn't sitting in the Speaker's chair next January, can you just drop it for a few weeks? You're giving us all indigestion.
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