<>The resignation rocked the Capitol, and especially Foley’s GOP colleagues, as lawmakers were rushing to adjourn for at least six weeks. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Washington Post last night that he had learned this spring of some “contact” between Foley and a 16-year-old page. Boehner said he told House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and that Hastert assured him “we’re taking care of it.”So they know about this for four months, do nothing until the story comes out, and time the responses to the same day as the Freedom to Torture bill is based. More intriguing however is Hastert's immediate response. Rather than admit he knew anything (and his own website changed the time frame of the story later in the day), or do much more than accept Foley's resignation, Hastert goes on the evening Fox news cycle and spins this drek:
It was not immediately clear what actions Hastert took. His spokesman had said earlier that the speaker did not know of the sexually charged e-mails between Foley and the boy.
Wow, how amazing it is that he can discount the other 14,000 prisoners so casually? Or maybe it is the notion that we have convicted so many for terrorism of those we captured?? Oh, that's right we haven't been able to do that even with the illegal unconstitutional torture regimes. I am really curious who these 130 are though, because at last count the IRC talleyed more than 700 at GITMO, and every one of those who have been released from there (a couple of thousand or so) have been found to have been innocent of any charges. But Hastert, knowing the story is about supporting the elimination of the US Constitutional provisions, claims that there are these people somewhere we have been torturing who deserve that treatment and it is the Democrats fault for some reason; all the while blaming others while blowing smoke over the Foley story. Way to go Dennis, real statesmanship.HASTERT: I think what they do is, they are so bent on protecting criminals and going through the process and not expediting these people who really want to take our lives, to murder us, and you know, we’ve seen it time and time again. We just saw it just now with the ms-13 gangs, trying to stop them from coming into the country and the liberal Democrats in the Senate blocked it.
ASMAN: But again “coddling terrorists.” You say democrats are doing that. That’s really tough language.
HASTERT: I’m saying what they’re doing is they’re not allowing us to prosecute these people. They’re not allowing us to — the 130 most treacherous people, probably in the world, and they want to put them and release them out in the public eventually.
