Rat. Ship. You know the story.
posted by
Wally
6:54 AM
Maybe former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-Ill) has finally realized how impotent he has become. Or maybe there's something going on that we don't know about, and that he doesn't want us to know about. Whatever the reason, he's resigning his seat in the House. Perhaps tellingly, and suspiciously, he's decided that he is not even going to finish out his term.The Roll Call newspaper in Washington reported on its website last night that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois intends to resign his House seat later this year.
The subscription-only site said Hastert, who had already announced he would not seek reelection in 2008, was calling friends and associates and telling them of his decision. His early departure would create the need for a special election in his exurban Chicago district, possibly on Illinois' Feb. 5 presidential primary day. I wonder if his connections to Jack Abramoff played any role in this decision? Or maybe the fact that his long time roommate in D.C., Scott Palmer is an old pal of Mark Foley has something to do with it. Not that I'm insinuating anything - after all, it's unlikely that Denny could even fit in a closet. A bathroom stall on the other hand....
And Stay Out!
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