Hastert blames Democrats for Foley attention

Dennis Hastert on the Rush Limbaugh radio show:

"We have a story to tell and the Democrats ... in my view have put thisthing forward to try to block us from telling our story, to try to putus on defense," the speaker said in a radio interview with conservativetalk show host Rush Limbaugh.

Oh really?  What story is that, Mr. Hastert?  The pretend story about how your party was honest and forthright from very beginning?  This guy has no credibility whatsoever -- and it comes as no surprise that even the conservative Washington Times newspaper is calling for Hastert's resignation.

Most importantly, blaming the Democrats for this story only illustrates the hesitation among many Republicans about what to do next.  The GOP leadership had it all under control for years.  As long as they could keep Foley's perverted tendencies under their web, they might have been able to get away with it.  But it got out, and now they are back-tracking.  The only thing Hastert can do now is blame the Democrats, because he knows no other alternative.

That is the only thing the Republicans ever know how to do.  When President Clinton conducted air strikes on terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, he was accused of wagging the dog.  But after 9/11, he was criticized for not doing enough.

These Republicans have no plan for this country other than scaring their constituents about Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, and gay people.  Now that they aren't in control of their own message, these GOP leaders are whining about it.  But this sort of thing happens when the public discovers the truth about how corrupt this Congress is -- especially when it involves children who were preyed upon by a public official and kept secret by partisan leaders -- all of which were supposed to be serving American taxpayers.  Shameful.