Hastert: Scandal Is 'October Surprise'

NewsMax ^ | Oct. 6, 2006 | Ronald Kessler

[stm]

A somewhat restating of the obvious but a good read nonetheless.

[trisham]

Good for Hastert.

[MikeA]

It's the "October Boring" is what it is. Does any normal person who's not a complete freaky voyeur themselves really have any interest in this story any longer? It's been a week already. Foley is gone. Move on.

ABC News ought to look into Brian Ross' "habits." He seems to get off on this just a little too much

[Beth528]

Well it looks like the Dem's little surprise did not work..they have a few more weeks to shoot themselves in the foot again..maybe if they would just stop trying so hard to get rid of any Republican they can or think they can...Like I said yesterday we conservatives are not like the trash that vote Democrat..The Jerry Springer crowd...

[evad]

Good on ya Mr. Speaker.
This is exactly the type of thing that must be said.

Let's hear more of it!

[Antoninus]

"You know, the press has its own values and where it wants to be," Hastert said. "The fact is I really didn't know any of this stuff until last Friday, almost a week ago. And when I did, Foley was gone within an hour."

Excellent. Denny did exactly what he was supposed to do.

All of you supposed Republicans calling for his resignation need to stand down.

[chimera]

It was a double "surprise", with Woodword timing his book release as he did, and then this Foley set-up. Never let it be said that the 'Rats don't play dirtier than anyone else out there.

[top 2 toe red]

The Speaker has a very good grip on exactly what is going on...I am pleased to see he is fully aware of the how & why this came out at this time.

Yesterday I sent him an email of support and telling him to hang TOUGH against Peloski and her worker bees.

[stm]

Meanwhile, Karl Rove, that magnificent bastard, is hard at work on a real October surprise.

[EternalVigilance]

If this is the best Carville and Co. have got, we're in pretty good shape.

The Foley mess, weighed against the national disaster that would be the result of Dems in charge of the Congress, comes up light as a feather.

We've got a month just ahead of what will be the maximum expenditure of resources on Republican message possible.

We're going to kick their butts.

Perhaps we should thank the slimeballs for firing up our troops.

[DarthVader]

The Super Mega ZOT of the Dims. They will all explode.

[EternalVigilance]

Personally, I respect the Speaker quite a bit more now than I did before this contrived scandal broke.

[Cicero]

Excellent article, many good points, and Hastert makes an excellent impression, answering these furious charges calmly.

I wish the MSM would carry some of this, but NewsMax is very widely read among conservatives, at least.

One point deserves emphasis, because I don't think I've seen it made. The timing before the election is obvious, but there was another aspect of the timing that deserves emphasis and should be spread around to as many people as possible:

Hastert said the messages came out "on the last day after Foley can't get his name off the ballot, and we're leaving for a national campaign, and then this thing falls. It's kind of an October surprise, I guess you'd call it."

[CharlesWayneCT]

So they have some good basis for saying the DCCC had the lurid IMs at least one day before Hastert was told of them -- that's a big deal, it shows that whoever was doing this WAS aware of the political implications, and wanted to help the democrats take advantage of it.

[Yo-Yo]

"If somebody knew of these messages and didn't come forward, they're putting kids in jeopardy -- for a year, for a month or for a day,"

About freaking time Hastert came out with this line. Took him long enough, though.

[SF Republican]

I respect the Speaker quite a bit more now while not calling for his dismissal I certainly thought he was toast, very happy I was wrong and think he is handling this well.

[TommyDale]

So he knows it was an October Surprise, and he knows that Pelosi is involved. Why doesn't the FBI go after Pelosi?

Hey, Nancy! Tell us about Christopher Katsaros.

[Grampa Dave]

Pelosi is shown getting a severe case of Gavel Interuptus, yesterday and today.

How many of Pelosi's Gay Staffers from Gay Frisco were/are active homosexual predators, and when did Pelosi know about them.

[GOPJ]

"If somebody knew of these messages and didn't come forward, they're putting kids in jeopardy -- for a year, for a month or for a day,"

This is the issue. If our guys did it, they should be OUT. IF the dems did it too, they should be OUT also.

[Owen]

Guys, it's time to let these threads die and get back to the War on Terror. Nothing will get it off the screen faster than disinterest. Campaign on the WOT and we hold Congress.