Thank you...i am glad somebody said it. It seems like everyone around here becomes more delusional by the day about how the game of politics works. there is a reason certain things outlast the presidential admins/congresses in charge, thats because political realities sometimes determine policies, whether anyone around here likes it or not.
>> political realities sometimes determine policies
Uh, huh. Right.
The “reality” that it takes lots & lots of money to get re-elected causes guys like Hastert to talk like conservatives but hop in the sack with the moneybags and foster “policies” like spending the taxpayers’ money like drunken sailors (or Democrats).
That what you’re talking about?
Hastert screwed up as Speaker. The buck stops with him. He allowed — dare I say supported? — the run amok spending and tolerance of crooked dealings that flushed the Republicans out of the Congress.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.