If It's a Republican, Hastert Looks the Other Way

Tom DeLay. Duke Cunningham. Bob Ney. Virgil Goode. Katharine Harris. John Dolittle. And now Mark Foley. They are all members of the House that Hastert somehow never seems to notice or do anything about when it's obvious their ethics or behavior does not meet the standards that should apply in the House of Representatives. Hastert never notices anything until the TV cameras show up and even then he might look the other way, if given the chance.

Here's the story from The Washington Post:

Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit e-mails to at least one underage male former page.

Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation: "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent."

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."

If somebody was stealing billions from the U.S. treasury, would Dennis Hastert take 'care of it'? Ah, but somebody has taking billions from the U.S. treasury and Dennis Hastert hasn't done a thing about it. I'm speaking about Iraqi reconstruction and Katrina. Shame on Hastert for turning a blind eye on anything that Republicans are doing, including the behavior of Mark Foley.