Dennis Hastert Answers Some Questions

I saw this headline today and giggled like a little girl...

'Hastert urges quick action on Foley' (AP)

Look out America, Denny Hastert's on the job!!!! And you know, as Speaker of the House, how he has been known for such swift and decisive action. This Congress has been known for nothing if not their committment to accountability and honesty! No scandal has been left unturned when Denny the Pooh runs the show! Boy howdy, ol' Denny is gonna get to the bottom of this quickly!

The article begins-

House Speaker Dennis Hastert testified in private before ethics investigators Tuesday and then said they should work quickly to find out who knew about Rep. Mark Foley's come-ons to congressional pages and what was done about it...

Translation: 'I'll get right on finding out how long I've been turning a blind eye to Foley's actions what dastardly villain (or Democrat) failed to tell me about this, so that I- the man who last year removed the head of the Ethics Committee for tattling on Delay- could have immediately taken action... preferably after the election.'

More on today's hearings- here.

[PS- And the Republican scandals keep piling up and getting weirder every day.]