tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post116562037368870114..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165666379086417072006-12-09T07:12:00.000-05:002006-12-09T07:12:00.000-05:00This investigation was governed by House rules. Which were substantially watered down in 1995 by Speaker Gingrich, and again in 2003 by Speaker Hastert.<BR/><BR/>Pretty much what anyone should've expected.<BR/><BR/>However, in the Court of Common Sense, if I'm Speaker, and I'm told in 2005 about a top House Republican who's inappropriately communicating with Pages, I call him in and tell him: Knock it off, or I will force you out.<BR/><BR/>That trip to the woodshed never happened. In part because Hastert feared for his own power structure. And in part because there was a quid pro quo on the whole gay issue. Sadly.<BR/><BR/>Oh, sorry, it wasn't because he was gay and preyed on young proteges supposedly under his institution's control. It was because he had a drinking problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165642236998889602006-12-09T00:30:00.000-05:002006-12-09T00:30:00.000-05:00No surprise for anyone who studied Law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com