Bye, Denny

As noted here, we can now bid adieu to former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (who has now taken the path of fellow House Repug Deborah Pryce, someone who actually admires this guy), and to commemorate the occasion I’d like to present the following “golden moments” (many from this Wikipedia link).

Here's Dennis showing his lack of familiarity with U.S. tax codes.

Hastert once said he’d donate the $70,000 he received from Jack (Still Waiting To Hear The Names Of The Dem Politicians In The Scandal) Abramoff to charity, but the name of the charity has not been disclosed.

Class move to tell Colombian officials in 1997 to “bypass the executive branch and communicate directly with Congress” (try that with Deadeye Dick, Denny, and he’ll “accidentally” shoot you in the face).

He typically accuses big-time Dem donator George Soros of “ancillary interests,” which is code for drug money in this case.

Even better to say that post-Katrina New Orleans should be “bulldozed,” and not understanding why federal money should be spent to rebuild the city.

And slick one here to make $1.8 million on a land deal where the value appreciated because of an earmark Hastert wrote into the bill before it was signed into law.

And of course, we have Hastert here along with a bunch of other Repugs including John Boehner deciding to sit on the allegations about Mark Foley concerning improper conduct with congressional pages for a year without notifying the Democrats.

So it looks like the fortunes of the G.O.P. (and I’ve never found these people to be “grand” in any way, I should add) are continuing to sink. Good show, that.

As DemFromCT said, it couldn’t happen to a nicer party.