Dennis Hastert (Republican Speaker of the House) waddled up to the microphone today to denounce the Foley Fiasco as a liberal conspiracy.  Sitting down with drug addled gas bag Rush Limbaugh today, Denny had this to say about his swift action:“We found out about it, asked him to resign. He did resign. He’s gone.” Wait just a second there Mr. Hastert, didn’t you “find out about it” like a fuckin’ year ago?  I always knew that the Republicans would have a hard time giving up the power that they worked so hard to get.  Quite a few dirty tricks went into taking control of all facets of our government.  Minorities had to be ignored, districts had to be re-drawn, money had to be laundered, and quite a few good Americans were swift-boated just so the Republicans could get us by the short hairs.  I always joked that GWB might just go ahead and make himself King of the United States, but I really never imagined that a suspected child predator would be protected by Republican leadership.  The moral of this story is that they will do anything.  They will do anything to stay drunk with power and to impose their faux morals upon the public.  They will cheat, steal, lie, mislead, pander, and terrorize all the way to the White House.  And they have in the past, and they will continue to do so until we get up.  Stand up.  And take the power back.