Hypocrisy Continues for House Leader Dennis Hastert
Sometime in the near future, if he hasn't already done so, GOP Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert will ask young Senate hopeful Jack Ryan to step down from running for office in November. Ryan, of course, is the gentleman embroiled in a sex scandal after it was recently disclosed that he pressured his wife at the time, actress Jeri Ryan, to perform sex acts with him at so-called swingers bars in New Orleans, New York, and Paris. Ryan steadfastly denies the extent of his ex-wife's allegations and further asserts that unlike Jeri he was the faithful cuckold in their marriage.
What exactly did Jack Ryan do that was so ghastly for Hastert and his cohorts? Molest young children? Torture small dogs? Cheat on his taxes?
Perhaps Jack was trying to spice up a foundering marriage with an extreme form of PDA. Who cares? Who was harmed?
What is most troubling is the behavior of the leaders of the GOP. It appears obvious that not much has changed since Monica-gate, despite all the rhetoric vis-a-vis 9/11.
Strike up the band again, Denny Hastert. I guess you've yet to learn from the parable, he who is without sin cast the first stone. Perhaps you were never accused of risque behavior with your wife Jean (and maybe for good reason). But you sure have been accused of cheating on her (see article above). What's worse?
Again, who cares? The GOPs best bet in the awkward affair is to face the music. Stand by your man. Illinois is a dead state for Republicans as it is and Ryan, before this entire flap, was trailing Obama significantly anyway.
If there is one lesson to learn from all this, it is that Barak Obama is the real deal. Stoically standing by and refusing to exploit Ryan's misfortune, Obama has proven that he is a natural born leader. For once, there is reason to look up to a politician.
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One more reason for the GOP to stand by Ryan: he can bring in the swing voters.
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