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If Hastert had been black, Hispanic and/or a democrat?
These same assholes would want him hanged.
Invoking God, Prominent GOPers Write Letters for Dennis Hastert, Sexual Abuser of Four Boys
April 25, 2016 by Terry Firma 172 Comments
More than 40 people of prominence have written letters to a judge, requesting mercy for Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the House who is awaiting sentencing in a bank fraud and perjury case.
Formally, Hastert is merely facing the music for illegally-structured cash withdrawals, and for lying to federal authorities about what the cash was for. But its Hasterts sexual abuse of at least four boys under his care that has most people a lot more upset. The cash was hush money that Hastert paid to someone who knew his secret. The statute of limitations has run out on the child abuse, so Hastert faces at most six month in jail for skirting banking regulations, and for his fibs to the FBI.
But even that measly sentence is inhumane, believes Tom DeLay, the former U.S. House Majority Leader, and no stranger to financial shenanigans himself.
In a letter defending Hasterts character, DeLay referenced not only Hasterts ill health, but also his faith, writing
He is a good man that loves the Lord. He doesnt deserve what he is going through.
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ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)Fugg the 'collective' pack. Delay should be in prison as well.
He loved the lord so much that he abused at least five boys. Good man my ass.
spanone
(135,823 posts)the young predator...
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Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)"It is important to have a national notification system to help safely recover children kidnapped by child predators," he said. "But it is equally important to stop those predators before they strike, to put repeat child molesters into jail for the rest of their lives and to help law enforcement with the tools they need to get the job done."
Zambero
(8,964 posts)with a consenting adult. And now lobbies a judge in order to spring his partisan buddy for far greater offences. Who says justice isn't blind?