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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:25 AM Apr 2016

What does it say about our world when the GOP Speaker of the House

with the longest tenure in that position in history is jailed as a child molester and the story is not as big as it should be? And this is the party that represents Family Values?

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brewens

(13,542 posts)
1. It means that that kind of behavior from RW elites is so routine that it barely makes a splash.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:31 AM
Apr 2016

A lot more goes on than we ever know about. I knew about Hastert all the way back in Jeff Gannon's heyday. It's still a damn shame we never found out just who Gannon was servicing or what bedroom in the White House it was going on in.

malaise

(268,715 posts)
2. It says cover up at the highest level of the corporate media
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

This and the sabotage of a Supreme Court appointment are the two biggest stories out there right now. And then there's Flint Michigan.

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)
4. It says the ruling class doesn't care what the ruling class does...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:46 AM
Apr 2016

... as long as other members of that class aren't injured. Was this a question?

-- Mal

malaise

(268,715 posts)
5. So are you saying they didn't recognize Bill Clinton as their equal?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:51 AM
Apr 2016

Because they sure went after him for far less

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