Speaker (Hastert) says economy not an election issue

[sabra]

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/08/16/news/news02.txt

Speaker says economy not an election issue

After a morning of fishing on Flathead Lake, U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert gave an optimistic outlook for Republicans in the 2006 election, partly because of legislation coming out of the House and partly because of the national economy.

"I don't take the 2006 election lightly," Hastert said in a phone interview with the Inter Lake on Monday afternoon. "Just look at history, with midterm elections. The party in power usually takes a hit."

[BlueEyedSon]

1. yeah, because you say so

[sintax]

2. That's not what he meant, what he really meant was

"We are in a process of absorbing the factors of the situation we're in and shedding the unreality that dominated at the beginning."


Seeing things and remaining quiet about them will change nothing, not even ourselves. But saying things - having the courage to testify to our own forbidden knowledge - could be the way the world changes.

[Bob3]

3. he hopes

Let me tell ya spunky - if gas is $4.50 a gallon - and the housing market has collapsed since the fed's had to raise rates to try and keep inflation in check and companies shed people to keep the profits up - the economy is gonna be an damn issue.

[cliss]

13. Right. And it'll be THE ONLY ISSUE.

I've always felt that the war in Iraq was less important than the domestic issues.

Bush thought he could stand up there and blab, bla bla swiping his fist in the air, with spit flying out of his mouth. Blabbing endlessly about Iraq, freedom, Democracy, the Middle East, Joyousness on and on.

Who gives a shit? Americans care about THEIR ECONOMY, first. Second, about issues outside home. And the further away they are, the less important they are.

So Hastert gets this response from me: "HA HA HA"

[VegasWolf]

4. Unfortunately he's right! Look at all the idiots last time that put

their economic security on the line by voting for Bush just
to keep gays from getting married.

[GOPBasher]

9. You said it right.

How many tens of millions of people vote against their own personal self-interest just because gays?

[cascadiance]

5. Hmm... Wonder if he'll be around then. He SHOULDN'T take it lightly...

His Turkish "campaign contributors" are going to haunt him in front of his Armenian constituency, if and when they still have a chance to vote for him then (assuming he's not forced to resign before then).

[ixion]

6. and deficits don't matter

yeah. right. whatever. :eyes: :grr:

[TroglodyteScholar]

7. STFU, Denny...

...You'll have little to be optimistic about when you and your buddies are proven to be complicit in all the escalating terrorist activity and foreign control of this nation's government. :grr:

[Vickers]

8. You tell 'em, Dennis! Stem cells are more important than jobs!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[VegasWolf]

10. Rove's next villian will be gay stem cells!! They must be stopped!! nt

[onehandle]

11. Hey, Delay's Bitch. How much is a gallon of milk?

That's what I thought.

Prices are skyrocketing for the people while the Rich are doing fine.

Factory workers asking, "Do you want fries with that?" is not a sign of optimism.

Asshole. Get your kneepads out. Tom's calling you.

[Megahurtz]

12. I guess the economy doesn't affect YOU,

you smug rich asshole.:grr:

[bribri16]

14. Not for him and most of the Repugs who never worked an honest day

But the economy is a huge issue for working men and women and who have to pay those outrageous oil prices for transporation and home heating. Let's have everyone who thinks the economy is not a problem vote for Dems, then. Bet they would change their tune.

[dchill]

15. "economy not an election issue"

OOh! Guess we'll just have to drop the subject then. Thanks, Dennis!

[sakabatou]

16. Non-issue my ass.

[MichiganVote]

17. Some people fish b/c they have to eat, Hastert can afford to fish for fun

The economy IS the issue in 2006 and will be in 2008. Nice try Hastert, not all of us are buying

[killbotfactory]

18. Oh, okay...

Well if he says so...

[Overseas]

19. I guess they have another issue planned to explain away the next election

Guess Hastert means that the Republicans have already planned out another issue to flash around on the media to explain the next set of voting anomalies they'll need to use to win in 2006... Just as they did in 2004, and why should they change now? The dribs & drabs voter fraud (each one too small to affect the outcome), with plausible hot button issue stories ready to roll out to explain away the results worked so well already, that those of us who kept shouting and wanting an investigation and compilation of the thousands of dribs & drabs, jimmies and jabs, were dismissed like annoying children, who just couldn't accept the people's choice to re-elect the worst presidential administration in history.

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Sure, instead it will be, "The troops are coming home soon....right after

we win this election....we promise". That will be their fucking campaign message.

[nookiemonster]

21. Hey Denny,

what'cha smokin'?

[TankLV]

22. He's dead-on. Our "democratic" so-called "leadership certainly isn't

going to make this an issue - or anything else, aparently, other than how far up bunkerboy's butt can they stick their sorry ass faces!

[Demeter]

23. Dennis Is Whistling Past the Graveyard

of the GOP hopes of eternal domination.

[Maggie_May]

24. Yeah right

with the energy prices as high as they are its going to be an issue

[rodeodance]

25. only the affluent would say something stupid like that.

[MissMarple]

26. This winter will be disaster for the poor and middle classes.

The DLC may not want to call it a class war, but that is exactly what we have.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

27. Won't be for him, He should be in jail by then

For the rest of us?
Yeah, it will be an issue.

[Karla Marx]

28. The economy's not a problem for rich assholes

such as Hastert the Bastard and his ilk. In BushAmerica, they're the only ones who matter.

[wiley]

29. Wow!

Unbelievable statement. We need to be sure to get the vote out in red states and every middle class and working community throughout the country.


:mad:

[struggle4progress]

30. He's right! The real issue is ..

foreign campaign contributions to Hastert:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1705079

[flaminbats]

31. nice editorial..

"The lead senator from this state has resisted doing anything other than raising taxes"..(add your own ending)

to provide more revenue for a system with increasing beneficiaries and decreasing contributors. or

to provide more revenue for a system burdened with increased careless spending, Bush's losing wars, more interest payments on the national debt, and Republican pork projects.

if a Democrat voting for Bush's taxcuts and the Iraqi War doesn't satisfy Hastert..who can?

[KittyWampus]

32. So HOW Much Money Did Turkish Agents Bribe You With Hastert?

[bemildred]

33. Now THIS is a alpha male if ever I saw one.

[serryjw]

34. I think most people understand this war is necessary,

What is he smoking? I don't think war in Iraq was necessary!

this is great..Any one from Illinois? Is this possible? Whom is moving to Illinois?
quote.......
Hastert said the transportation bill provides considerable money for projects in and around his district in Illinois that have among the highest population growth rates in the country.

It's 34th as a state b/t 1990 and 2000 ....what happened since then that drove people to HIS district? Is this possible?

http://www.censusscope.org/us/rank_popl_growth.html

[leesa]

35. Funny. Give it a week or teo. The housing bubble's popping and gas

prices are tanking the economy. Why on earth did these rich bastards think offshoring their corporations and money wouldn't backfire on them?