Hastert Caught Switching Out Of Hybrid Into SUV After News Conference

[ruggerson]

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House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill., center, gets out of a Hydrogen Alternative Fueled automobile, left, as he prepares to board his SUV, which uses gasoline, after holding a new conference at a local gas station in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2006 to discuss the recent rise in gas prices. Hastert and other members of Congress drove off in the Hydrogen-Fueled cars only to switch to their official cars to drive back the few block back to the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. WTF??????

That is the strangest damn story I've read in a while.

I mean, they were already in the hydrogen vehicle. They only needed to go a few blocks away. Why in the hell did they need to get out and back into their real cars? :rofl:

Somethin just pathetic about that.

[Canuckistanian]

46. They had to get the H2 cars back to the props dept.

You thought they actually USED those cars?
:rofl:

[central scrutinizer]

94. it was the Fred Flintstone signature model

there were actually several of Hastert's aides hidden under the seats pushing the car with their feet.

[ElboRuum]

96. It's kind of like this...

You know how in the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch dissolved with plain water? It has been conjectured that something so evil as the Wicked Witch would experience dissolution when exposed to something so diametrically pure as water. While there is also conjecture about how pure water sitting out in the open, presumably for mopping purposes, actually is, that the purity level is sufficient to cause boils and blisters at the very least.

The same could be said for wards on demons and devils, that somehow they're experiencing a sort of matter/antimatter-esque annihilation in the presence of purity and good, such as holy water, blessed crosses, and aging priests reciting specific biblical passagery while being projectile vomited upon with bucketfuls of split pea and ham soup.

You see, you have the least conservative, most wasteful mentalities in the world when you deal with chuckleheads like Dennis Hastert, now here they are, riding in a car that is eco-friendly and threatens havoc with their spendthrift, wasteful mentality. I suspect they had to switch cars. They may have been experiencing headaches, burning skin, or maybe even crotch rot while riding in vehicles so diametrically out of tune with their voraciously consumptive attitudes.

An SUV. Figures.

[Canuckistanian]

97. Wow, you good with words.

Me impressed. Canuck like theory.

Welcome to DU!
:toast:
:hi:

[C_U_L8R]

2. Now THAT is hilarious

what a load !!

[Dr Fate]

3. I'll bet not one Democrat will hold up this photo and call him a liar.

Even though they have photographic proof.

If this were a Democrat, Republicans with media access would not be too frightened to go on TV, hold up the photo and call him a liar.

[0rganism]

21. Like they did with Kerry...

Allegedly, he once showed up at an environmental rally in a limousine -- he caught media hell for that one.

[fedupinBushcountry]

49. That was a RW falsehood

led by Italia Federici, you know Abramoff's go between.

The only hell he caught was on Fox news. Get your facts straight.

Want to watch, now where's the proof,the ad is laughable and proves absolutely nothing.

http://www.crea-online.org/

[tishaLA]

79. Italia is one of the great dumbasses in capitol hill history

Gawd how I loved her testimony in front of McCain and Durgin when they looked into Abramoff's bullshit. She had to be the dumbest tool I have ever seen on CSPAN.

If she was behind that story, I'm amazed she was even thoughtful enough to come up with the narrative. Somebody else HAD to have fed it to her.

[Dr Fate]

88. But we could do the same to them w/o making things up.

The point is that the right is not too frightened to lie about us, but we are often too frightened to tell the truth about them.

[0rganism]

91. As were many of the attacks on Kerry

They were lame and poorly sourced, yet their echo chamber was effective in propagating the disinformation. As of today, we don't have anything comparable to rail against the republicans, backed up by fact or not.

[rzemanfl]

4. Don't say that, I wuz countin' on that hunnert bucks they was

gonna give us in exchange for all the wilderness in Alaska, don piss'em off.

[jbnow]

5. The few blocks?

That makes it all the more inane.

I rushed to rate the photo. Thanks

[Dr.Phool]

25. Why didn't he walk his lard-ass back?

[ruggerson]

55. They could have dressed the capitol as a Mickey D's

and he would have RUN back. Well, waddled.

[Buns_of_Fire]

71. Regulations prohibit free-floating hazardous materials on city streets

without the proper permits and warning tags. Also, they ran out of "Wide Load" bumperstickers.

[PegDAC]

100. That is freakin' PRICELESS!

ROFLMAO!!!

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

[K8-EEE]

6. K&R Baby!!

HYPOCRITES!

[babylonsister]

8. Ditto! nt

[MichiganVote]

7. The words, fat slob, come to mind

[tanyev]

13. It would do him some good to walk a few blocks.

[Erika]

19. Yeah, he could profit from walking

Hastert is way overweight.

[pinto]

9. Potemkin chuckles...

[rzemanfl]

15. That "hydrogen fueled" car is really powered by some Mexicans

pedaling it (a job no American wanted), Potemkin laughs out loud.

[rodeodance]

10. te he ---he is almost as big as the suv

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Spotting clue: The SUV has a license plate on the back. Hastert does not.

[malaise]

11. Fugging shameless

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[katty]

87. Typical!! Hypocrisy R' Us

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Walking a few blocks back to the Capitol would have done him good

and might have sent a message, if he were any kind of a leader who actually stood for something.

[TheCowsCameHome]

33. I'd worry about the sidewalk getting damaged from the excessive weight.

[jsamuel]

14. funny... but it only makes sense, they had to get there first

they have to take their cars back...

but still :rofl:

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Hypocrite assholes!!!

[rodeodance]

20. yup--and it all about the internet email etc

[rodeodance]

17. Average (133 votes) rate the pic up on YAHOO folks

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[evlbstrd]

18. Typical. Hypocritcal bastards.

What do you want to bet this is on the Daily Show tonight?

[K8-EEE]

Gotta Bet Home & Put Some Brats On The Grill!

DENNIS HASTERT IS A BIG FAT HYPOCRITE...

[Goat or Panic]

28. All Together Now...

He's a lying sack of crap....
A lying sack of crap...

[newyawker99]

73. Hi Goat or Panic!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[DanCa]

22. It's amazing that he could fit in a car

Any ole car.

[rodeodance]

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[Botany]

24. all about the photo op

no need to do anything

[Jara sang]

26. Caught like a rat!

[rodeodance]

29. a very big rat.

[Drum]

27. Excellent rebuttal evidence!

Will any Dem politician remember it when the time is right?

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. There isn't a hybrid built that's big enough for his fat ass.

He's 25 pounds from needing a dump truck to ride in.................

[KeepItReal]

36. He could fit in the bed of a Chevy Silverado Hybrid

It even gets a whole 18 MPG...

[TheCowsCameHome]

39. Try it in yours. I wouldn't take the chance if I had one. Hastert is huge.

[NMDemDist2]

54. 18 MPG?? WTF?

My Olds Bravada gets 23MPG. It even gets 19MPG under a load with the A/C running

geesh :banghead:

[mikelgb]

31. this gem is in the series too

:rofl:

edit to add:

[cureautismnow]

44. Wlliam Howard Taft has risen from his Arlington grave ...

...and shaved his moustache.:evilgrin:

[Sydnie]

32. Amazing ... simply amazing!

It's not what you do that matters ... it's how it LOOKS that matters, right Denny?

[Botany]

38. ahhhh it is about the meat products

Denny can get a whole hog into the SUV.

Photo op mother f*****

go to the link and look @ the other pictures.

I talked to "buddy" and he told me that Stephanie :loveya: Miller now has the picture.

[Sydnie]

43. I am glad to hear that Steph "gets it"

From me to you ...

[Botany]

48. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x8271

Post #3 ...... she is just acting there.

Besides, The moonlight flooded the bedroom with white light as the lilac blooms outside of
the great house @ Gull Bay filled the room with their sweet perfume. It couldn't be 4:00 AM
where had the night gone? Sydnie snuggled close to:

[madame defarge]

34. Anyone from his district here?

This would make for a great campaign poster/flyer...

[dogman]

50. We see it all the time.

He actually convoys in two of them because of his secret service protection. A good picture would be the corporate jets he flies in.

[rocktivity]

37. There's a very reasonable explanation for this

Those SUVs are probably armored. What with DC swarming with terrarists, members of Congress have to spend as much time as possible in armored vehicles when traveling even "a few blocks." And what with our troops in Iraq going without armored clothing or vehicles, it probably wasn't a good idea to mention that...

:crazy:
rocknation

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Some, especially Hastert, have to worry about harpoons, not ammunition

[druidity33]

64. agreed...

At present it is likely that Hydrogen powered cars will cost in excess of 120,000 each. They are (or Hydrogen is) HIGHLY explosive... wouldn't want Denny getting in an accident in that car... they might claim some librul put a bomb in it or something...

But Hydrogen it must be. After all it does need Selenium to make a Hydrogen car... and there are only one or two Selenium mines in the world... i wonder who owns them? (hint: BFEE/Russian oligarch)

Ah, the smell of a con job in the morning...

[WiseButAngrySara]

40. This is so perfect for this immoral, hypocritical bunch of lying,

pretentious, 'holier-than-thou', 'do as I say, not as I do' JERKS!

I glad yahoo caught this and printed it!

:kick: and R!

[BrotherBuzz]

42. Only tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed...

liberals drive hybrids, don't you know?

[Zambero]

45. You forgot latte-swigging

That completes the list!

[nonconformist]

47. Hilarious! Hypocritical poseurs. K & R. nt

[wicket]

51. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

You've got to be fucking kidding me!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

52. That H2 car looks a little too light duty to carry that fatass more than

a block or two.

[AlCzervik]

53. no kidding, thats really testing metal fatigue.

[FogerRox]

56. take the regime down, Impeach indict--- KNR

These pictures are like bullets, I am shooting back. Take that mother fucker...

[wtmusic]

57. Ya mean his 'rhoids couldn't make it another block or two?

"Get me back to my pillow..."

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[tabasco]

59. Good lord I hope none of those prostitutes had to have sex

with that behemoth.

[BuyingThyme]

60. :rofl:

:rofl:

[incapsulated]

61. bwhahahaha!

Oh, man, caught on film! :rofl:

Walk your fat ass to the Capitol!

[progressoid]

62. This deserves another K&R!

Too bad most people won't even hear about it.

[stevedeshazer]

63. A picture worth a thousand words and more.

thanks

[annabanana]

65. As a big, fat, radical liberal.....

I object to the tone of much of this thread

[file83]

85. I was going to say the same thing - body weight is bipartisan...

...a characteristic shared by both sides of the eisle.

Even though I'm not "fat" myself, I still find these "fat ass" comments very childish and kind of "freeperish".

Let's raise the LEVEL, people!

[MountainLaurel]

99. True dat

:applause:

[katinmn]

66. Amazing that this photo got published.

I love it when they expose the hypocritical lying theiving criminals!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

67. The fat bastard could have just WALKED back.

It's just "a few blocks."

Great usage of alternative fuels - have your "offical" gas guzzler driven down a few blocks, then ride the alternative fueled car, then ride in the guzzler back. Net fuel saved = 0.

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

68. Someone

with more internet skills than me should send this to Keith Olberman. What hypocrites they are.

[spanone]

69. Hastert is a sham, a shame and a pig.

[Nordmadr]

70. I think I am going to be ill. How much more do we have to tolerate? N/t

[Sparkly]

72. LOL

:rofl:

[imax2268]

74. So busted...

That's just to funny...!

MSNBC...had a segment yesterday that told of how Representative Boehner(R-OH) was making a speech about gas prices and alternative fuels while he had 8 Suvs sitting outside idling...

[Synnical]

75. No, he didn't

Yes, he did. Un-believable.

[thereismore]

76. Hastert, you are fat. I think your head is full of lard too. nt

[Sequoia]

77. He should walk his fat butt the rest of the way.

Why are these old farts our leaders anyway. Just retire and leave it to the young'uns.

[jdadd]

78. Has anyone noticed

someone seems to be ajusting tire air pressure on the H2 auto after fatass got out. :rofl:

[PurpleChez]

80. That hypocritical fat-ass looks like Rolling Giggle Puppy!

BTW, Rolling Giggle Puppy was my favorite of my daughter's toys when she was a baby. He rolled. He giggled. He was shaped like Dennis Hastert (R-Lard Ass).

[Catrina]

81. They are such scam artists. Bush used props in Miss. (food etc.) when he

finally got around to going there for a photo op. They set up tables with food and water on them and as soon as he left, everything was packed up and taken away.

Then there was the little performance with the flight suit. Not to mention the staged rescue of Jessica Lynch, and on and on. More and more I'm convinced they stage all those terror videos also.

I read that they hired a PR group to 'sell' the war. Rolling Stone did a whole article on the millions that they spend on 'selling' to the public, the lies they know the public wouldn't buy otherwise.

That photographer will probably lose his job ~ but good for him for getting that photo.

Is Hastert running this fall? That picture should be used if he is. I hope someone is saving it before it disappears ~

[file83]

82. This is like Political Porno - caught with his lover in the act!!

[dcfirefighter]

83. I've driven that hydrogen car

we (the FD) visit that hydrogen safety regularly for information & planning. The engineers had that car (or one like it, I believe there may be 3) for us to look at, & learn how to deal with in case of accident or fire. It's a neat car. But, like I said, there aren't many of them (there may be only 1 here in DC), and likely GM wanted it back. Plus, it's not armored like the Suburban that the Speaker of the House surely rides around in.

[Dr Fate]

89. Let HIM go on TV and make those excuses- why make them for him?

We need to stop giving these guys any benefit of the doubt what so ever.

[dcfirefighter]

93. Sometimes the truth is absolute. nt

[Dr Fate]

95. No, the truth is what ever people see on TV. n/t

n/t

[BurtWorm]

84. He looks like he's sneaking.

Which makes sense, because that is exactly what he is doing. Dennis "The Sneak" Hastert!

:eyes:

[greekspeak]

86. Looks like he could do with a WALK back to where he is going

Jesus, talk about a Wasington FAT cat. And the way he is skulking back to the gas guzzler makes me wonder if Shrub's nickname for him isn't Igor.

[Dr Fate]

90. Zzzzz- so what- call me back when a Democrat holds the photo up on TV.

It may as well have not happened- I dont see any Democrats capitalizing on it.

[Iblis]

92. LOL!

He should have used the armoured hybrid car, so he could meet with congressional requirements for security!

Which one is that again?

Hmmm.

L

[lonestarnot]

98. lipstick on a PIG!