As Clinton Was Being Impeached for Sex The Impeachers Were Hiding their Gay Lives
Legend:
*Straight Sexual Affair
** Gay Sexual Affair
*** Gay Sexual AffairS
Allegations of sexual misconduct against former House Speaker **Dennis Hastert are bringing some controversial moments from his time in public service under renewed scrutiny, especially a scandal involving another GOP congressman's relationships with young congressional pages.
Florida Republican ***Rep. Mark Foley issued an apology and resigned from Congress in 2006 after leaked emails revealed inappropriate communications with pages, or interns, many of whom are of high school age, who work on the House floor. A resulting ethics investigation by the House of Representatives concluded that the Speaker was told about the emails but that there was "no evidence that the Speaker took any action" to address the concerns being raised.
Hastert was one of eight members of Congress asked to testify to the committee and throughout the report, he denied ever knowing about the emails until Foley announced his resignation in the fall of 2006.
Testifying before the committee, both Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner, who was majority leader at the time, and New York Republican Rep. Thomas Reynolds, said they told Hastert about ***Foley’s contact with House pages, but Hastert denied having conversations with Boehner or Reynolds about Foley.
The report says that Boehner testified that "within half an hour" after he was told about Foley by a fellow member of Congress, Florida Republican *Rep. Rodney Alexander, “he believes that he briefed **Speaker Hastert on the matter on the House floor, and that Speaker Hastert said the matter ‘has been taken care of.'"
But **Hastert said he doesn’t remember that conversation. "What I'm saying is I don't remember having that conversation with Boehner on the House floor; and probably the House floor would not be the place to have that conversation, in my point of view," the report says Hastert said.
Reynolds, who was also head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans at the time, said he also spoke to Hastert about ***Foley. He testified that he told Hastert that he heard from Alexander that a page “received some overly friendly emails from ***Mark Foley.”
Hastert told the committee that he doesn't remember that conversation either.
Hastert was recently indicted over allegations that he withdrew large sums of money in ways to avoid federal reporting requirements and lied about the withdrawals to the FBI. Federal law enforcement officials told NBC News that the money was used to cover up allegation of sexual misconduct during his time as a high school teacher.
And on Friday, the sister of a now-deceased Illinois man identified him as an alleged victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Hastert, according to reports. Steve Reinboldt was abused thoughout his high school years while serving as the equipment manager of the wrestling team coached by Hastert in Yorkville, Illinois, Jolene Burdge told ABC News and The Associated Press. NBC News has not independently confirmed Burdge's allegation.
Former Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, said on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports that Hastert's leadership in Congress is filled with hypocrisy if these allegations are true.
"It's also though, frankly, to me, a reminder of the hypocrisy, especially upon my Republican colleagues," Frank said. "Dennis Hastert became speaker to preside over the impeachment of Bill Clinton who was being attacked because he had had sex with an intern, of age, with a much less coercive relationship than the teacher-student. "
**Hastert won the speakership in 1998 amid sexual scandal when Louisiana *Rep. Bob Livingston, a popular Republican next in line for the speakership, abruptly announced that he would not run for speaker and that he would resign because he engaged in *extramarital affairs. Livingston's unexpected announcement from the House floor, ironically, came as the House was about to vote on the impeachment of Bill Clinton for having an affair with a young White House aide.
**Hastert quickly secured the votes to replace *Livingston
These Congressmen voting to indict the President because he lied about having straight sex on the Oval Room were and still are Publicly anti-gay in every aspect.
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| Article one of Impeachment as article one of the US Constitution. a trial in the Senate for Treason, Crimes and misdemeanors |
The President was tried by the senate and voted not guilty which meant he was allowed to continued as president. Clinton admitted to the relationship and apologized, otherwise is most likely that the senate would have voted to have him removed from office which in case the Vice President (Al Gore) would have become President.
It’s so interesting to see the hight of hypocrisy from these US Congressmen trying to remove a popular president voted into office with a a big majority of the vote by Americans because of private sex while some of them were doing the same or far worse.
My respect and trust in any politician disappeared forever. I understand that once in a while a politician does good things but in our system of government it is in this blogger’s opinion that to be elected to any high office and be an honest person are opposite contrary things. In other words , you can’t be both. They lie and make deals contrary to what they say and promised. They all do it and the public knows that they do it but like in the case of President Clinton, people look the other way and pretend is not so. Just like Clinton compartmentalized his life and actions to lie about something he did, so does the public. The public servants elected reflect the people they serve, the people that elected them.
The gay issue is so hot and brings so many negative passions because people know in their hearts that all the lies said about gays can not be so. Even when they have a son or daughter that is gay they don’t see their son or daughter fitting the public image but they go ahead and oppose civil rights for all like their son and daughters quoting what’s been quoted for years. If you ask someone if they believe if everyone should have equal rights most people would say yes. When one asks how about gay and lesbians, many anti gay individuals would then say that gays already do. They know is not so but that is the way they prefer it but they are not honest enough to go ahead and say no gay and lesbians should not have equal rights because they are so and so.
The idea of politicians opposing gays and lesbians marriage rights doesn’t come from them but from the public that elected them. There are cases in which some politicians go against what we think of them by going against their constituents in a rare and honest act for a politician, they vote their conciseness. We saw this in New York State when a few Republicans voted to have marriage for same sex couples even though they were voted out of office on the next elections by their constituents.
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