The corporate media failed the American people on Newt Gingrich, on Bob Livingston and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I am sure they will sweep the C-Section Born Cruz’s hooker scandals under the carpet because he is a christianical conservative.
What’s the big deal here? Hastert said he was deeply sorry. Given that he’s a Republican, that should pretty much wrap things up.
Sentencing? That’s for criminals. You know - like people who use the wrong toilet in North Carolina.
Let’s take a moment to remember how serial kiddie rapist Dennis Hastert led the morality police on the Lewinsky witch hunt. Can we finally convince the majority of voters that Bible thumping pearl clutchers are self serving power seekers? How many more examples do we need?
Yeah, as far as I’ve ever seen and read, as long as you’re a conservative and deeply christian, then sexually abusing children is A-OK. Ask any conservative priest from the last millennium or so.
After all, a Christian Conservative would, obviously, never sexually abuse minors unless they were asking for it.
Oh so Hastert is sorry and ready to accept his punishment. But it’s his lawyers who are asking for probation?
Is that how the old creeper resolves the dissonance? I guess everything is logical to a family values pedophile.
Listening to how The Rump talks about his own daughter for Christ’s sake, I don’t understand how anyone would question his Republican bonafides.
How the fuck does someone like that make it so high in our political system? Does he blow his way to the top?
“Hastert said in a court filing Wednesday that he was “deeply sorry” for decades-old misconduct and “prepared to accept responsibility” for his actions.”
It is my considered opinion that Mr, Hastert’s response to this situation reflects an almost total lack of willingness to accept responsibility for his actions except in a very superficial and self-serving fashion.
I don’t know too many people, including myself, who like to even think about, let alone acknowledge openly, and accept responsibility for, their misdeeds.
I wouldn’t have such a hard time with that except for two things.
First, this isn’t just about them, although often that is not just the focus, but the entire scope of their vision and understanding of the issue under discussion, as appears to be the case in this instance. Their behaviors affect not just the primary targets of their behavior but also secondary targets, as well as any others upon whom the consequences of their actions have a direct or an indirect impact. These are part of the inevitable consequences of their actions, and wrongdoers are notoriously oblivious to any consequences that affect anyone else but themselves, unless, and until, they are compelled to confront those realities, either by circumstances, or by an external force, most especially such as the justice system (faith based, family, and even untrained psychotherapeutic intervention is often worse than useless. This is a very specialized field).
They may be inclined to think that is not their problem, business, or responsibility, but it became their responsibility the moment they took it upon themselves to reach out, of their own volition, and chose to interfere in another person’s life. Neither the amount of time that has passed, nor the perceived culpability of others, including the targets of said behavior, detract from, nor mitigate to any extent, the wrongdoer’s responsibility for deciding to act.
Second, one of the most important lessons I have learned from years of dealing with this issue and those who create such harmful behavior, or are impacted by such behavior, is that maximum benefit accrues to all concerned, including the wrongdoer, when he undertakes and fulfills several steps in the recovery process.
So here’s the guidance I provide to him.
First, clearly state and define both the nature and the extent of the harm that you have caused, taking into consideration its impact upon all affected, using all resources available (usually to include an experienced and trained professional guide) to supplement your own (usually imperfect) awareness of these factors.
Second undertake to understand what was involved when you decided to act the way you did. In other words, why did you do what you did, to include: what were you trying to accomplish, and what consideration did you give to the impact of your contemplated act upon others, most especially, but not only, to include the target of your actions?
What can you do to ensure that you never cause the same or similar harm to anyone ever again?
What can you do to not only reassure others that you will never harm them, but to make amends in the most effective fashion possible for the harm you have already caused.
If it sounds like a major undertaking, it is, but it is eminently doable and often, but unfortunately not always, becomes a transformative process.
For anyone interested in probably the best methodology of dealing with these issue that I am aware of (unfortunately it was not an option I was in a position to employ or access, for a number of reasons), do a search of the topic “Restorative Justice,” which goes much further than the process I’ve just described.
Mr. Hastert’s sentencing is an opportunity for the court to intervene in a meaningful and healing fashion in this case. To the extent it has been able to take judicial notice of Mr. Hastert’s alleged history of sexual abuse of young men in his care, the court has an opportunity to require Mr. Hastert to enroll in a sex offender treatment program which will help him fulfill the rehabilitative tasks I have outlined above.
If he were truly sorry he would do this on his own, but I see no indications that he is that responsible or ethical, let alone considerate.
AND THE REPUBLICANS RUN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER THE HASTERT RULE!
The dude is a pedophile.
The dude is a serial pedophile. Megan’s Law list his ass and make him live under a bridge somewhere.
4 known means mostly likely there are many more victims who have not come forward. Serial pedophiles are very dangerous,obsessed people who can not help themselves. They can wreak havoc on entire communities.
Not only Hastert. Gingrich was having an affair with his (now) wife at the time while married to someone else, and David Vitter was flying in hookers from New Orleans for poopy-diaper-play every night while they were leading the Impeachment Proceedings in the House.
You know, the “Family Values” party.
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I think he made a plea deal that he gets 6 months jail time! But yes, those no-good double-dealing lawyers of his are now insisting on probation! Even though he is, just as you say, ready to accept his punishment!
If I were the judge, I’d be interested in ditching that plea “deal”. The court isn’t there to have justice be made a mockery of.
And poor, beset upon, Hastert has the balls to say that he’s already suffered enough because he will never be looked upon again with warm fuzzies and his wife’s reputation has suffered … the party of personal responsibility once again proves that it’s full of nothing but bullshit and child molesters. By the way in his statements and in his lawyers statements the victims are mentioned ONCE!
One of the leading lights of the so-called “Moral Majority,” right here, folks. Just a good, old family man who praises Jesus and always stands against what’s wrong, not like that filthy liberal philanderer Bill Clinton!