Please, get a freakin' clue...
Earth to the lefty blogosphere - not all Republican scandals lead to Hastert. In fact, some are so much freaking larger than Foley-gate (or Page-gate, or whatever the current moniker,) that Hastert looks like a blooming Hobbit compared with, you know, some giant mastedon-elephant-with-spikes-on-his-tusks-and-all. You know, like that.
Sue Ralston, should she sing like a canary, will bring down way, WAY, more people than some Hastert flack ever, ever, EVER could. Not only was she Rove's executive assistant, she was Abramoff's. Remember him? The keys to K-Street and all. Not just some silly flack who could pin-the-tail-on-the-latest-closet-R. We're talking dozens of Senators, Congressmen, Cabinet Secretaries - geez, Bush's most inner circle.
The problem seems to be, the issues are too complex for some liberals, and their short attention spans, to grasp. Oh, and it gets messy, as we have to deal with those sticky issues relating to, you know, "people of color", in this case, us Injuns. Yes, Indian Affairs are rather complicated, but spend a few days catching up at SIAC or Indianz.com might help you out. But the prize is that you get to potentially subvert the 2008 presidential candidacy of John McCain, who just happens to be Chairman of SIAC.
Might this Scott Palmer dude have some significance in the whole sordid Foley-Hastert affair? Sure. Is there any indication Foley-gate is tied up with subverting potentially hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars owed to the US government and FRITs? Not a chance.
Orange and apples. Or perhaps even oranges and raisins, the latter being this Palmer chum. Geez, when are purportedly lefties ever going to develop some perspective...or get a clue.
[Left in drafts and published on April 3rd, 2007. ebw]